Warehouse Operative

DS Smith Europe; Swadlincote; On-site; GBP 41,070,000 - 46,820,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme, life assurance and DI

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

DS Smith is seeking a Warehouse Operative for our site at Mercia Park, Swadlincote. You will handle daily warehouse tasks, adhering to SSOW and safety procedures while supporting production activities.

The role covers receiving, put-away, picking, loading, and operating semi-automated machinery to produce high-quality packaging for customer orders. FLT licenses are desirable and health and safety awareness is essential.

Qualifications

• Desirable FLT license for reach truck and counterbalance.
• Experience in a warehouse/production environment encouraged.
• Ability to lift objects safely and work to health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for own and others health and safety in the workplace.
• Raise unsafe acts immediately and report incidents as required.
• Achieve productivity and quality targets while following procedures.
• Operate hand held terminals and printers to complete tasks.
• Receive, put away, pick and load pallets for customer orders.
• Carry out production tasks using semi-automated machinery.

Skills

Health & safety

Attention to detail

Basic maths

Teamwork

Safe lifting

Education

FLT licence Reach & Counterbalance

Tools

Warehouse management system (WMS)

Job description

About the role

We are seeking a dedicated Warehouse Operative to join our team at Mercia Park, Swadlincote. The ideal candidate will be responsible for handling various tasks within the warehouse, ensuring warehouse tasks are carried out efficiently whilst following all H&S procedures

Main Responsibilities will include:

• To be accountable for own and others health and safety whilst at work, operating in line with SSOW (safe systems of work) and company procedures to enable a safe working environment

• To raise any unsafe acts seen immediately with individual(s) concerned and immediate reporting of health and safety incidents to management

• Achieve set productivity and performance targets ensuring consistent quality standards are met

• Using hand held terminals and printers to conduct warehouse tasks

• Carrying out daily warehouse activities using MHE to receive, putaway, pick and load pallets of stock for customer orders

• Carrying out daily warehouse activities on foot to putaway and pick customer orders in to cages

• Carrying out daily warehouse production activities using semi-automated machinery to produce high quality packaging for customer orders

About you

Minimum requirements:

• Desirable - FLT License for Reach Truck & Counterbalance

• Desirable - Familiarity with warehouse management systems

• Experience in a warehouse or production environment

• Ability to conduct and carry out warehouse and production tasks effectively

• Ability to lift objects safely and effectively

• Good health and safety knowledge

• Basic maths skills for inventory tasks

• Good attention to detail

Benefits

• Competitive salary

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection

• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Employee Discounts

• Cycle to work scheme

Location

Swadlincote

Working hours

Monday to Friday – AM (6am to 2.30pm) and PM (2.30pm to 11pm) working shifts - One week rotation Monday to Friday. NB. Currently there is an interim arrangement where the warehouse are working 11.30am to 8pm instead of 2.30pm-11pm.

Salary

• Level 1 (£14.34 ph inc. Shift Premium)

• Level 2 (£16.34 ph inc. Shift Premium)

Please note: Candidates who hold an FLT licence for Reach Truck and Counterbalance may be eligible for the Level 2 salary.

If you do not have these qualifications, you will start on the Level 1 salary.

About us

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!

Fair recruitment at DS Smith

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria

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