Warehouse Operative
Job Description
Job title: Warehouse Operative
Company: Blue Arrow
Job description: Position: Warehouse Operative
Location: Lingfield Point, Darlington, DL1 1RW
Pay: £12.50 per hour + £150 bonus
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Monday – Friday 6am-2pm
Start date: Earliest start 29th April with intake dates throughout the start of May.Do you want to be part of a huge exciting and crucial project with Capita, enabling you to contribute to a behind the scenes annual project on behalf of the Department of Education. The role will involve you preparing, organising, logging and packing of Year 6 Exam Papers ready for marking. Capita Public Services are looking for experienced Warehouse Operatives on behalf of the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) during the upcoming busy exam period. This is a great opportunity with a well-established and reputable organisation with the ability to maintain a fantastic work-life balance with fixed shift patterns.We are looking for well-rounded warehouse operatives to take part in full time but temporary placement with the possibility of contract extension. There are various departments within the operation that you could be working in, such as:Guillotine/ Scanners – Working on either industrial guillotines or large IBML scanners to process work.Preparation – Working on opening packages, checking and processing batches of scripts from schools.Manual Handling – Working to keep the process areas organised and neat.Warehouse Operative – Working on ensuring pallets and boxes are all logged into the warehouse management system and are placed in the correct place for future use.Specific Duties Include:
– Logging large volume document intakes through handheld scanners.
– Opening and processing high volumes of incoming packages daily.
– Preparing bar codes for document batches to ensure tracking is logged correctly
– Guillotining large volume documents in preparation for batching
– Batching documents ready for scanning
– Operating large volume speed scanners
– Keying and/or indexing documentation
– Carrying out regular quality control inspections and investigating queriesYou will need to be comfortable with a variety of tasks including both Manual Handling of packages / boxes and receipt of a high volume of scripts. This is a great opportunity to learn a selection of new warehousing skills including guillotining, scanning, validation, batching, and problem solving but full training will be provided.Does this sound like you?
-Driven, organised and logical
– Enjoy a busy, fast paced environment
– Helpful and friendly member of a team
– Excellent attention to detail
– Comfortable using PCs
– Enjoy a physical job and are comfortable with Manual Handling
– Looking for a varied role using a variety of warehousing equipment
– Seeking work life balance with the ability to earn a vast amount of money in a short time frame
– Excellent attendance and punctuality that will be rewarded with £150 bonusYou must have:
-Ability to work Bank Holidays and public holidays, most bank holidays will be working days.
-Safety boots
-Ability to use PC, you will be required to complete mandatory training on a PC so you will need to be comfortable with basic navigation of a PC.Employment will be subject to a quick and friendly interview with Blue Arrow. You will also be required to pass employment checks including a clean criminal record and credit history, clear of sanctions and staff fraud, proof of address and thorough 1 year referencing for past jobs.In order to progress, please submit an updated CV with your application. Please ensure your CV is up to date with any gaps explained as any gaps in activity can cause your CV to not be considered.Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.
Expected salary: £12.5 per hour
Location: Darlington, County Durham
