Job Title:

Warehouse Operative.

Shift requirement:

This role is on the 10:00-18:00 shift.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Always ensuring the correct PPE is used including hi vis vests, gloves, masks, safety shoes, eye protection etc

• Conducting start of shift safety checks on manual handling equipmentincluding:

• Forklift trucks

• Pedestrian pallet movers

• Internal delivery / collection vehicles

• Weighing platforms

• To follow all warehouse work instructions

• Labelling containers and pallets as required by the transport regulations or customer specification

• Understanding and implementing production documentation including production works orders, Transfer orders, pack codes, single point lessons.

• Preparing pallets,single packages, and pallet boxes according to customer specifications or transportregulations

• Preparingsingle packages and consolidating pallets of raw materials for use in production in line with the required standards

• Be able to handle safely manually (pack, stack, palletise etc) containers weighing up to 22kg

• Cleaning down carefully and thoroughly all warehouse equipment including scales at the end of the warehouse shift

• Maximising productivity from all processes by minimising downtime and waste

• Ensuring that all transfer orders are completed according to the requested time and production plan

• Monitoring, controlling, and recording information on paper and electronic systemsand handheld devices

• Be able to use lifting and handling equipment including drum lifters, pallet wrapping machines and pallet trucks 

• Wrap, cover,strap, and band pallets in accordance with specifications manually or using wrapping and banding equipment

• Contributing to continuous improvement projects

• Knowledge and understanding of the safety requirements in an ATEX (flammable) product environments

• Maintain an excellent standard of housekeeping during warehouse operations and at the end of shift

• Be able to work a reasonable amount of overtime as required by business needs

Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Must have good basic mathematics ie addition, multiplication, division, working out percentages etc

• Must have good English comprehension to be able to interpret and follow process and safety instructions precisely

• Competent and confident in using manual handling equipment

• Have the ability tosafely lift, place and stack containers weighing up to 22kgs

Behaviours: 

• Work in accordance with the HB Fuller code of conduct and Apollo core values of the company, namely, Safety, Care and Trust

• Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines to meet customer expectations and transport deadlines

• Committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself, co-workers and the environment

• Dependability, take personal ownership of all aspects of the job role

• Promotes team spirit and morale with a positivecan-do attitude, even in difficult situations

• Committed to achieving excellence in both quality and efficiency

• Punctual

• Willing to learn new systems and new technology

• Flexibility to work in other areas of Apollo/ HB Fuller, as business needs require

• Ability to use own initiative

• Work well with others

• Works well on single operator stations

Training:

• Understand a transfer order and other documents and be able to complete it correctly

• Understand the importance of followingone-point lesson instructions

• How to work safely with flammable Adhesives

• The use of safety equipment including local extraction systems and anti-static devices

• How to do basic cleaning and checking of equipment

• How to consolidate and label multiple items onto a pallet for dispatch 

• Counterbalance forklift truck operations

• Pivot steer forklift truck operations

• Pedestrian powered pallet mover operations

• Weighing platform operation

• Dust extraction operation & cleaning

• Dock leveller operation

• Safe systems of work 

• Hazard awareness training