Material Handler

Material Handler

Peterhead | Contract

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Peterhead

Job Type

Contract

Reference

JOB-3747

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Work Type: 3 month Contract
Work Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Peterhead

Reporting to the Warehouse Manager, the purpose of this role is to act as a point of contact as part of the receipts team.

Ensuring that all materials are checked, processed and prepared accurately.

The role requires the postholder to support the efficient and effective coordination of all material movements, deliveries, collections and storage activities. All activities must be carried out in accordance with established company procedures, client requirements and applicable health, safety and environmental standards.

Roles & Responsibilities

Operational Activities

• Checking and receipting of materials arriving at the warehouse
• Coordinate work orders for shipping with the sailing schedule, ensuring timely processing
• Stock counting of inventory held, investigating discrepancies highlighted by the process.
• Forklift duties are required for loading, offloading and packing of materials
• Ensure excellent housekeeping is always maintained across the site, with clear segregation between people and plant.

• Demonstrating high standards of work practices and safety conscious behaviour.
• Responsible for the safe, efficient and cost-effective execution of all ASCO operations undertaken by personnel within the site.
• Ensure all work is carried out in an efficient and effective manner.
• Assist warehouse manager / senior material controller with SID/AIR investigations
• Maintain and prepare for shipment functions in line with agreed procedures
• Accurately use the clients and ASCO systems
• Promote, and raise where appropriate, LiveSafe Interventions (LSI’s)
• Ad-hoc duties as required in line with applicable training/competency assessments undertaken.

Continuous Improvement

• Working collectively with direct reports and wider team, try to identify improved ways of working, learning from previous mistakes or from trends of non-conformance.
• Identify areas of duplication that cannot be removed whether it be administration or an established process.
• Work closely with both customer and vendors to create scheduling of deliveries into warehouse, delivery slots and reallocate resource in line with priorities.

Relationship Management

• Build strong working relationships with key clients, particularly focusing on key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain positive and professional working relationships between internal and external stakeholders, and between operational sites.
• Follow up in a professional manner any customer question, query or task within timescales
• Identify opportunities to improve service delivery and material control, both within the ASCO operation and as part of the third party checking process.
• Investigate service failures and suggest improvements/changes to the process where required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Standard Grades/ National 5 (or equivalent)
• 0-5T Counterbalance Forklift Truck
• 5-15T Counterbalance Forklift Truck
• Dangerous Goods by Sea (IMDG)

Minimum Competencies (Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours)

• Maintains positive work relationships
• Effective Time Management
• Computer literate across the MS Suite and SAP warehouse transactions
• Solutions based with strong planning, organising and numeric skills, and an excellent attention to detail
• Accustomed to working effectively in a fast-paced environment, flexible and can adapt to changing workloads and priorities and emergency situations, where high standards are not compromised under pressure
• Motivated to achieve the highest standards of performance and customer support, maintaining a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and in writing
• Understanding of Health and Safety legislation
• Oil Spill Response
• COSHH Awareness
• Manual Handling
• CCU Packing

Desirable Qualifications/Competencies

• Current B1 & B2 Forklift license
• Pivot steer ( Bendi ) Forklift Licence

     
HSEQ

• In partnership with the HSE department, ensure the continuous improvement of safety and environmental performance and compliance to all laws, regulations and industry standards/codes.  
• Reports all incidents or breaches of policy or regulations to the line manager.
• Fully endorse the ASCO ‘Stop the Job’ policy and commitment to proactive intervention where an unsafe act or condition is observed.
• Adherence to the ASCO’s integrated management system ensuring document control and improvements to key processes is maintained.

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