Warehouse & Forklift Operative (Edinburgh, Portobello)

About the role

In a nut-shell, you'll support the Managers and the wider team in following Atom's guidance within Health & Safety and Quality requirements as well as assisting with unloading and loading vehicles.

Essentials of the job

• Assist in Managing the workflow in a specified area to assist the relative Manager to obtain maximum operational efficiencies whilst maintaining regulatory compliance standards.
• Load and unload vehicles with drinks stock, ensuring that boxes and pallets are adequately secured and transported with care.
• Verify the identity of goods in and ensure they are transported to the right area of the warehouse, are labelled correctly, and logged on our electronic system.
• Ensure that goods for dispatch are correctly labelled, and loaded safely and carefully onto the correct vehicle.
• Ensure the completion of all relative policies for each job performed against training received.
• Help manage the inbound, outbound & onsite stock movements inline with quality, warehouse and compliance policies.
• Assist in carrying out underbond quality control checks on products arriving, being stored and dispatched from site.
• Report all non conformities to the line manager including, but not limited to product integrity, health and safety, quality & compliance.

• Work collaboratively with the broader Warehouse leadership teams and other departments in the business to deliver against planned and adhoc project deadlines.
• Ensure the safe and competent use of MHE whilst using & or observing 
• Carry out any other duties requested by the Warehouse Leadership team

Experience, skills and qualifications 

• Experience within a Warehouse environment.

• Experience of forklift driving in a busy warehouse
• Current, valid Counterbalance and Reach Truck forklift licence

• Excellent level of manual dexterity.
• Have a strong work ethic.
• Good level of written and spoken English, including the ability to communicate clearly with a diverse team of people.
• Good level of Maths
• Good basic understanding of IT, including some experience with Google or Microsoft software suits 
• Strong team working and interpersonal skills.

• Appreciation and understanding of cultural diversity within the team.
• Good organisational skills and effective use of time.

About you

• Team player with a strong desire to get the job done, well.
• Great level of enthusiasm and sense of humour.
• Keen to learn, progress and develop.
• Excellent eye for detail.
• Willingness to be patient and to help team members be the best they can be.

Fixed-term contract until 28 November 2025 (with the possibility of an extension)

Working Hours: Full-time, 7.00am - 3.30pm, Mon-Fri.

Hourly rate: £13.00