Role: Warehouse Shift Loader
Location: Near Maidstone
£ Highly competitive salary (significantly above local standard warehouse operative roles) + company benefits (Please note: at the client's request, the exact salary cannot be advertised)
Hours: Mix of days & night shift work (rota 1 year in advance)

Our client, a leading international manufacturer, is currently recruiting for an experienced Warehouse Shift Loader to join their growing team, situated close to Maidstone.

As the Warehouse Loader, you will be working as part of a 3-man team within a larger 5-shift team. The role principally requires the removal and locating of finished products into the warehouse, preparing products for dispatch and dispatching vehicles to the end customer.

Duties include:

- A full understanding and use of the business system for the control of all products entering or leaving the warehouse.
- Storing, locating, repacking, and recording products within warehouses.
- Carrying out quality control actions resulting from production or logistics requirements.
- Loading of trailers with the correct quality and in the correct sequence with the correct product to the required standard.
- Unloading of product and locating product with the correct documentation.
- Monitoring the health of plant, equipment, and processes using all available systems.
- To monitor, record, and report defects of all material handling equipment to onsite engineers and management.
- To take or initiate any corrective action necessary within the process or plant to ensure continuity of production.
- To maintain excellent communications with the shift manager, other process operator groups, and maintenance engineers to ensure efficient planning and decision-making is achieved.

What we are looking for:

- Minimum 2 years of experience working within a warehouse environment.
- A valid external/in-house Counterbalance Certification is desirable but not essential.
- Manual handling skills.
- Good IT skills and previous experience using warehouse software.
- Previous experience using an IMS (Integrated Management System) is desirable but not essential.
- Good knowledge of Health and Safety

Benefits:

- £ Highly competitive salary (significantly above local standard warehouse operative roles) + company benefits. Please note: at the client's request, the exact salary cannot be disclosed at this stage
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Clear progression opportunities into other departments and senior management positions
- Long-term security within a stable, international business

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