Senior Warehouse Operative

Overview

Job Title: Senior Warehouse Operative

Location: Southwest

Job Type: Full-Time (40 hours per week)

Salary: £29,000 per annum

Job Summary

In this role, you will play a key part in the day-to-day operations of the warehouse, ensuring the safe and efficient movement of goods while maintaining high standards of accuracy and productivity. You will provide guidance and support to fellow warehouse operatives, assist with inventory management, and help ensure that all warehouse processes run smoothly to meet operational targets. You will also support the efficient running of our office locations, including replenishing stock, liaising with cleaning and maintenance contractors.

You will be:

A process driven, operational thinker who can ensure all the logistics of stock movement meet the need of the business. Resilient and able to work at pace within a fast-moving and complex environment. You will have excellent attention to detail, be a self-starter, able to take ownership of tasks without direction. A role model, able to always demonstrates and uphold Airband’s values. Process driven ‘completer finisher’ with excellent attention to detail. Pragmatic, with a ‘can-do’ and problem-solving approach and the ability to understand and work with ‘shades of grey’.

Key Responsibilities

• Situational Leadership & Support: Assist in motivating and guiding warehouse operatives, ensuring tasks are carried out efficiently, best practices are followed, and company procedures are adhered to. Provide support to less experienced team members and help foster a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
• Inventory Management: Ensure accurate stock control by managing inbound and outbound stock, conducting regular stock checks, and helping with inventory reconciliation.
• Quality Control: Maintain a high standard of quality control across all warehouse operations, ensuring that products are handled and stored correctly.
• Health & Safety Compliance: Oversee warehouse safety and ensure all health and safety regulations are followed, including conducting risk assessments, safety audits, and maintaining a clean and safe working environment.
• Training & Development: Provide on-the-job training and support to new and existing warehouse operatives, helping them to improve their skills and performance.
• Order Fulfilment: Ensure the timely picking, packing, and dispatch of orders, meeting customer deadlines and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Process Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in warehouse processes, workflows, and systems to enhance productivity and reduce errors.
• Equipment & Maintenance: Ensure that warehouse equipment (e.g., forklifts, pallet trucks) is in good working condition and follow up with necessary maintenance and repairs.
• Reporting: Provide regular reports to management on key performance indicators (KPIs), including inventory accuracy, order fulfilment rates, and operational issues.
• Site Maintenance: Oversee the opening and closing procedures of the site, ensuring that security measures are followed, premises are secure, and all operations are ready for the day’s work or safely secured at the end of shift. Support the efficient running of our office locations, including replenishing stock, liaising with cleaning and maintenance contractors.
• Security & Safety Checks: Conduct daily security and safety checks at the start and end of shifts, ensuring that all areas of the site are secure, fire exits are clear, and systems operational.
• First Aid Support: Act as the first aid point of contact within the warehouse. Administer first aid in the event of an injury or medical emergency. Ensure that first aid kits are well-stocked and up to date and assist in maintaining a safe working environment for all staff.
• Incident reporting: accurately document and report any workplace injuries or accidents in compliance with company procedures and legal requirements.

Essential

• Experience: Proven experience (minimum of 2 years) in a similar role, with a strong understanding of warehouse and facilities operations
• Forklift Certification: Valid forklift certification and experience operating forklifts and other warehouse equipment – Fork Lift B1 Pivot Steer and Fork Lift B1 Counterbalance
• Full Clean Driving Licence: a valid, full, and clean driving licence, with the ability to drive company vehicles when required. Experience in driving light delivery vehicles may be an advantage.
• Certificates: Emergency First Aid, Display Screen Equipment for Agile Workers, Fire Awareness, Manual Handling Awareness & Slips, Trips and Falls

Desirable

• Telehandler Certification: Valid telehandler certification and experience operating telehandlers

What can Airband Offer you?

• 25 days of paid leave a year rising to 30 plus bank holidays with service.
• 5% Airband pension plus a minimum 3% employee contribution.
• Customer referral bonus – a thank you for every customer you send our way.
• Hybrid working – a mix of working from home and in the office.
• Free Broadband – If you are in our coverage, you can benefit from free broadband with us! (subject to time served)
• 20% off your monthly line rental on EE’s phone, tablet, SIM only or mobile broadband plans.
• Cycle to work, Tech scheme, Healthcare and medical insurance. Dental care, and Health cash fund (dependent on the length of service)
• Airshare (employee discount platform) – discounts on everyday shopping, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless – save up to £1,000 a year!
• Refer a friend reward scheme – a selection of great rewards to choose from!

Pre-employment checks

Please note that you are required to have the right to work in the UK and we request satisfactory references as part of our recruitment process. A DBS check may be required for a number of our roles, particularly those that are customer-facing. Also, a driving licence may be required for positions that require you to be out in the field as part of the role.

Recruitment agency support is not required at this time.