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Come and join us as a Stockyard Despatcher at our Warnham site in Horsham!

Wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long-term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

As a Stockyard Despatcher at our Warnham site, you will load vehicles with the correct quantity and type of brick in the safest and quickest manner in line with despatch tickets and Quality Assurance Manuals and assist other fork truck drivers in the performance of their duties.

You will be hands-on with the day to day operations of our manufacturing site; operate various factory machinery, equipment and forklifts whilst ensuring high levels of health and safety at all times.

We will provide you with full training and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to enable you to safely and effectively work as a Stockyard Despatcher where you will…

Collect despatch notes from the wagon drivers, determine the type and quantity of bricks required, and load the vehicle from the stock yard in such a way as to minimise subsequent movement and damage during transportation

Unload incoming goods

Run the stockyard in a manner that ensures stock rotation

Set aside broken packs to repair, re-pack or re-sort

Ensure that all packaged bricks are transported and placed on the stockyard in a safe and efficient manner

Keep all areas free from waste at all times, disposing of bricks / waste etc into the appropriate areas

Assist in keeping the stock yard plan updated

Assist other fork truck drivers as required

Keep the forklift Truck topped up with the required amounts of oil, fuel and water and keep it clean and tidy

Report any truck defects to the Stockyard Team Leader.

Assist in stocktaking procedures

Undertake DeHacker forklift Truck duties, as required

Perform any other duties as and when required by the Site Management

Hours of Work: 7.00am – 4.00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 7.00am – 3.00pm, Friday

About You

  • Current / valid RTITB, ITSSAR, NPORS or CPCS forklift truck license

  • You’ll enjoy working in a busy environment where you can roll your sleeves up and get hands-on

  • Flexible and able to adapt to the different daily priorities in the factory which help us run efficiently

  • Safety is our biggest priority, so you’ll be committed to safe working and have good general safety awareness

  • You’ll be fit enough to perform your duties, which are varied, and sometimes physically demanding

  • Good literacy - as there is some paperwork involved

  • Excellent time keeping

  • A can-do attitude

  • Good team working skills

  • Ability to work unsupervised

    Experience in a factory/manufacturing environment is desirable, but not essential, as full training is provided.

    About our Benefits

  • Salary up to £28,565 (inclusive of allowances/bonuses) plus overtime

  • Pension scheme

  • Up to 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro-rated for shift workers)

  • Holiday flexibility (sell up to 2 days) + additional volunteering day

  • Employee assistance and wellbeing programme (including 24/7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support service, get fit programmes) & even more health & wellbeing benefits include dental cover, health cash plan and eye tests

  • Financial advice/support available (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)

  • Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and Wienerberger products

  • Life assurance (2x annual salary)

  • Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme

    About Wienerberger Ltd

    Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering outstanding, sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Co. Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.

    So what are you waiting for? Come and join Wienerberger as a Stockyard Despatcher and start growing your career with us today!

    The closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised

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