Benefits

• Competitive salary
• You will be given all training and support needed for you to be successful in the position.
• Employer Pension contribution matched up to 6%
• Potential for ongoing opportunities.

Things we’d love to tell you about our Lockerbie site

• Arla Lockerbie has received c.£100 million investment since 2005, of which £34m CAPEX investment has recently been secured to implement new technology on site & house a new facilities building (includes; onsite gym, canteen, meeting rooms, wellbeing room etc).
• 60% of our colleagues at Lockerbie have over 10 years’ service
• 75,000 cows depend on our Lockerbie site to process their milk daily
• If you piled the blocks of cheese we make at Lockerbie in a year end to end, the height would be equivalent to 2,428 Eiffel Towers
• The amount of whey concentrate site produces each year would fill 4 Olympic size (50 meter) swimming pools
• Our Arla Lockerbie site was open by HRH Queen Elizabeth in 1975

About the job

• As a Despatch Operative you will be moving finished product from production area into refrigerated storage area
• Completing all cold store functions including order picking, physical inventory, loading and house-keeping duties
• Loading and unloading of vehicles, operating pallet trucks and completion of paperwork
• You will monitor equipment performance and correct/raise issues before they become problems and perform basic maintenance tasks and fault diagnosis
• Supporting and maintaining safety and hygiene standards
• Previous experience of working in a warehousing or cold store environment is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided
• You must be a strong communicator, who is able to prioritise tasks in a timely and organised manner and contribute to regular department meetings.

Who are you?

• A motivated team player, who can work on their own initiative
• Previous experience of working in a warehousing or cold store environment is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene would be preferable, although the appropriate training will be provided.
• You must be a strong communicator, who is able to prioritise tasks in a timely and organised manner and contribute to regular department meetings
• You’ll be a strong performer with a good attendance record and a willingness to learn further skills

Things We’d Love To Tell You About Arla

• We are a farmer- owned cooperative. That means we are committed to partnering with farmers so they are guaranteed a fair price for their milk.
• We experimented with bio powered trucks (google it- you won’t regret it), and built the world’s first ever 100% carbon neutral dairy. All as part of our ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.
• We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s most iconic butter brands.
• We are a Danish business, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North America, South America and other regions across the globe.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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