Warehouse Saw Operative

Barrett Steel Limited; Bradford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Very competitive salary

25 days holiday plus bank holiday

Pension

Life Assurance

Annual cycle to work scheme

Company discount scheme for savings on

Access to health and wellbeing

Job summary

Barrett Steel Limited, Bradford site, seeks an experienced Warehouse Saw Operative to ensure orders are fulfilled to high standards while adhering to Health & Safety rules.

The role operates on weekly rotating shifts, 6 am–2 pm and 2 pm–10 pm, Monday to Friday, and requires experience with cranes, forklifts, and saws, plus a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Experience as a warehouse operative is essential.
• Flexible, results‑oriented and safety conscious.
• Experience with cranes, forklifts and saws preferred.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Strong commitment to health and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Pick computer generated orders with lifting of heavy items using cranes and overheads.
• Record stock movement and usage and identify products with measuring tools.
• Work well in a team and also independently.
• Operate machinery once trained.
• Transfer steel stock to locations and load vehicles with forklift/cranes.
• Load fleet vehicles, trailers and rigid units.
• Move vehicles around yard and assist dispatch of orders.
• Maintain high safety standards at all times.
• Be adaptable to meet operational needs.

Skills

Flexible attitude

Team player

Health & safety

Crane operation

Forklift operation

Saw operation

Full UK driving licence

Tools

Cranes

Forklift

Saw

Side-loaders

Job description

All About Us

Barrett Steel Limited are the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 29 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder.

All About The Role

Based at our Bradford site, we are looking for an experienced Warehouse Saw Operative. The purpose of this roles is to ensure customers’ orders are fulfilled to the highest standards whilst adhering to all Health & Safety standards. The hours for these roles are weekly rotating Monday to Friday 6 am to 2pm, then Monday to Friday 2pm to 10pm,

Specific Tasks Include

• Pick computer generated orders with repetitive handling/lifting of heavy and large items using the correct machinery and overhead cranes.
• Accurately record stock movement and usage, along with product identification and use of measuring equipment.
• Work efficiently and effectively as part of a team and on your own.
• Operate machinery when trained to do so
• Transferring steel stock to its location, loading vehicles using Forklift trucks and cranes.
• Loading our fleet of vehicles, trailers and rigids.
• Shunting vehicles around the yard.
• Assisting in the overall production and dispatch of customers’ orders.
• Maintain high levels of Health and Safety at all times.
• Be adaptable and flexible in approach to work to meet operational requirements

All About You

You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way; always ensuring a high level of customer service and the ability to build on existing business whilst successfully developing new.

Essential Skills For The Role

• Have experience as a warehouse operative, not necessarily gained in the steel industry
• Have a flexible attitude, be results oriented, and enjoy working in a team environment.
• Ideally have operated Cranes, Fork-Lift, Saws, and Side-loaders, however training can be given
• Used to working to high levels of Health & Safety
• A full UK driving license to enable you to shunt vehicles around the yard.

We offer you

• Very competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holiday
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Annual cycle to work scheme
• Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
• Access to health and wellbeing

How it feels to work for us

We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change