Stores Operator

Location: Aflex - Bradley Business Park

Location Type: On-Site

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multinational industrial engineering group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping, and associated fluid technologies. When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Stores Operator to join our dynamic team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring compliance with the company’s Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability policies, reporting any potentially dangerous issues or faults to your direct Team Leader or Production Manager, including but not limited to maintaining a safe and clean work environment.
• Ensuring quality products are produced in the required quantity, on time, and at the lowest possible cost, in accordance with the company’s quality, safety, health, and environmental policies and procedures.
• Demonstrating a positive attitude towards training and personal development.
• Monitoring process performance to ensure maximum output at all times.
• Carrying out and documenting quality control checks for each job, completing all production paperwork.
• Working as a team to achieve departmental targets, company goals, and customer deadlines.

What you’ll be doing:

• Picking and packing sales orders in the Stores department.
• Picking parts and tubes from locations in stores to be built into hoses by the Assembly department.
• Packing parts and tubes for export to distributors and self-assemblers worldwide.
• Issuing parts and tubes on Transform orders to other internal departments.
• Conducting weekly stocktakes of parts and tubes in stores.
• Retrieving tubes from racking using VNA articulated forklift trucks.
• Using counterbalance forklift trucks in the cold stores and yard.
• Maintaining housekeeping to keep the department safe, tidy, and presentable.

Skills/Experience:

• GCSE Maths and English.
• Warehouse/Stores experience.
• Computer literacy.
• Good communication skills.
• Positive attitude.
• Counterbalance forklift truck certification.
• VNA articulated forklift truck certification.
• Stock control and goods-in experience.
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and keen attention to detail.

Benefits:

• A competitive salary.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave.
• Private healthcare.
• Enhanced retirement plan.
• Life assurance.
• Additional support through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan.

Inclusion and Diversity:

We are committed to creating inclusive and equitable working cultures. We support flexible working requests and consider all candidates regardless of background. We also provide additional benefits such as gender-neutral parental leave, paid caregiver leave, support for pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, and menopause-friendly workplace principles. We are a Disability Confident employer and an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds and providing accommodations during the application process upon request.

Company Overview:

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, is dedicated to innovation and creating an inclusive environment. We are a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and related fluid technologies for the life sciences and process industries. Our purpose is to create sustainable value and engineer a more efficient, safer, and sustainable world. We serve diverse industries across 116 countries, supporting the production of everyday items and advanced technologies alike. Our values and culture foster collaboration and inclusivity, empowering our colleagues to make a difference for each other, our customers, communities, and shareholders.