Warehouse Operative Nights

MISA Corporation; Leighton Buzzard; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in pharmaceutical logistics is seeking a dedicated Warehouse Operative for their night shift operations. This role involves receiving and managing temperature-sensitive stock, ensuring compliance with operational standards, and contributing to the efficient running of the warehouse. With a strong emphasis on teamwork and attention to detail, this position offers the chance to develop skills in a dynamic environment. The company values its employees, providing a supportive atmosphere along with a range of benefits, including generous holiday entitlement and a pension scheme. If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity in a vital sector, this could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

28 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Company pension

In-house training for forklift operation

Flexibility with hours

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a warehouse environment is essential.
• Forklift experience is desirable but training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Unload client products and ensure compliance with temperature controls.
• Manage goods in, picking, labelling, packing, and despatch paperwork.
• Maintain stock levels and undertake stock counts.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Forklift operation

Attention to detail

Computer literacy

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Job description

WAREHOUSE OPERATIVE NIGHTS

BASED: POLAR SPEED DISTRIBUTION LIMITED, SITE 2, 8 CHARTMOOR ROAD, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDFORDSHIRE, LU7 4WG

HOURS: 8PM-5AM - MONDAY - FRIDAY - 40 HOURS PER WEEK

SALARY: £25,013.88 PER ANNUM - £12.03 per hour up to 40 hours, after 40 hours time and a half rate applies at £18.04 per hour.

Polar Speed has a reputation for quality, compliance, operational and customer facing technology and monitoring solutions in the growing temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical logistics market in the UK. The company specialises in active temperature-controlled deliveries to hospitals, pharmacies, wholesalers and medical care surgeries as well as to end patients which it serves through its homecare business. Its customers include some of the best known pharmaceutical brands in the world.

Due to an increase in business, we are looking for a Warehouse Operative in our Nights Operation at our busy Leighton Buzzard site2 depot. A forklift licence is desirable but not essential as full in-house training will be given on this.

You will be required to receive the inbound stock ensuring the temperature is compliant at all times, manage goods in, picking, labelling, packing and despatch paperwork. In addition to this, you will assemble clinical packaging and labelling activities to include controlling, verifying, printing, issuing and recording labels for production.

Additionally, you will ensure the maintenance of appropriate quantities of stock levels within the packaging area, undertaking stock counts and processing returns.

The positions are on a Monday to Friday basis, 40 hours per week; however, flexibility with regard to hours will be required as the shift times may alter dependent on volume.

We offer a wide range of benefits including 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays) building to 33 days (including bank holidays) in the sixth full holiday year (PRO RATA) and a company pension.

For successful applicants, Polar Speed will process a basic disclosure criminal record checks.

Key responsibilities:

1. Unloading of client product from collection vehicles
2. Ensure all consignments are received in and placed into required temperatures
3. Receive in-bound consignments and allocate in warehouse
4. Pallet size consignments and loading of trunking vehicles
5. Goods in, picking, labelling, packing and despatch
6. Processing returns including quarantined, damaged or batch recalls
7. Follow standard operating procedures in the pick and pack operation.

Key Skills/Experience/Requirements:

1. Previous experience of working within a warehouse environment is essential. Fork Lift experience is desirable but not essential as full in-house training is given on FLT with certificates provided on completion. This is a compulsory qualification.
2. Good reading skills and numerate
3. Computer literate
4. Good team player
5. Good organisation skills with the ability to prioritise your workload, using own initiative whilst displaying team player mentality.
6. Excellent attention to detail