Warehouse Operative

The Fresh Produce Centre Ltd; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh produce facility in Maidstone is looking for an enthusiastic Warehouse Operative to join their team. The role involves moving products and packaging using powered pallet trucks and fork-lifts, ensuring cleanliness and safety in the packhouse. Candidates should have relevant experience and strong communication skills. Benefits include generous holiday, pension scheme, and more.

Benefits

6.6 weeks holiday per annum

Pension scheme

Company share scheme

Free parking on site

Medicash

Death in service benefit

Enhanced family-friendly leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Good communication, literacy, and numeracy skills.
• Experience in working with scanner systems is desirable.
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
• A Reach, Counter Balance, and PPT truck license is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the movement of product and packaging through the operation.
• Ensure all produce, packaging, trays, and pallets are cleared from the packhouse.
• Carry out routine inspections of your truck.

Skills

Good communication skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Self-motivated

Tools

Scanner systems

PPT truck license

Reach forklift license

Counterbalance forklift license

Job description

About the Job: We are looking for an enthusiastic Warehouse Operative to join us in order to enhance our Warehouse team. The purpose of this role is to undertake the movement of product, packaging, and other materials through the operation utilising powered pallet trucks (PPT), Reach & Counterbalance forklift Trucks, including vehicle unloading, put away, movement to the packhouse, packed product movement to consolidation/marshalling and vehicle loading. Towards the end of your shift, you'll ensure that all produce, packaging, trays, and pallets are cleared from the packhouse and returned to the correct storage area. Emptying bins, removing containers for a waste product, recycling, and taking unrecyclable packaging to the compactor area are also within your remit. By complying with our pre-shift check routine, you'll be responsible for carrying out routine inspections of your truck and returning it to the charging bay, ready for the next day.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Good communication, literacy, and numeracy skills.
• Experience in working with scanner systems (desirable).
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
• A Reach, Counter Balance, and PPT truck license (desirable).

What else can we offer you:

• 6.6 weeks holiday per annum, inclusive of public holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Company share scheme.
• Free parking on site.
• Medicash
• Death in service benefit
• Enhanced family-friendly leave

The hours you would work:

• 4 on 2 off Shift pattern to include weekend working on a rota basis (47 hours per week) with a shift start time of 5:45 am until 4.45 pm.
• £12.21 per hour