Warehouse Operator (12 Month Contract)

Home to some of the UK’s leading dairy brands, including Cravendale, Anchor, Lurpak and Tickler, Arla Foods is the UK’s number one dairy company. Also supplying a full range of fresh dairy products to the major retailers and food service customers, Arla has an annual turnover of £2 billion. Not only that, but Arla is also the UK’s number one cheese manufacturer and the largest supplier of butter and spreads. Behind this leading global business, is a UK team of 4000 colleagues located across our dairies, distribution centres and head offices, ensuring that more than 4000 daily deliveries are made to stores and regional distribution centres. So if you’ve poured some of the nice cold white stuff over your bowl of breakfast cereal today or had cheese on toast for your evening snack, chances are you’ve already experienced Arla!

Responsibilities

We are currently recruiting a Warehouse Operator to join our site based in Oswestry which operates 24 hours, 7 days per week. This role will be employed on a 12 month fixed term contract, working on a 3 shifts on, 3 shifts off days and nights shift pattern to accommodate increased volume.

You will preferably have previous experience of working in similar role, within a warehouse environment. You will ideally have a working knowledge of Food Hygiene standards, safe systems of work and the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH and Manual Handling.

Skills

To be successful in this role, you will need to be numerate and literate, reliable, confident and have good verbal and communication skills, coupled with the ability to work on your own initiative. You will be self-motivated and a strong team player with a drive to achieve targets.

In return you can expect a competitive basic salary and the opportunity to work for a progressive and forward thinking company that recognises talent and promotes from within.