Despatch Operative

Elevation Engineering & Manufacturing’s Skilled Shop Floor Team have been exclusively retained to manage a recruitment campaign for our client Orchid Orthopedic based in the heart of Sheffield’s manufacturing community.
Orchid Orthopedic Solutions is a worldwide leader in design and manufacturing for the orthopedic and medical device markets, including joint reconstruction, spine, trauma, sports medicine, extremities and dental. With 14 world-class facilities located around the globe, Orchid continues to provide others an opportunity to live a better life through the products, services and the way the company conducts business.

Their Sheffield facility based off the Sheffield Parkway comprises a Forge, Foundry and CNC Machining and Finishing processes. It employs approximately 300 people and focuses on joint reconstruction, in particular knee and hip joints and also the instruments required to fit the medical device parts. 

Additional information on the company can be found at www.orchid-ortho.com
The role:
Despatch Operative 
Are you an experienced Despatch Operative that has worked in Manufacturing and looking for a new challenge?
A fantastic opportunity has become available for an Despatch Operative to join a well-known Manufacturing business based in Sheffield.
Working Hours: Monday – Thursday 7am-4pm, Friday 7am-12pm
Hourly Rate: £12.50
Excellent Benefit Package includes:
Key Responsibilities:

• Packing components ready for despatch
  • Preparing parts for shipping to customers
  • Packing, marking and moving components/parts around the site
  • Ensuring all necessary documentation for goods received and despatched is completed correctly
  • Ensure parts and shipping paperwork is prepared correctly and in advance ready for despatch on time including printing address labels and bar codes as required
  • Ensure proof of despatch (i.e. shipping notes and despatch notes) are signed at the point of despatch

Skills & Experience;

• Must have manufacturing experience
• Must have experience of packing goods
• Must have experience using IT 
• Must have strong administration skills 
• FLT License desirable 
• Pallet Truck experience 
  If this sounds like a role you could excel in, and want to join a large, stable organisation then please press apply!