Warehouse Operative

**Company Overview**: Welcome to Altro We’re a leading British manufacturer and supplier of flooring and wall cladding systems for construction and transport. As a family-owned and run business, we truly care about you, each other, and everything we do. Our mission? To transform spaces and enhance people’s emotional and physical wellbeing.

We have a vacancy for a Warehouse Operative to join our Walls team in Lowestoft. This is a permanent, full time role working 39.5 hours a week, rotating shifts of 6am - 2pm one week, followed by 2pm - 10pm the following week.

**Key Responsibility Areas**: As a Warehouse Operative, you'll loading and unloading vehicles, booking in and administrating stock promptly, assisting in problem-solving activities, conducting cycle counts, and checking expiry dates are also part of your responsibilities. You’ll deliver 100% customer service as a standard, attend team meetings as required, and operate successfully as a member of the Altro team. Flexibility when overtime is requested is appreciated.

**Main Purpose**: At Altro, safety is our top priority. Every day, we live and breathe our Zero Harm site behaviours, policies, and safe working practices. We want you to make a positive impact by contributing to Zero Harm discussions, local audits, and daily activities across all Logistic and our Value Added Services Functions.

**What are we looking for?**

We’re looking for someone who is computer literate, organised, methodical, a good communicator, and has good Health and Safety awareness. Being customer-focused, having a can-do attitude, excellent team working skills, and attention to detail are essential.

It would be great if you have First Aid, COSHH, Manual Handling training, a Forklift Licence, IOSH, a full driving licence and have experience with JD Edwards.

**As well as an exciting opportunity, what does Altro offer?**
- Shift Allowance on top of your basic salary.
- Holiday entitlement starts at 25 days; if you need a little extra... you can buy some more
- A defined contribution pension scheme available for all staff
- Hopefully never needed, but from day one you will be covered by our life assurance scheme
- Occupational Sick Pay and an onsite Occupational Health Service
- Confidential 24-hour life management and personal support service for you and your family
- Free eye tests are available for all employees
- A paid day off each year to take part in our volunteering scheme
- Don’t worry about getting parked...we have free car parking at all our sites
- We offer long service awards to all our employees
- Learning and Development - training and development support, no matter where you are in your career
- A variety of social events across the group, including the company Christmas party.
- It might be a long way off, but we know it’s not always easy to stop working so we provide advice and support to ease the transition to retirement.

**Interpersonal & Behavioural Skills**: We value a sense of humour, self-motivation, the ability to motivate others, a willingness to learn, commitment, customer-friendliness, helpfulness, approachability and flexibility.

**Why Join Us?** At Altro, we believe in continuous improvement and adding value to the customer experience. We offer a supportive environment where you can grow and make a real impact. Plus, you’ll be part of a team that truly cares about what we do and each other.

Everyone is welcome at Altro for who they are, no matter what their background is or how they identify. We appreciate that everyone is different and with that diverse uniqueness we can all thrive. “We don’t want you to just work here. We want you to belong here.”