Warehouse Operative (Coddington)

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Warehouse Operative for an ongoing contract on a rate of £13.20/hour PAYE. This role will based onsite. The working hours are 37 hours per week.

 

Responsibilities:

 

– To work as part of a team that consists of over 200 operations staff and management. To work over a 3 shift 24/5 operation within a 150,000 Sq Ft warehouse operation utilising manual handing equipment (MHE) such as forklift trucks and Low Level Order Picker (LLOP).

– The post holder has both direct and indirect contact with hauliers/suppliers in the processing of orders and book-ins.

– To undertake warehouse operation tasks as directed by team leaders and supervisors.

– To ensure that products are picked correctly and accurately based on the instructions relayed via radio data terminals (RDT’s)

– Scheduling unloading of supplier’s vehicles and ensuring unloading of pallets is carried out on systematic basis.

– Goods receipt of supplier deliveries, ensuring supplier delivery notes corresponds with NDC pre-advice delivery schedule paperwork.

– Ensure the timely despatch of cages and pallets to customers

– Pick, pack, quality check, load, and despatch customer orders as per communicated daily schedules

– To provide a comprehensive warehouse service to Operations, working closely with team leaders, supervisors and shift managers

– Contribute and provide appropriate support as an integral part of the Warehouse Operation’s team.

– Using the Red Prairie warehouse management system (WMS) and Radio Data Terminals (RDT) to pick, pack items of stock for locations throughout Scotland.

– The provision of regular information from the WMS to ensure that stock levels are replenished and picked to agreed levels and timescales.

– The use of MHE (FLT, LLOP’s) to manoeuvre stock around the warehouse and to load and unload supplier’s vehicles.

– To ensure that general good housekeeping practises are regularly maintained and monitored for compliance. To ensure that Health & Safety, Risk Assessments, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Safe Systems of Work and Accident/Near Miss reporting regulations and procedures are complied with at all times.

– To report immediately to the Team Leaders/Supervisors any issues or problems, which may affect the Warehouse, function on its performance.

– Conducting stock check procedures when directed by the system.

– Ensure work equipment is checked prior to use with any defects being reported to the Warehouse management team. Carry out pre-shift checks before the use of all Mechanical Handling Equipment.

– Undertake comprehensive training in the use of cardboard and polythene bailers; the use of a tote wash machine, the use of multiple types of MHE, the use of powered battery changing machine, the use of PC’s and RDT and the use of scissor lifts.

– Ensure the safety of the vehicle delivery loads is maintained through communication and checks are completed with our Ceva contracted transport department.

– To ensure accuracy and integrity of stock received at Goods-In, performing quality checks and using stock knowledge to correct any stock receipt anomalies; preparing stock safely for put-away to bulk; operating fork lift equipment to accurately place stock (upwards of 10 metres high) within the bulk racking, using RDT’s to determine the location; using forklifts to position stock within the picking areas as instructed by the RDT; using initiative to relocate stock when required; picking stock with high levels of accuracy (while under time pressure) and applying knowledge of units of issue and other customer ordering specifics; checking the quality and accuracy of stock at the loading bay; physical loading stock onto vehicles ensuring safe loading of pallets/cages, and ensuring correct paperwork is despatched with the relevant orders.

 

 

Essential Skills:

 

– A minimum of 1 year’s warehouse experience (with 3 years being desirable) in a Fast Moving Consumable Goods (FMCG) warehouse.

– Training on MHE Forklift truck RTITB assessor training – external 5 days or internally certificated.

– Low Level Order Picker (LLOP): trained by an RTITB instructor.

– Manual handling skills and awareness.

– Working knowledge of warehouse operations.

– Good RDT keyboard skills.

– Good level of numeric/literacy and practical skills

– Good communication skills required.

– Ability to remain calm whilst working under pressure.

– Policies in relation to Health and Safety, Fire and COSHH

– Post holder should be reliable/flexible to meet the demands of the service we provide to our customer.

 

 

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
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Warehouse Operative (Coddington)
Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scotland
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