At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our Dispatch Team to ship food samples globally and ensure quality control.
- Company: A leading company in food safety with a focus on biosecurity.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, flexible hours, gym access, and paid volunteer days.
- Other info: Work in a small team with opportunities for personal growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring food safety for customers worldwide.
- Qualifications: Experience in warehousing or retail and basic computer skills required.
The predicted salary is between 26400 - 27300 £ per year.
Join us as a Warehouse Operative and make an invaluable contribution to our Food Safety & Biosecurity. As a Warehouse Operative, you will be part of a dedicated Dispatch Team, responsible for shipping food‑based Proficiency Testing and Quality Control samples to 3000+ international customers. You will carry out dispatching of orders, receipt and storage of stock. The dispatch department is a five‑person team working in a small warehouse, storing and shipping a variety of food‑based products to over 120 countries worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Print paperwork for outgoing shipments
- Manually prepare and pack orders from picking lists
- Label food samples
- Store and monitor stocks of packaging materials and ice packs
- Perform stock control duties using our bespoke database (training provided)
- Use courier systems to process the day’s shipments
- Liaise with Admin and Tech Support teams to resolve shipping and order issues
- Handle materials with care, ensuring the area is clean and tidy in line with Health & Safety policies
The post involves manual handling, standing for prolonged periods and accessing cold storage environments for which PPE will be provided. There is no shift work; operations commence daily at 7:00 am.
Qualifications
- Ideally experience working in picking/packing, post room, warehousing/production or retail roles
- Good understanding of computers with familiarity in Excel, Word and Email
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (increasing to 29) with the option to buy and sell extra leave
- Flexible working hours, on‑site gym, restaurant and free parking
- Opportunity to take a paid day off to volunteer for a charity partner or cause of your choice
- Company matched pension, life assurance, cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave; paternity pay of two weeks; and more
- Voluntary benefits such as discounts on retail and socialising, health & wellbeing, travel and technology
- Long Term Incentive Plan awarding points towards shares in the Employee Benefits Trust
Equal Opportunity
We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment process and working environment for everyone.
Dispatch Operative employer: Fera Science Ltd.
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