Lean Operative Warehouse Apprentice

GWR FASTENERS LIMITED

PARK HALL, SY11 4AD

Closes in 15 days (Friday 6 December at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 July 2024


Summary

You will be responsible for directly supporting the warehouse team with the efficient and safe storage and despatch of all warehouse products, loading and unloading deliveries, booking into stock, stock control and picking and packing.

Annual wage
£13,650 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)
Hours
9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 9 December

Duration

1 year

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Main duties will include:

  • Picking and packing of customer orders in a fast-paced environment, ensuring all customer orders are picked, packed and despatched correctly and efficiently on time and in full
  • Bringing in goods from suppliers to include: loading and unloading deliveries and shipments efficiently and safely, checking goods thoroughly and store away efficiently and correctly, ensuring compliance to any traceability processes. Communicating issues to relevant parties and working with key stakeholders to resolution
  • Stock Management - ensuring that the stock taking process is followed and up to date, and ensure any data integrity, stock movements and issues are processed and escalated where necessary and the stock system (order wise) updated as required.
  • Pre-packing of stock fasteners in preparation for sale
  • Ensuring stock is made available for the workshop and works orders as required
  • Trade counter cover, as required
  • General warehouse health and safety enforcement, ensuring all areas of the workshop are kept clean, tidy and safe at all times
  • Low level inspection to support manufacturing team as required
  • Assisting with any ad-hoc duties and cover required to support the warehouse manager and other managers in the effective and safe running of the warehouse and encouraging cross company collaboration between departments to ensure key performance indicators and customer satisfaction targets are met.

Where you’ll work

UNIT 6-7

ARTILLERY BUSINESS PARK

GARRISON AVENUE

PARK HALL

SY11 4AD

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

Your training course

Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Your training plan

Apprenticeship training will be provided by In-Comm Training Services Limited, and the qualifications include:

  • An NVQ Level 2 in Lean Manufacturing Operations
  • Functional Skills in English and maths
  • Employment Rights and Responsibilities Workbook
  • Personal Learning and Thinking Skills Workbook

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English & Maths (grade 4 and above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Can do attitude
  • Professional manner
  • Trustworthy & responsible
  • Motivated & target driven
  • Excellent organisation skills

About this company

As an award-winning, world-wide distributor and manufacturer, GWR Fasteners operates from a 10,000 square foot bespoke-built facility. We offer standard fasteners and threaded bar/bar materials, in metric and imperial sizes, and in various materials such as stainless steel, aluminium, high tensile steels and brass. We are also British manufacturers of special fasteners and precision components. We can manufacture products from customer drawings or from industry standards. We predominantly serve the automotive and engineering markets.

https://www.gwr-fasteners.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Chance to develop within a fast-growing company
  • Full support with personal development
  • Further qualifications will be offered to the successful candidate

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

Sue Fisher or Alex Jones

01922 457686

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000265607.

Apply now

Closes in 15 days (Friday 6 December at 11:59pm)

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