Warehouse Operative

**Role Profile: Warehouse Operative**

**Overall DELIVERABLES expected from this role are**
- To unload, receive and log all goods coming into the warehouse. To organise their unit/container storage appropriately, efficiently and safely. To locate goods for delivery and load up the delivery vehicles for dispatch. Inspection of goods and vehicles to company standard.

**Key Role Activities** This section details the main activities that fulfil the role purpose statement.
- Taking delivery of goods and supplies
- Weighing, taking dimensions of all goods to be shipped
- Ensuring all paperwork is correct and clear on details for who/ where to ship to
- Discharging ship as/when required
- Loading reefers for Alderney (ensure chilled/frozen in correct reefer)
- Checking for damaged or missing items; ensuring PODs are signed appropriately (advising of damage/ missing items at point of receipt)
- Storing goods (in an organised, effective and efficient manner)
- Checking with office team if goods in have no consignee/receiver on the paperwork
- Moving stock around by hand, using lifting gear or a forklift truck
- Packing orders if not palletized when received in
- Loading goods into units for relevant island.
- Keeping paperwork up to date
- Liaising with office to handle customer queries/ bookings
- Maintaining a clean and professional warehouse
- Identify any opportunities when with customers for increasing business and feedback to Line Manager

**Key Compliance Requirements Applicable to this role**:

- Identifying dangerous goods and ensuring all correct paperwork is attached (or request support from Operations Manager if uncertain) Ensure all dangerous goods going out of warehouse is carried/stored in line with legislation (again requesting support from Operations Manager where required)
- Ensure dates in units loaded meet regulations and advising Supervisor/Manager when out of date to ensure not used Role Dimensions

**Communication with others outside the Company** e.g. suppliers, customers, the general public etc:

- Delivery drivers - ensuring all correct paperwork is supplied/ if goods arrive in damaged/ if goods not packaged correctly for shipping Communication with others within the Alderney Shipping Group (including any other Alderney Shipping Group companies or divisions) If possible, please detail with whom, why, frequency and importance
- Supervisor for day to day queries/ dangerous goods/clarification on workload/ working area etc
- Office Freight Administrators for day-day requirements; goods-in consignment notes, managing freight/ damaged freight etc

**Decision Making Autonomy** What decisions does the role holder have autonomy/responsibility for i.e. do not need approval from others (or may only require final approval post recommendation), including any financial limits:

- Receiving in goods if damaged - notifying Office team to check if customer wants goods/ if delivery rejected
- Allocating goods to correct container

**The essential knowledge or skills together with essential experience** required for this role:

- Excellent level of fitness
- Excellent teamworking skills
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently
- Ability to complete paperwork and count stock items
- Basic computer skills
- Understanding of health and safety regulations (including dangerous goods)
- Honesty and reliability
- Willingness to work flexibly.

**Qualifications** Include any qualifications that are a minimum requirement for this role
- GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
- Ideally a clean and full driving license
- Forklift certificate

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

Pay: From £28,500.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Performance bonus

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Poole, BH15 4BB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Warehouse experience: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 20/09/2024
Reference ID: 08072022WO