Job Title: Metal Prep & Stores Operative
Location: Ashford, Kent
Salary: up to £26,000 (dependant on experience)
Hours: Monday to Thursday 8am - 5pm + Friday 8am - 4pm
Our Client:
Are a leading provider of high-quality engineering solutions, specialising in bespoke metal fabrication and welding services. With a commitment to precision, innovation, and customer satisfaction, they serve a diverse range of industries including construction, automotive, and aerospace.
Role Summary:
The purpose of the role is to support the Stores Controller in ensuring that the stock and materials used for manufacture are maintained in accordance with usage.
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave
- Company bonus incentive
- Company pension scheme - starting at 7% and increasing with length of service
- Holiday flex scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
- Death in Service
- Free Parking
Key responsibilities within your new role would be to:
- Ensure there are no stock shortages or supply issues.
- Control stock to ensure stock is only released based on a given project.
- Ensure outgoing stock is recorded against a specific project to monitor project cost.
- Kit and allocate materials to allow operatives to manufacture products.
- Assisting with machining and fabrication of sub-assembly components.
- Understand and follow the stock booking in and allocation process.
- Support and communicate all issues in relation to the monitoring and of any stock shortages.
- Report any stock discrepancy issues to the finance department.
- Undertaking goods inwards inspection and reconcile against delivery note.
- Quarantine and process returned goods, and issue replacements if required.
- Ensuring all delivery and dispatch paperwork is correct and filed correctly.
- Support and assist the receiving / offloading of all goods.
- Ensuring deliveries in and out are cross checked.
- Ensure all deliveries received are recorded accurately onto the system.
- Support with the implementation and maintenance stock locations.
- Ensure stock is labelled and marked correctly.
- Allocate physical stocks and record assigned stock on the computer system.
- Continuously monitor and update stock levels.
- Re-order points and purchase quantities to meet the demands of the business.
- Generate job sheets for production of stock items.
- Assist with carrying out the monthly stock testing/quarterly physical stock take.
- Ensure raw materials are locked into the dedicated secure storage areas at the end of each day.
- Support with the manufacture and fabrication of sub-assembly component parts.
Experience and skills required for this position:
- Have experience within an engineering / manufacturing environment.
- Have experience of working within a stores / despatch team.
- Be able to communicate effectively with other departments.
- Have a keen eye for detail.
- Ideally you will have experience of metal preparations but not essential.
Next steps:
If this sounds like the ideal position for you and you have the experience outlined above, then please apply and you will be contacted by a member of our team if your CV matches our requirements.
If you would like any further information before applying, then please call Ellie (Permanent Consultant) on .
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