What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse / Forklift Operator. position at Newrest?
Newrest is looking for a Forklift Driver to work its busy Warehouse to support its development in London Gatwick.
Warehouse Operatives work in a team, work well under pressure and in new environments on a daily basis. To provide excellent standards of service at all times to maximise client’s enjoyment of products and to ensure the site and its assets are safe and secure at all times.
Newrest offers competitive rates of pay, some of the best across our industry for the right candidates.
CONTRACT: Full Time, Permanent, Starting as soon as possible.
LOCATION: Unit 3, Sterling Business Park, Crawley
SALARY: £13.14 per hour.
ADDITIONAL HOURS: Flat Rate. Double pay on bank holidays.
PARKING: Parking on site
BENEFITS: Free Meals whilst on duty, full uniform and PPE provided. A range of retail savings and access to an employee well-being platform and much more.
Roles and Responsibilities
- To check all products when receiving delivery for quality, quantity, date and temperature.
- Ensuring it is put into the correct warehouse or departmental location.
- Ensuring stock levels are maintained.
- Stock is rotated to get maximum shelf life both in the warehouse and in the unit.
- Ensuring COSHH and HACCP are adhered to at all times.
- Ensuring unit compliance with Food safety regulations- paperwork, FIFO, stock rotation, stock labelling.
- Adhering to Health & Safety regulations.
- Liaising with operations and purchasing department queries.
- Conduct stock counts as requested per Counts schedule.
- Ensuring tidiness and high standards of the warehouse, freezer and fridges.
- Ensuring CAA compliance, seals and other security stock control and management.
Skills and Knowledge
- Fork lift driving license essential.
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in catering (desirable).
- Excellent communication skills, delivery.
- Good level of numeracy and literacy.
- Customer service focus.
- Good team work skills.
- Operational awareness, understand of HACCP, COSHH, DDA, Food Hygiene, Health and Safety and DFT requirements. (role specific)
- Self-motivation, commitment and enthusiasm and the ability to work calmly under pressure.
Specialist in out-of-home catering in 58 countries, and the only player to intervene in all sectors of catering and related services, Newrest is one of the world leaders in multi-sector catering.
Our 34,900 committed and talented employees do what is necessary to offer consumers balanced, diversified and tasty meals while scrupulously respecting hygiene and food safety standards.
We are fervently invested in respecting essential environmental values. The use of local, fresh and seasonal products, our responsible purchasing policy, the treatment and reduction of waste, the fight against food waste and the use of responsible packaging are behaviors that illustrate Newrest’s conviction in terms of ecology.
Our drive and passion for technological innovation ensures that we are market leaders focused on modern, efficient work practices whilst delivering excellent customer service and delicious culinary experiences. The Newrest experience is unique, optimized and memorable.
What characterizes us: Humility - Simplicity - Efficiency - Responsibility.
