Warehouse Operative

About Heras

Heras are a dynamic and expert international company with a strong European presence in the perimeter protection industry. Our products are sold globally, and in the UK we are proud protect vital infrastructure including water supply, the criminal justice system, and the national food chain.

We have strong plans for future growth and we are investing heavily in our people including training and development, wellbeing, engagement, and rewards.

About the Role & the Team

Are you a reliable and committed Distribution Operative with the ability to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic, and exciting environment? If so, we would love to receive your application to join the Heras family.

This role will provide an opportunity receive, move and check goods into and out of the warehouse and check for damaged or missing items. The role includes moving stock and picking and packing orders whilst ensuring required paperwork is kept up to date.

This role is based within a warehouse environment in Middleton Manchester.

Role Overview

• Accurately pick and pack goods within required timescales and quality standards
• Assist in receiving deliveries and unloading stock
• Transacting good received/deliveries on the MRP system
• Coordinating transport with hauliers
• Stock checks in line with cycle count schedule
• Maintain a good standard of housekeeping
• General labouring duties and manual handling
• Repacking and relabelling items
• Arranging dispatches through couriers
• Preparing orders ready for dispatch
• Loading all goods ready for despatch onto the correct transport
• Maintain a safe working environment
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required in which you adequately trained to carry out

Benefits

• Enhanced holidays of 33 days per year (one week more than the statutory minimum)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Free On-site Parking
• £500 Employee Referral Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)
• Parental Support & Counselling Services
• Employee Assistance Programme & Healthy Living App
• Wellbeing Hubs
• Holiday Purchase Scheme (up to 5 days per year)

About You

Essential

• Ownership: You look after tasks, queries, and problems and take responsibility from start to finish, ensuring a great service
• Resilience: You are able to recover from setbacks quickly, and are able to thrive within a fast paced, busy environment
• Motivated by targets
• A practical and pro-active approach to work
• Flexible and adaptable to ways of working depending on business requirements
• Good organisation skills with the ability to prioritise workloads
• Effective communication skills
• Positive work ethic
• Good attention to detail
• Committed to delivering the utmost service/support to the business and our customers
• Reliable team player
• Good at building working relationships
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work and ways of working

Desirable

• Manual handling trained
• Warehouse qualification
• MRP knowledge
• Good level of Math skills
• Working within a manufacturing environment in the construction industry
• Experience of working within a similar role

We are an equal opportunities employer and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have any particular needs arising from a disability then please outline this on your application so that we can offer the right support for you.