Warehouse Operator

Baxter are looking for a Warehouse Operator to join our team within our manufacturing division at our Thetford plant. You will be responsible for loading finished goods on site, processing accordingly, and other general Warehouse duties, working proactively as part of a cross functional team. This role is shifts between 6am - 6pm Week 1 – Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat, Sun & 6am - 6pm Week 2 – Wed, Thu. You will receive a salary of £24,986.36 whilst training. Once training is complete your salary will increase to £26,253.12 and you will also receive a weekly shift allowance of £64.78.

We offer some fantastic benefits which are listed below;

•    Employee discount scheme
•    Blue light card
•    Fantastic internal progression opportunities
•    Subsided canteen
•    Westfield healthcare
•    Up to 8% pension contribution
•    Employee assistance programme

Duties & Responsibilities

• To receive and book in raw materials

• Locate raw materials in both Gate 1 and Gate 2 Warehouse as required

• Process and load Baxter goods and Raw Materials for dispatch

• To support in day to day running of the Warehouse duties

• Being able to work as part of cross functional team and learn various jobs in both the Warehouse and Packing areas to support the business

• Being able to work on their own initiative as and when required

• To assist routine blind count audits

• To perform regular routine cleaning tasks on the fork truck fleet and the work area to ensure they are kept clean at all times

• Comply with EHS/GMP/GDP company & corporate policies and external regulatory requirement

• Provide cover for colleagues

• To notify Quality assurance and the Process Leading hands of any deviations from the process

• Placing orders where needed for Raw Material and items required for Production

• Replenish Stock locations when needed

Essential experience

• Computer Skills – Familiar and comfortable using Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook

• Previous experience working in a warehouse environment

• Punctual with good attendance

• Excellent communication skills

• Well organised and task driven

• Able to work in a GMP environment

• Quality focused – able to deal with routine, repetitive tasks whilst maintaining good attention to detail

• Team Working - working as part of a team & sharing workload fairly with a willingness to work co-operatively and supportively in order to solve problems and achieve team targets

• Maintains high standards of behaviour whilst managing workload

• Process Orientated - must follow set standards and ways of working

• Flexible - able to carry out varied tasks often at short notice, adjust break timings around the production, work additional hours and adjust working hours as required by the business

• Ability to remain calm in a fast paced environment

Desired experience

• Forklift experience would be great but we have in house training for this

What happens next?

Baxter Talent Acquisition team will review your application (please make sure your up to date CV is attached) and if deemed suitable you will receive an invitation to complete an online assessment via hirevue.  This acts as a 1st stage interview and allows us to learn a little more about you. We will review this together with the hiring managers and let you know if you have been invited to site for a final stage interview on site.

Thank you for your interest in Baxter and we look forward to hearing from you!

#IND-UKOP