Warehouse Assistant with valid Pivot Steer Licence

We are looking for a Warehouse Assistant/Forklift Driver in our Goods in/Goods out department to join our small and friendly team.

We are a growing company in a very secure industry and are BRCGS AA accredited.

The hours are 37.5 hours per week, 04:00-13:00 Monday to Friday. There are two 15-minute tea breaks and a 30-minute lunch break which are unpaid.

The salary is £13.00 per hour. Overtime is often available. Wages are paid monthly.

You must have warehousing experience and a 3rd party accredited fork lift licence. We CANNOT accept an inhouse licence. As well as a counter balance, we have a Bendi truck for which you MUST have a separate licence. Both licences need to have been renewed within the last 3 years.

We are a family-owned ambient food manufacturer of high quality chutneys, condiments, dressings, and cooking sauces.

Atkins & Potts has a strong team environment where everyone helps and supports each other.

There is a lot to learn and we provide training. Many of the team are multi-skilled. The most important things to us are a can do attitude, keen to learn and be trained. It's all about being a team player who cares about the products they are making and the people they are working with. As we are a food factory, hygiene is very important and we practice 'clean as you go'. There is a lot of cleaning and everybody cleans.

The role involves a mixture of loading, unloading (FLT), booking in/putting away stock, picking, packing, keeping the warehouse clean and sometimes helping stock checking. The role also includes work in the Labelling team as well as Goods In/Out. The role will also require flexibility to cover colleagues absence and holidays on late shift (2.30pm – 11pm) these hours will be paid at a higher rate.

Key tasks include:

• Check condition of FLTs and the completion of daily check lists
• Receive and despatch all goods to and from site. The volume of receipts and dispatches during the night is a small fraction of the day shift volumes
• Ensure the correct acceptance and storage of products and including our food traceability system. This involves printing labels and applying traceability labels to all inbound ingredients and packaging
• Wrapping and labelling pallets correctly (we have a pallet wrapper) ready for despatch
• Ensure the picking and packaging of products for dispatch and shipping are observed to the required standard: Sealed correctly: Dated Correctly: Correctly Documented: Pallet Stacked correctly and that deadlines are met
• Help manage the storage of all stock and ensure that appropriate stock control records are maintained
• Help achieve daily dispatch targets for the department
• Safe disposal and compacting of waste and packaging
• Keeping the warehouse clean and tidy and completing cleaning check documentation
• Supply the kitchen with raw materials and packaging against a daily picklist, and as required
• Complete accurate daily stock check
• Making trays
• Stacking finished cases on pallets
• Help apply labels both manually and on automatic lines
• Putting product into trays, boxes, and shrink wrap

Interviews are on-site during production. We ask candidates to come to the site to see the work environment and meet some of the team. We have one vacancy with an immediate start.

We are a great company with an exciting future ahead - come and be part of it

Please note that we do not offer sponsorship or relocation packages.

Please feel free to ask any questions when you apply.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £13.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Work Location: In person