Job Title: Senior Export Packer
Location: Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire
Salary: £25,000-£28,000 DOE
Job Type: 37 hours per week, i.e. 8.00am to 4.30pm Monday-Thursday (half an hour for lunch);
08.00am to 1.00pm Friday (no lunch break)
TecQuipment is the leading provider of high-quality educational equipment for engineering disciplines. The company’s laboratory products are used by students and educators across the world, in over 1500 establishments in more than 100 countries.
We have recently become Employee-Owned. This move secures the longevity of the company and means that customers purchasing their best-in-class laboratory teaching products and software will be supported for many years to come. An Employee-Owned Trust has been set up that puts the TecQuipment employees in the driving seat of managing the company’s future. An Employee Forum that consists of members of each department within the company represents the employees as the primary shareholders in the business. Two members of this Forum have been appointed to the TecQuipment Trustees Board of Directors.
The role:
From Portsmouth to Peru, our products go all over the world and the Packing Department is responsible for ensuring these products are securely packed to ensure they arrive at their destination in perfect working order. Within this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Packing of products to a high standard in line with delivery deadlines ready to be despatched to worldwide destinations
- Measuring and weighing parcels ready for export, orders can vary in size from jiffy bags to large bulky crates or pallets
- To assist with the smooth and efficient running of the packing facility and supporting Goods Inwards department when required
- Dispatching orders and administration of UK courier service
- Monitoring packing material stock levels and reordering when necessary
- Reporting quality issues identified during the packing process
- Maintain physical finished goods stock and stock records and perform stock takes
- Manage the department workload and liaise with Shipping & Finance Departments
- Loading and unloading of lorries.
Essential:
- To be self-motivated, organised, flexible and be able to work unsupervised in a safe and efficient manner.
- Good communication skills
- Computer literate
- Candidates should be physically fit as daily duties consist of moving and packing large, assembled products
Desirable:
- Experience of packing products within a manufacturing activity of high value products of varying shapes and sizes
- Able to operate an electric pallet truck
- Experience of MRP system (SAPB1 preferred)
- Primary packing of goods/FLT licence
- Manual handling/Health and Safety
About Tecquipment:
We design and make lab equipment used by universities and colleges to teach engineering so quality of function and finish are critically important. Operating at the extreme end of high mix/low volume electro-mechanical manufacturing, we have evolved approaches that have served the business well and now are looking for the successful candidate to drive the identification and implementation of manufacturing best practise tailored to our particular product mix and business needs.
TecQuipment manufactures of over 400 different products in our site in Long Eaton, near Nottingham. We typically complete and ship around 60 sales orders per month, each of which may include multiple products. The products cover a range from simple forces and moments kits through to wind-tunnels and gas turbines so there is tremendous variety and different challenges every day.
Benefits:
- 26 days Holiday + Bank Holidays.
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Clean working environment
- Free parking
Please click the APPLY button and to submit your CV and Cover Letter.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of: Warehouse Operative, Warehouse Person, Warehouse Co-ordinator, Despatch Assistant, Goods Inwards Warehouse Operative, Warehouse Assistant, Picker & Packer, Warehouse, Process Operative, Processing Assistant, Processing Coordinator, Line Operative, Production Operative may also be considered for this role may also be considered for this role.
