Coldstore Operative

24 hours per week, over 3 days.

Reporting to the Driver Supervisor and Senior Freezer Operative, Coldstore Operatives are responsible for picking and packing customers frozen orders ready for dispatch in a timely and accurate manner.

The cold store runs at a chilly -20 degrees centigrade but don’t worry, protective clothing designed to deal with this temperature will be provided along with breaks to warm up and have a hot drink as needed.

You'll need to be a hard worker with good attention to detail to ensure you pick accurately, to meet tight deadlines, and keep the coldstore clean and tidy for maximum efficiency.

• Ensuring customers orders are accurately picked and placed of the corresponding cage ready for the next morning.
• Customer confidentiality
• Improve efficiencies and putting them into practice
• Helping the office team where appropriate
• Reporting health and safety, stock quality and mechanical issues
• The above is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities of this role but aims to give a general overview of the position.
• Staff are employed and trained to be multi-functional and to be capable of carrying out numerous functions should this be required when a fellow member of staff is away or absent.

Essential:

• Good attendance and timekeeping
• Attention to detail
• Numerate and literate
• Basic secondary education
• Open and honest team player
• Outgoing
• Flexible, highly motivated and committed
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude; will need to learn other tasks around the business if required
• Promote good team work – help others.
• Contribute to help the team meet the department targets

Desirable:

• Health & Safety training
• Experience in a coldstore or chilled warehouse

• Competitive salary
• Up to 4 weeks holiday per year + public holidays (pro rataed accordingly for part time workers)