Warehouse Operative
Job Description
Job title: Warehouse Operative
Company: Wincanton
Job description: Job Description:
Do you want a role in which you can perfect your working hours and days around your lifestyle?
Flexible working is a way of working that suits the employee’s needs. It can involve changes to the number of hours the employee works and the times and days they are required to work to meet the individuals requirements.
This opportunity also gives the employee the freedom to choose between weekly pay or four weekly pay.
You will have undertaken the day-to-day warehouse tasks ensuring all targets are met and the highest standards of quality, accuracy and hygiene are maintained to ensure our customers’ expectations are achieved.
How will you contribute?
- To commute to one of our five sites within the people campus area for each shift. (Note that these may be different for each shift)
- Ensuring the operation that you are deployed into meets all daily targets by completing each task to the highest quality standards.
- To be responsible for the health and safety of self and your colleagues by ensuring all tasks are always carried out using the relevant procedures and by adhering to safe working practices. These may vary in subtle ways across the seven sites within the campus area.
- You will be required to undertake loading, picking, packing and unloading duties which may involve the lifting of heavy stock/products.
- Completing several manual handling tasks and duties safely using pallet trucks and other mechanical handling equipment (MHE).
- To carry out the preparation of orders accurately, efficiently and to the highest quality level.
- Checking of picked stock and assembled loads prior to dispatch.
- Completing tasks using a variety of systems including handheld devices and voice picking via a headset.
- Supporting the operational efficiency, general housekeeping and hygiene standards of the warehouse and site.
- Personal hygiene and appearance to be always maintained to a professional and acceptable standard.
What will you bring?
- To undertake the day to day warehouse tasks ensuring all targets are met and the highest standards of quality, accuracy and hygiene are maintained to ensure our customers’ expectations are achieved.
- This role will be required to use Materials Handling Equipment (MHE) specifically Low Level Order Pickers (LLOP), High Level Order Pickers (HLOP), Powered Pallet Trucks (PPT) and Counterbalance Forklift Trucks. No previous experience is required, full training will be provided.
We will consider applications from candidates seeking Full Time, Part Time and Flexible work including applicants who have other limitations to their hours and days of work. We will consider tailoring the hours of work around the successful candidates’ personal circumstances. However, candidates must be willing and able to commute to any of our five operations within Northamptonshire typically the Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough area.
What do we offer?
We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including company pension scheme, private healthcare, 25 days hols + bank hols with the option to buy more, share incentive plan, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits online discount platform, onsite parking + much more
Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.
Apply Now!
Please apply by following the links and uploading your CV. We are a fast-moving organisation so we may not always wait until the closing date to review applications. As a result, you should submit your CV as soon as possible!
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Expected salary:
Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
