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Despatch Operative (Forklift Driver)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Despatch Operative, with Forklift Truck duties, to join our team at Agrial Fresh Farms in Colchester. You will be key in supplying the freshest salad leaves to market across the UK.
This role will use a Forklift Truck to move freshly harvested produce from our farm and into cold storage, before then loading the produce onto trucks to export the produce to our manufacturing sites. The successful candidate will have strong organisational skills, a desire to manage and be responsible for their own area, as well as a goal to develop into a role with more than just Forklift duties. Accuracy and attention to detail are essential.
Pay: £12.44 per hour.
Working hours: Scales based on season. 32 hours per week minimum, with more during April-October.
Main Responsibilities
* Full ownership of external yard and internal cold storage areas. Ensuring cleanliness and tidiness of these areas.
* Ensure all storage locations are clean and easy to access.
* Use of a Forklift Truck to load, unload, and store pallets of produce in both storage and onto trucks.
* Ensure all documents related to despatch are clear to understand, regularly updated, and accessible.
* Keeping produce refrigerated and kept fresh.
Skills and Experience Required
* Forklift Truck License
* Strong Organisational Skills and a structured mindset
* A desire to be responsible for their own area and proud to maintain it to the highest standard
* A proven high level of accuracy and attention to detail
What You Will Get In Return
A salary of £12.44 per hour and a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:
* Employee Assistance Programme: Providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
* Annual leave entitlement: A flexible & competitive annual leave entitlement that increases with service, as well as an option to purchase an additional working week of holiday.
* Training and Development: Personalised induction as well as regular training and development courses and schemes.
* Benefits Platforms: Employee discount platform for multiple retailers as well as salary finance schemes for bicycles, gyms, and financial assistance.
* Life Assurance: 3x your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
* Other: Recognition awards, Regular Employee Engagement days, attendance incentives, an annual volunteering day.
About Us
Agrial Fresh Farms is one of four UK based sites within Agrial Fresh Produce, which is an autonomous part of the larger 22,000 employee strong French co-operative group, Agrial.
Our Agrial Fresh Farms site is an integrated farming operation based in Colchester, Essex. The salad farm provides baby leaf year-round to the UK, grown in polytunnels, and whole head and outdoor crops throughout the summer. The produce is supplied into our UK sites for processing and distribution.
The business operates mainly under it's recognisable Florette salad brand and we are one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. Under the well-known Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat, fresh salad bags and bowls to some of the UK's most well-known supermarkets and retailers, as well as your favourite restaurants and fast food vendors. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.
Next Steps
It’s an exciting time to join our business as we look for new starters to join us in innovating in everything we do! We’re looking for positive and driven people to join our professional team. If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want a fresh challenge we would love for you to join us on our journey!
Please apply directly or alternatively contact Will Kaye, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.
Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
VISA Sponsorship: We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Our recruitment process will ask you to provide evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.
Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.
We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work