Warehouse/Quay Operative (Poole)
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Role Profile: Warehouse/Quay Operative 46.25 hours per week
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 in (noting any damage if applicable)
- Weighing, taking dimensions and labelling 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 and marking up each item being loaded).
- Keeping paperwork up to date
- Liaising with office to handle customer queries/ bookings
- Maintaining a clean and professional warehouse
- Keeping damages
Key Compliance Requirements Applicable to this role:
- Identifying dangerous goods and ensuring all correct paperwork is attached (or request support from Supervisors if uncertain). Ensure all dangerous goods going out of warehouse is carried/stored in line with legislation (again requesting support from Supervisor where required)
- Ensure dates in units loaded meet regulations and advising Supervisor when out of date to ensure not used
Communication with others e.g. suppliers, customers, the general public etc:
- Supervisor for day to day workload/daily working responsibilities/training/queries/ dangerous goods etc
- Other quay/warehouse operatives, to ensure high level of teamwork
- Delivery drivers – ensuring all correct paperwork is supplied/ if goods arrive in damaged/ if goods not packaged correctly for shipping
- Office Supervisor/ Freight Administrators for day-day requirements; goods-in consignment notes, managing freight/ damaged freight etc
Decision Making Autonomy
- 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 £30,567.55 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Poole BH15 4AJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Warehouse experience: 1 year (required)
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