Warehouse Operative (Flt Required) - Coxs Lane

Your responsibilities

We are currently looking for a Warehouse Operative to join us here at thyssenkrupp Materials UK! As the Warehouse operative role, you will be picking material from the racks for customer orders or to supply poli-coaters, guillotines etc. you may be operating or assisting in operation on some of these machines once trained. You may also be required to load or unload vehicles and scan away to a rack location whilst adhering to quality and safety procedures. Working on a rotating shift basis you will ensure a positive handover for the following shift to exceed customer demands

Our central warehouse and head office, also known as 'Cox's Lane', is located in the heart of the West Midlands in order to meet all customer demands. We are a Warehouse & Logistics provider, our capabilities include plate, bar and extrusion cutting, guillotining as well as protective laminating coating.

40 hours a week

Shift Pattern: Mon-Fri Week 1: 6am-2pm. Week 2: 2pm-10pm

Your main duties will include:

• Loading and unloading lorries
• Preparing customers' orders
• Racking, stacking and identification of incoming stock
• Checking of incoming and outgoing deliveries for quality and quantity
• Driving forklift trucks when authorised to gather material for the jobs and record all information on job sheets
• Operating any warehouse machinery as directed, eg. guillotines, saws, polythene coating machines, etc.
• Ensuring we have warehouse traceability
• Working from drawings you will be required to accurately set various machines and produce parts to order
• Use appropriate measuring equipment

Your profile

Essential experience, skills and knowledge:

• Valid Forklift Truck Licence
• Good organisational skills
• Reliability and dependability
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job
• Self-motivated
• Flexible and willing to take on a variety of tasks
• Team player
• IT competent for use of scanning system

Your benefits with us

• Annual Leave: 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + your birthday
• Company bonus scheme (5%)
• Advantageous pension scheme
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Advanced Family Friendly Policies
• Employee high street vouchers & discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational health & health surveillance
• Length of Service Awards
• Christmas savings scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Wellbeing events
• Recognition Portal
• Rewards Portal
• Company events
• Company share schemes
• Christmas Closedown

This is us – your new employer

thyssenkrupp Materials UK operates a network of 9 sites with just under 500 employees in England and Northern Ireland which are; Preston, Darton, Birmingham, Central Warehouse, Head Office & Fabrications (Cradley Heath, Birmingham), Milton Keynes, Swindon, and 2 in Belfast. We offer a vast range of material products such as stainless steel, aluminium and mild steel. We also provide a range of services, whether it be fully welded and fabricated finished parts or bespoke flat products cut to exact sizes. We have years of experience in the aerospace, construction and architecture, automotive and the general engineering industries.

With around 480 locations in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor and service provider in the western world. The broad service spectrum offered by the materials experts enables customers to focus on their individual core business. The area of Materials Services spans two strategic areas: global materials distribution as a one-stop-shop – from steel and stainless steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials – and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide cross-channel, round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A highly efficient logistics system ensures that all requested services are smoothly integrated into customer production processes “just-in-time” or “just-in-sequence”.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, disability, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove this advert prior to the advertised expiry date, dependent on the level of response received. You are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to supply individual feedback at the CV review stage.