Warehouse Operative

**Role: Warehouse Operative**

**Salary**: £11.70- £12.05 p/h (Dependent on Experience)

**Location**:Lacock, Wiltshire

**Working Hours**:06.00am - 18.00pm**, ** 4 On 4 Off

Stonegate Farmers Ltd is seeking a Warehouse Operative to join our Dispatch & Ungraded division of our production facility based in Lacock, Wiltshire.

As a Warehouse Operative, you will assist in the movement and picking of all product dispatched and/or loaded/unloaded within our Packing Centre.

**About Stonegate Farmers Ltd**

Stonegate Farmers Ltd is an integrated free range and organic egg business organised across three divisions comprising farming and agriculture, egg packing and cooked egg processing. Established in 1926 and under new ownership since 2016, we have grown into one the largest free-range and organic egg producers within the UK.

Moving millions of mother nature’s most fragile food items every day takes finesse and know how. We work closely with our producers to collect, grade and package each individual egg. So many fresh eggs requires fresh thinking therefore we only employ the most enthusiastic people for our operations, who have hearts of gold - just like our eggs

We deliver daily from hen houses right across the country to the most exclusive restaurants and to many of the UK’s leading supermarkets, together with first class egg products to some of the biggest names in food manufacturing.

**Role & Responsibilities**:

- Ensure correct procedures for picking and loading are followed, help with any picking and loading of orders when required
- To accurately complete load sheets and computer spreadsheets.
- Pick customer orders to highest standards.
- Load vehicles and complete documentation for completed loads.
- Count intake goods stock at the start or end of each shift.
- At all times it is important that you comply with the company rules and always work safely.
- To ensure that food materials delivered are safe, legal and of the quality expected by the business and customer
- Be a multi-functional team member and support the Team Manager and peers on other lines.
- Ensure that high standards of GMP are adhered to at all times
- Ensure the company health and safety rules are adhered to.
- Follow lean thinking principles and make suggestions for improvement so better ways of doing jobs are identified and implemented.
- Have a shared responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of the BRC global Standard for Food.
- To carry out other duties ’site wide’ that may reasonably be requested to ensure the efficient running of the business

**Person Specification**:

- Basic IT skills
- Good attention to detail
- The ability to problem solve, providing solutions to issues that arise
- Ensure adherence to standards, particularly quality and cleaning standards
- Willing To Learn
- Team Player
- Excellent attitude and work ethic
- An enthusiasm for food and production of food
- The ability to learn and pass food based qualifications

**Qualifications / Experience**:

- **Warehouse experience is essential for this role**:

- Previous knowledge of Manual Handling and Health and Safety within the Warehouse is highly advantageous for this role
- **Previous experience using MHE (Electric & Manual Pump Trucks) is essential for this role**:

- **Transport can be provided from Swindon and Chippenham for this role.**

Pay: £11.70-£12.05 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Shuttle service provided

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Chippenham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Warehouse: 1 year (required)
- Electric Pump Truck: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: PCWarehouse0618