Warehouse Support Operative

Job Title: Warehouse Support Operative

Reporting to: Warehouse & Logistics Manager

Job Summary/Purpose: Part of a team moving and controlling goods and materials across the site.

Safety:

• Promote and support a safe working environment.
• Adhere to all health and safety requirements at all times.
• Personally demonstrate the correct safety behaviours, ensuring safe operating practices are followed.

Food Safety

• Adhere to and ensure all staff adhere to Business Food Safety Standards at all times.
• Ensure that operations meet statutory requirements, with particular emphasis on safety, hygiene, housekeeping standards,
• Escalate any potential Food Safety issues immediately.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support FLT drivers with loading and unloading of vehicles using appropriate MHE as trained.
• Record and communicate information regarding damages, returns and stock rotation so that appropriate action can be taken.
• Unloading/loading of floor loaded frozen and dry containers.
• Complete delivery/goods-in notes and ensure accurate records are maintained and recorded.
• Ensure all relevant daily and weekly checks are completed on time and in full.
• Ensure accurate stock records are maintained for all warehouse stock including freezer and ambient warehouse.
• Ensure each pallet is secure for transit and labelled correctly.
• Work in accordance with safe practices and maintain a clean and tidy area.
• Carry out scheduled and unscheduled hygiene activity to ensure cleanliness and housekeeping are always maintained to agreed standards.
• Follow prescribed systems of working that ensure the safety of staff, the integrity of the product and in accordance with customer specifications.
• Report faults, non-compliances, process problems to the appropriate person in a timely manner.
• Any other factory duties or any other reasonable request as required, such as but not limited to:

• checking mixed load containers box by box,
• combining part pallets,
• disposing of residual stock in timely manner,
• handling fallen loads on delivery (i.e. buckets),
• de-top pallets as necessary,
• Clean site walkways.

At Place UK, we take pride in everything we do, and we’re passionate about our people. If this Warehouse Support Operative role feels like the right fit, explore our current vacancies and what it’s like to work here, or learn more about Place UK and our story from a Norfolk family farm to a leading British Food Manufacturer.