Chiswick Auctions
Shipping Packer/Cleaner
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SHIPPING PACKER & CLEANER
Permanent position, full-time
Background
Chiswick Auctions is a busy auction house located in Chiswick, West London. This position is based in 5 Roslin Square, W4 4PH, nearest tube Action Town. The busy in-house shipping department ships items to clients, mainly nationally but some internationally. Items include jewellery, watches, works on paper, books, pictures, and silver among others.
This position will work with a team of two other packers under the supervision of the Post-Sale Manager. In addition, they will provide a cleaning service across the three units that Chiswick Auctions occupies in Roslin Square, units 1, 5, and 6.
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Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
Remuneration: £27,000 per annum
Key responsibilities
Packer (60%)
- Follow a process to pack a range of items that have been won in different auctions, using different materials
- Examples of items include watches, jewellery, silver, works on paper, pictures
- Ensure the packaging is suitable for the object, e.g. fragile objects, objects with unusual shapes, heavy objects
- Ensure that packing stock is managed and handled correctly
- Maintain records correctly and ensure that the Shipping Coordinator has any relevant key information
Cleaning (40%)
- Up to three hours per day across units 1, 5, and 6, usually in the late afternoon
- Hoovering the floor
- Emptying bins – including recycling
- Cleaning the kitchens (2)
- Cleaning the toilets (5)
- In addition, ‘emergency cleaning’ if there is an incident
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Person specification
- Some relevant work experience of working in a fast-paced environment, e.g. FMCG
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent attention to detail
- Able to lift-and-shift objects and shipping boxes, some of which may be heavy and/or fragile
- Customer-facing skills, IT literacy, and a clean UK driving licence are preferred but not essential
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