Despatch & Warehouse Operative
Salary circa £23,400pa depending on experience
Approximately 8 miles from Truro, Cornwall
About Us
The Tregothnan Estate is a private family home with a world-renowned botanical garden and woodland. The Estate has a team of maintenance, gardening, forestry and joinery employees that maintain the core estate and manage the beautiful surroundings which are on the edge of the River Fal. The Estate is also a landlord with a substantial portfolio of residential, commercial, and agricultural properties.
Through its day to day running, the Estate produces tea (the only UK grown blend), honey and jam, which are sold by our trading team; delivers Experiences including Garden and Tea Tasting Tours; and rents holiday accommodation. The Estate is diverse in its activities and the job roles it provides. The teams have a great community spirit, the surroundings are inspiring, and the work is always interesting. Working at Tregothnan is being part of Cornwall’s heritage and its modern future.
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Despatch & Warehouse Operative, to join our friendly team.
Duties include:
- Pick, pack and despatch orders from pick lists, ensuring all items are correct for customer orders.
- Ensure deliveries are checked against delivery notes, batch numbers listed where required, and deliveries are put away in designated areas.
- Liaise with and assist Production Operatives to ensure products are processed ready for despatch.
- Organise logistics for products that go on pallets for different warehouses.
- Work collaboratively with the Office & Production Manager to ensure Safe and Local Supplier Approval (SALSA) compliance, with specific responsibility for production elements of SALSA e.g. blend records, hard plastic checks, scale calibration, cleaning records, etc.
- As we are a small team, you will also support the team: to pack tea, keep the warehouse tidy, undertake checks for audits, and stock and serve customers in the on-site shop.
About You
You will need:
- Previous production and despatch experience.
- A flexible attitude to work and willingness to change tasks as and when required.
- The ability to work on your own using initiative, and also as part of a team.
- The ability to follow procedure.
- A high degree of attention to detail.
- Good communication skills, and a positive and professional attitude.
- Good literacy and IT skills.
- A full UK driving licence and own transport, as we are in a rural location with no access to public transport.
Benefits
- Salary of £23,400pa, depending on experience.
- 37.5 hrs pw, Mon-Fri, 7.5 hrs per day. Your times of work will vary to meet the needs of the business and will either be 8.00am-4.00pm or 9.00am-5.00pm.
- Health care cash back plan.
- Discount scheme with high street and online retailers.
- Salary sacrifice homeware, tech and cycle to work schemes.
Application deadline: 29/11/2024
Other organisations may call this role Warehouse Assistant, Production Operative, Stock Fulfilment Assistant, Production Assistant, Line Operator, Yard Operative, Manufacturing Operative, or Picker & Packer.
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