Warehouse Operative M-F

New England Seafood - Grimsby, Genesis Way, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Yard/Warehouse Supervisor, we are seeking a hard‑working and conscientious individual to support our warehouse team.

The core hours will be Monday to Friday from 06:00-14:30, with an expectation to cover team holidays which may include a 05:00 start when required.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the area of work (drystore and/or coldstore), racking and mechanical handling equipment is safe and logged via the Work Safe system.
• Ensuring warehousing meets company policy in terms of hygiene and food safety at all times and in line with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
• Accurately receipting materials in and booking materials out using the BUSINESS CENTRAL (BC) system via a scanning solution ensuring all trace detail is correct.
• Picking from lists produced by planning, which may require splitting a pallet if the quantity exceeds capacity.
• Reporting any near misses or damages in a timely manner.
• Monitoring and escalating non‑moving, delisted, quarantine stocks and samples.
• Conducting regular stock takes of physical inventory into BUSINESS CENTRAL (BC) and determining root cause of any variances.
• Working with other warehousing operations (drystore/coldstore/yard) and departments as needed.

Key Skills/Knowledge/

Experience:

• Good timekeeping.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Previous warehousing experience.
• Full UK driving licence (pre‑requisite).
• Reach truck licence in date (minimum 2 years experience).
• Counterbalance forklift licence in date (minimum 2 years experience).
• Pedestrian operated electric pallet truck licence in date (POEPT) – preferable.
• BUSINESS CENTRAL (BC) experience – preferable.

A typical day in this role will involve:

• POEPT/Pick/Putaway operations – 50–70 %
• Forklift (FLT) – 25–50 %

There will be manual handling, cold temperatures and some heavy lifting within this role.