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Experienced Warehouse & Forklift Operative required for large, global manufacturer based at their site in Plymouth. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out the movement of goods from point of entry around the factory including to and from stores, machine shop and production lines and loading onto vehicles to enable transportation to end customer, in accordance with company Health & Safety and quality procedures and in line with the company’s values and behaviours. Â
Key Responsibilities:
- Load and unload vehicles in accordance with company procedure.
- Load preparation and checking.
- Pick kits or parts according to work order or pick list.
- Issue parts to machine shop and production in line with the Plan.
- Put product away in relevant stores or warehouse location.
- Pack parts in accordance with packing instructions, including sub contract.
- Prepare seal kits and other spare parts for shipment prior to packing, in line with agreed processes.
- Labelling of product.
- Unpack and decant product.
- Enable replenishment process of lineside and Kanban stock
- Allocate product to sales orders
- Collect defect product from factory and process RTSÂ
- Execute required SAP transactions for; booking in, picking, packing and standard stock movements
- Execute WMS transactionsÂ
- Daily 5s
- General forklift truck driving
- Work within company safety policy and procedures
Essential Experience & Candidate Attributes Required:
- Recent, proven experience working as a warehouse and forklift operative ideally within manufacturing or engineering.
- Valid, External Forklift Counterbalance licence gained through an accredited external training provider.
- Good verbal communication skills coupled with good literacy and numeracy.
- An excellent attitude towards Team Work.Â
- A proactive approach to work with the ability to continually learn.
Desirable Qualifications & Experience (non essential):
- Valid, External Reach Forklift Licence gained through an accredited external training provider.
- Valid, External Pivot Steer Forklift Licence gained through an accredited training provider.
- Valid Powered Pallet Truck Licence.
- Competent basic SAP user.
Additional Information / Benefits:
- 20% shift premium for working weekly alternating shifts (please note the salary advertised above is inclusive of this shift premium).
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Christmas & Summer Shutdown.
- Company pension after 3 months service and Performance related reviews at Month 6 and 12.
The successful candidate will be working a weekly rotating shift comprising of Monday to Friday 06:00 to 14:00 and Monday to Friday 14:00 to 22:00. Due to these shift times mentioned, own transport would be preferred although not always essential.
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