Stores Person in Knaresborough

The Site Stores Assistant supports the day-to-day running of the stores function within a waste recovery facility. The role involves receiving, storing, issuing and monitoring stock, ensuring that materials, spare parts and equipment are readily available to support maintenance and operational activities. The postholder will contribute to maintaining accurate inventory records and ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive, check and book in deliveries against purchase orders and delivery notes
• Inspect goods for damage, accuracy and quality, reporting any discrepancies
• Store items in an organised and safe manner, ensuring correct labelling and stock location
• Issue parts, tools and consumables to engineering and operations teams as required
• Carry out regular stock checks and support periodic stocktakes
• Maintain appropriate stock levels and notify supervisors of shortages or reordering requirements
• Handle and store hazardous materials in accordance with COSHH regulations and site procedures
• Prepare and stage materials for planned maintenance activities and outages
• Maintain a clean, tidy and compliant stores environment in line with HSE and Site standards
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the stores and logistics function

Skills and Experience

• GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and Maths
• Previous experience in a stores, warehouse or inventory role, ideally within an industrial, engineering or energy environment
• Familiarity with stock control or inventory management systems
• Basic knowledge of mechanical and electrical components (desirable)
• Good IT skills, including use of standard office software
• Strong attention to detail and organisational ability
• Good communication and teamwork skills

Additional Requirements

• Forklift truck licence (desirable)
• Ability to undertake manual handling tasks safely
• Willingness to work shifts if required
• Understanding of health and safety legislation relevant to industrial workplaces

Benefits

• Entry into Company bonus scheme - up to 5%
• Thalia’s pension contribution is 3% and your contribution is 5%
• 24 days annual leave
• Annual opportunity to buy additional annual leave (up to 5 days)
• Life assurance: 2 x annual salary
• Flexible benefits: Access to a wide range of flexible benefits through Bravo Benefits, allowing you to tailor your package to suit your individual needs, including health, wellbeing and lifestyle options
• Free parking

At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, question everything, and enable ourselves to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. We are motivated, tackle problems together, inspire others to take responsibility, make a difference, and are ambitious and value contribution.

We operate the best technology across four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass‑burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies, in‑vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small‑scale energy solutions and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste into energy, generating the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels, and recycle about 95,000 tonnes of waste.

At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to create an inclusive and diverse workplace. We evaluate candidates based on their skills and passion, not just their CV. We are happy to discuss flexible working and adjustments as needed. We are an equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments to support candidates during the recruitment process and throughout employment.