Despatch Technician

Job in Fordham, Colchester, Essex County, CO1, England, UK

Listing for: DS Smith Europe

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-18

Job specializations:

Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Production, Material Handler, Forklift Operator

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 40000 GBP Yearly GBP 40000.00 YEAR

Location: Fordham

Warehouse Operator/Fork Lift Driver Key Responsibilities

Fork-Lift Truck Operations
Ensure all activities within the warehouse (and external stores) are carried out in line with current Health & Safety SSOW and policies
Ensure product received from manufacturing is correctly palletised through to the take-off lines.
Ensure that machine supplies are managed to their correct levels to minimise any machine downtime.
Ensure take-off lines do not back-up through effective movement of product to the loading bays or warehouse.
Correct use of IRF scanning systems to ensure product movements are correctly recorded.
Allowing for customer restrictions, load trailers in the most effective way to maximise trailer utilisation.
Support manufactured volume flow through effective post-manufacturing process controls to deliver product on-time in-full to the customer.

Benefits

Subsidised canteen
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
Share Save Scheme
Wellbeing / Digicare+ Apps
Annual health assessments
Free on-site parking
Referral programme

Location

Fordham, Newmarket on a 12 hour shift pattern, days & nights rotation starting either 06:00 or 18:00.

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