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Warehouse Operative Vacancy – Full time (40 hours) – Monday to Friday - Middleton
We are excited to announce that we are now recruiting for a Warehouse Operative to join the team at our JW Lees warehouse in Middleton. The role will be day shift-based, Monday to Friday with occasional weekend working.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive pay plus annual profit share bonus, ensuring you share in the success of the company
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 30% discount on food and drink across our pubs, inns and hotels for you and friends and family
- Discounted stays in our hotels and inns
- 24 hour confidential wellbeing support, plus counselling provided by the Licenced Trade Charity
- Great opportunities to grow in your role and progress your career with our internal and external development programmes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption policies
- Access to our onsite pub 'The Cottage', each Friday.
- Access to JW BenefitHub, giving you access to a huge range of high street and online discounts
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Requirements
- Reach Counterbalance FLT Licence
- Level 2 in warehousing and storage desirable but not essential
- Experience in manual handling and lifting.
- Good levels of numeracy literacy
- Good communication skills with a well organised approach to work
- Flexible approach to interdepartmental deployment to suit business needs
- To be able to work the occasional weekend where required
- Experience of working on own initiative and in a team
- Experience of working in a fast-paced production or warehousing environment
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Roles and Responsibilities
- Receipt of goods into the warehouse
- Picking of orders
- Loading of distribution fleet vehicles
- Stocktaking
- Occasional secondment to other areas such as distribution and brewery to assist with operational demands
About JW Lees:
JW Lees is a sixth-generation brewery company which was founded in 1828. Our six values are at the heart of everything we do:
Proud - Savvy - Honest - Passionate - Personal - Together
As a key team member of the JW Lees family we will offer you a competitive package, fantastic team environment and supported development opportunities throughout your career.
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