Warehouse and Cleaning Apprentice

Medequip co; Braintree; Hybrid; GBP 13,000 - 16,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Free DBS check

Annual leave 21 days

Pension and healthcare

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Counselling (EAP)

Job summary

Medequip Assistive Technologies is hiring a Warehouse and Cleaning Apprentice at our depot in the UK. You’ll support Warehouse Operatives, Driver Technicians and Service Engineers while learning on the job in a practical environment. This 37.5-hour week role offers an apprenticeship path and a starting salary of £15,717 per annum.

We value teamwork, safety and developing your skills. You’ll gain experience in warehouse operations, stock handling, and customer-facing tasks, with benefits

Qualifications

• Able to assemble stock.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Basic computer knowledge and understanding.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Work in the warehouse, decontamination area and in the depot workshop.
• Work alongside the Workshop Engineers to gain knowledge and experience to undertake all aspects of the role.
• Occasionally accompany Engineers on jobs in the field.
• Maintaining all areas of the warehouse, complying with the company’s health & safety policies.
• Occasionally supporting visits to clients' homes and assisting with installation, delivery/collection of equipment.
• Liaising with the customer services team on site on product related queries or questions.

Skills

Stock assembly

Organisational skills

Basic computer skills

Independent working / teamwork

Job description

Hours: 37.5 hours per week Salary : £15,717.00 per annum

This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking care provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field , supporting you to EARN while you LEARN!

Join us as our new Warehouse and Cleaning Apprentice at Medequip Assistive Technologies and let us empower you to truly make a difference.

Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst provid ing person-centred care .

You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values and ways.

Who are Medequip Assistive Technologies ?

Medequip is the leading provider of community equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.

Our mission is to help people stay independent for longer, with their families, in their own homes

About the role

As the Warehouse and Cleaning Apprentice for Medequip Assistive Technologies , you will be pivotal in supporting our experienced Warehouse Operatives, Driver Technicians, and Service Engineers within the Depot.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Work ing in the warehouse , decontamination area and in the depot workshop
• Working alongside the Workshop Engineers to gain knowledge and experience to undertake all aspects of the role.
• Occasionally accompany ing E ngineer s on jobs in the field.
• Maintaining all areas of the warehouse , comply ing with the company’s health & safety polic ies
• Occasionally support ing visits to clients homes and assist ing with installation, delivery/collection of equipment
• Liaising with the customer services team on site on product related queries or questions

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
• We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
• We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
• We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
• We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
• We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
• We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.

Qualifications and experience required

• Able to assemble stock.
• Strong organisational skills
• Basic computer knowledge and understanding
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.

What we offer

• Continued professional development, training and learning support.
• Free DBS check
• 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension and healthcare schemes
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Free uniform

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.

We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.

This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.