General Operative

All About Us

Barrett Steel Ltd is the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of over 30 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder. For more information about the company visit our website.
All About the Role

Based at our Newry site, we have a role available for a General Operative. The purpose of these roles is to ensure customers’ orders are fulfilled to the highest standards in a fast-paced environment. You’ll provide excellent customer service whilst operating within a safe working environment and ensuring legal compliance to all Health & Safety standards. The hours of work are 08:00 - 16:30 Monday to Friday with overtime when required.
Specific tasks could include:

• Pick computer generated orders with repetitive handling/lifting of heavy and large item
• Accurately record stock movement and usage, along with product identification and use of measuring equipment.
• Work efficiently and effectively as part of a team and on your own.
• Handle steel
• Transferring stock to its location using a Forklift trucks and cranes.
• Assisting in the overall production and dispatch of customers’ orders.
• Maintain high levels of Health and Safety.
• Be adaptable and flexible in approach to work to meet operational requirements

We offer you

• £Highly Competitive plus overtime
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life assurance
• Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
• Access to health and wellbeing services
• Barrett Steel pension
• Career progression

All About You

You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.
Essential Skills for the role:

• The successful candidate will have experience as a warehouse/yard operative.
• Have a flexible attitude, be results oriented, and enjoy working in a team environment.
• Fork-Lift and Side-loader is desirable but not essential.
• Health & Safety awareness.
• Driving Licence preferred

How it feels to work for us

We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a 'can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.
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