Newstaff Employment Services
Despatch Operator
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Despatch Operator
Location: Milton Keynes
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm and 7am to 3pm (rotating)
Pay: £12.71 per hour
The Role
We are looking for a reliable and hardworking Despatch Operator to join a busy manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for handling and checking finished steel pipe couplings, preparing goods for despatch, and ensuring products are correctly packed, labelled, and ready for delivery.
Key Duties
- Handling and checking finished goods
- Bagging and packing steel pipe couplings
- Packing products onto pallets, boxes, and crates
- Taping, wrapping, and labelling finished goods
- Using manual pallet trucks
- Operating an FLT where a recognised licence is held
- Using hand-held and automatic shrink-wrapping equipment
- Preparing boxes from flat packs using a foot-pedal stapler
- Supporting Goods-In activities when required
- Assisting with basic production activities when required
- Maintaining a clean, safe, and organised working area
- Following all company health & safety procedures
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The Ideal Candidate
- Previous factory, warehouse, production, or despatch experience preferred
- Physically capable of handling loads of up to 20–25kg
- Reliable and punctual with good attendance
- Comfortable with repetitive, hands-on work
- Able to follow instructions and procedures accurately
- Good attention to detail when checking and labelling products
- Comfortable working as part of a team
- Health & safety conscious
- FLT licence is advantageous but not essential
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How to Apply
To apply for this role, please email your updated and in-date CV with a covering letter to nikki.radford@newstaffemployment.co.uk. Feel free to call 01908 087154.
We are a recruitment agency and are unable to get back to everyone. If you have not heard from us within 72 hours, please feel free to register on our website at www.newstaffemployment.co.uk. You are also welcome to call the branch on 01908 087154.
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