Logistics Operative

**Science and Technology Facilities Council**

**Salary: £20,129 - £21,879 per annum**

**Contract Type**:Open Ended (permanent)**

**Location**:Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire**

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Logistics team.

This role is key to the day to day delivery of a diverse range of logistics related services, including despatch, front desk duties, heavy gang deliveries, internal deliveries, postal services, gas delivery, handling dangerous goods and undertaking administrative duties and data entry.

Whilst ensuring compliance with STFC SHE Codes, the post holder will undertake and respond to the daily and weekly activities, to ensure that they are completed efficiently and timely, including:

- First point of contact for customers
- Provision of the postal function
- Service Logistics In box is responded to
- Liaise with heavy gang
- Internal deliveries to site maintained
- Gas supply and servicing
- Care and custody of stored goods
- Shipping activities and tasks

**Other role responsibilities may include**:
Sorting, delivery & collection and franking of daily in/out-coming post froM/For Royal Mail

Handling of hazardous materials such as oils, acids and chemicals

Planning and arranging collection, deliveries of goods

Counterbalance fork lift operation

Site deliveries using vans, buggies or forklift trucks

Packaging and despatch of goods including loading and unloading of vehicles

Handling of hazardous materials such as oils, acids and chemicals

Planning and arranging collection, deliveries of goods

**About you..**

**Qualifications**

Essential
- 4 GCSE’s or other equivalent qualifications/experience
- Clean current UK Driving licence

Desirable
- First aid qualification
- An up to date counterbalance fork lift certificate

**Along with**
- Relevant health & safety knowledge and awareness
- Good level of literacy and numeracy with attention to detail and accuracy
- Prior experience working in a busy logistics or warehouse environment
- Able to establish priorities and accomplish multiple tasks with mínimal supervision
- Use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook)
- Ability to use web based system with ease
- Experience of maintaining and retrieving data records and recording information accurately

Dangerous goods handling and awareness of despatch and courier systems would be advantageous

**What we can offer you**:
We are offering a whole host of family friendly benefits including;
- 30 days leave plus public holidays
- An excellent pension scheme
- Flexible working
- A subsidised onsite nursery
- Employee shopping/travel discounts
- A salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme

Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

**About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)**

As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We’re proud of the impact we make. And we’re committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You’ll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you’ll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you’ll discover just what a difference you can make when you’re equipped and inspired to excel.

We’re a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don’t, ask questions that others won’t, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it’s at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It’s very often ground-breaking. And it’s endlessly, irresistibly fascinating.

**About UK Research Innovation (UKRI)**

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday