Vitacress
Operative - Despatch & Logistics
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📍 Location: Vitacress Herbs, Lagness Rd, Runcton, Chichester PO20 1LJ
💰 Salary: £12.90 per hour, paid to you monthly
🕐 Hours: Full-time, working 4 days on 3 days off shift pattern
🏢 Department: Operations – Logistics & Despatch
Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? Are you someone who takes pride in maintaining high standards of safety, cleanliness, and organisation? Do you want to be part of a team that plays a vital role in keeping production running smoothly? At Vitacress, we're looking for a reliable and hardworking Operative in our Logistics & Despatch areas to support the smooth running of our production and storage areas. This is an important role that helps ensure waste materials, crates, pallets, and rejected products are removed efficiently, recycled responsibly, and managed safely, while maintaining the highest standards of housekeeping and hygiene.
In this role you'll...
- Play a key role in keeping our production and storage areas safe, organised, and free from waste.
- Support the efficient operation of the site by ensuring waste and recyclable materials are managed correctly.
- Help maintain high standards of housekeeping, hygiene, and food safety across the business.
- Work closely with colleagues and supervisors to ensure production areas remain clean and operational.
- Operate equipment and machinery safely and effectively following site procedures.
- Contribute to a positive team environment where safety, quality, and continuous improvement are a priority.
- Ensure company policies and procedures are followed at all times.
- Take ownership of your training and development to support flexibility across the operation.
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You'll do this for us by...
- Removing waste cardboard, plastic, pallets, and crates from production and storage areas in a timely manner.
- Compacting and baling recyclable materials to ensure the site remains clear of waste.
- Weighing, recording, and disposing of waste product in accordance with company procedures.
- Operating machinery safely, accurately, and effectively, reporting any faults or maintenance issues promptly.
- Maintaining excellent housekeeping standards by cleaning as you go and keeping work areas tidy.
- Following all Health & Safety, Food Safety, and site operating procedures.
- Reporting any operational, safety, or team-related concerns to your Supervisor or Manager.
- Ensuring training records are kept up to date and all required training is completed before undertaking new tasks.
You can do this if you have...
- A positive, flexible attitude and a willingness to learn new skills.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high standards.
- Good organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to work efficiently in a busy environment.
- Previous warehouse, logistics, despatch, or manufacturing experience, or the motivation to develop a career in this area.
- A responsible, dependable approach, good levels of fitness, and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
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If you're looking for an opportunity to join a supportive team, make a real contribution to site operations, and build your skills within a successful and growing business, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and join Vitacress.
Vitacress Herbs, based just outside historic Chichester, West Sussex, is a primary supplier of Herb and horticulture products in the UK. With our 23-acre site covered in specialist glass houses, we take immense pride in our work ensuring our consumers have a fresh, quality product to enhance their home cooking or enhance their garden environment. We take pleasure in ensuring the best possible standards, and we will empower you to do the same. From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we maintain with customers, everyone knows exactly what is going on. We are authentic and grounded. At the centre of everything is a trust that you can feel every day at work. From the herbs that are grown on site; to the investment in facilities and the growth of the business; to growing and nurturing our talented employees, growing is truly at the heart of what we do. Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.
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