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Warehouse Operative
Location: Normanton (WF6 1GY)Rate: £12.60 / hour + Benefits
No evenings, no nights, no weekends. Early finish on a Friday.
Warehouse operative work including fork truck operation, plus some local delivery driving.
We have a new opportunity for an experienced Warehouse Operative to come and join a small, efficient team that works closely together. You’ll be based at our warehousing facility a short drive from junction 31 of the M62 (WF6 1GY). Onsite parking is available.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
In addition to having a full UK driving license and counterbalance forklift truck operator license, you’ll have the following experience:
- Warehouse operative experience
- Recent forklift truck operation experience
- IT literate and able to use email - Outlook
- Delivery driving experience (preferred)
As you will be communicating with internal and external customers via phone and email, you will have good communication skills including an excellent telephone manner.
A trustworthy and reliable individual, you demonstrate a flexible approach to work, a superb, 'can do’ customer service attitude and great teamworking ability.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
Your responsibilities will include the following:
- Loading and unloading of vehicles - this could be by hand or using a pallet truck or forklift truck.
- Assisting with the checking in of stock.
- Sorting and placing goods received into the correct storage area within the warehouse.
- Picking stock.
- Ensuring goods are packaged and labelled correctly.
- Producing dispatch labels using a computer.
- Taking part in stock counts.
- Liaising with internal / external customers, suppliers and transport companies in a professional and timely manner. This could be by phone, email or face-to-face.
- Undertaking housekeeping activities in order to help ensure that the warehouse is kept clean and tidy.
- Delivering goods to client sites using our van (generally short-middle distance), ensuring that a friendly and professional demeanour is demonstrated. It is expected that delivery/driving activity could amount to around 25% of the role.
WHY CHOOSE US?
We are a highly successful, customer-focused sales organisation with offices across the UK and Australia. We work closely with businesses around the world providing unique print, software and IT solutions.
We have grown significantly over the years and is now one of the leading SME’s in the Yorkshire region.
WORK DAYS AND HOURS:
- 36 hours / week.
- Monday - Thursday: 7.5 hours daily worked between 8:30am and 5:30pm (subject to the shift you are allocated to). Friday: 8:30am - 3:00pm.
WHAT WE OFFER:
As well as offering a salary of £23,587 (£12.60 / hour), benefits include:
- Generous annual leave: 27 days of holiday each year plus bank holidays
- An early finish on a Friday (3pm)
- Pension and Life Assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Free and secure on site parking
A Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (criminal records check) applies to this role: an offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful applicant undertaking this check.
If you’d like to join a friendly, hard-working team and help support the continued growth of the Company, please apply online with a CV that clearly sets out the relevancy of your experience.
