Warehouse Operative

Main responsibilities:

- Perform soldering tasks on electronic components and circuit boards
- Read and interpret work instructions and blueprints to ensure accurate soldering
- Use power tools and hand tools to assemble and disassemble components
- Inspect finished products for quality and adherence to specifications
- Maintain a clean and organized work area

**Requirements**:

- Mechanical knowledge and understanding of soldering techniques
- Experience using power tools in a manufacturing or assembly environment
- Ability to read and interpret work instructions and blueprints
- Strong attention to detail and quality control
- Good hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team

Note: Prior experience as a solderer or in a similar role is preferred, but we are willing to train motivated individuals who demonstrate the necessary skills and aptitude.

Role and further responsibilities:
**Supervision of all Testing Procedures**
- Operate and maintain all test equipment in line with Health and Safety policies
- Carry out safe and effective testing on products as required
- Develop and operate product batch, specification, and quality testing programme
- Maintain effective reportage on product testing and communicate results clearly
- Ensure all testing areas are clearly marked and kept clean

**General Warehouse**
- Adhere to all warehousing, handling and shipping legislation requirements
- Maintain standards of health and safety, hygiene and security
- Processing orders
- Operating IT systems
- Ensuring delivery deadlines are met
- Maintenance of equipment

**Returns**
- Processing returns
- Testing products
- Filling out test reports

**Stock**
- Keep stock control systems up to date and make sure inventories are accurate
- Maintaining layout and ensure efficient space utilisation
- Monitoring stock of packaging and accessories and re-ordering
- Ensuring a good rotational stock system

**Deliveries**
- Booking in stock and liaising with the office when deliveries have arrived
- Testing products from new deliveries and filling out test reports

**Display boards**
- Making displays and prioritising customer orders
- Maintaining high standards whilst ensuring deadlines are met
- Monitoring stock of display boards

**Bespoke LED Strip Production**
- Responsibility for maintaining a safe and effective production area and equipment
- Ensure relevant tools, accessories and associated products are available to fulfil demand
- Communicate with the office team to prioritise workload and maximise effective workflow
- Oversee production carried out by other staff - focus on safety, quality and meeting deadlines
- Cutting, tailing and soldering striplights to customer’s specific requirements
- Testing, quality control and labelling of LED strip and accessories
- Maintaining a high standard whilst ensuring deadlines are met

**Exhibitions**
- Responsible for transporting equipment to and from exhibitions if required
- Assisting in the set up and breakdown of the exhibition stand if required

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

- Proven work experience in warehousing
- Lighting / Electrical qualifications or experience are favorable but not essential

Essential Skills:

- Knowledge of operating a warehouse
- Managing processes
- Good organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Time management
- The ability to work as part of a team
- Efficiency
- Technical skills in electronics
- Basic IT skills
- The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

Additional Notes:

- Full UK Driving License is valued
- Reach truck license is valued

If you are looking for a challenging yet rewarding opportunity in the manufacturing industry, we encourage you to apply. We offer competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for career growth. Join our team of skilled professionals today

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £12.74 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Greenhithe: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person