Stores Assistant - Heaton / Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Job description
Stores Assistant North, Level 3 Shifts
£36,928 per annum
35 hours
About the job:
An opportunity has arisen for a customer focused person to join our stores team at Heaton TrainCare Centre. We are looking for someone who is flexible, enthusiastic and hardworking. You will be dealing with receipts, and issuing train parts and other consumable materials to colleagues within Engineering, to support vehicle availability and reliability targets. Working within the Stores team the job involves issuing materials and calibrated instruments, delivering and receiving of goods, maintaining accurate records, ensuring goods are stored safely and correctly in line with Health and Safety requirements and arranging and undertaking regular stock checks. Materials are controlled via the SAP system so computer literacy and previous experience of SAP would be a distinct advantage as would previous experience of operating a Fork Lift Truck. The job involves working shifts including nights and weekends.
About you:
To fulfil the role effectively, you will need:
- Great attention to detail
- Be flexible and reliable
- Customer focused
- Ability to work on your own initiative
- Good communications skills
- Previous working in a stores environment is advantageous but not essential with knowledge of SAP
About Northern:
We are transforming and we are on the lookout for smart, forward thinking and motivated people to join us on our journey. You'll help us to grow our business during this exciting time, shaping rail travel in the North and providing our customers with a service to be proud of. If this sounds like you, then you're in the right place. We've got lots of great things planned and we need more like-minded people, contributing fresh ideas, passion and commitment to bring our vision to life. You'll be joining a business that values its people, where hard work is rewarded, and development and progression ensure we retain and attract the very best talent. Northern plays a vital role in the north of England by connecting tens of thousands of people to work, leisure, education and more every day. Our aim is to connect people to opportunities by providing a reliable and friendly train service. We have made significant progress since we started but there is much more that we want to achieve.
Benefits and Rewards:
By working as part of the Northern team, you will receive the following benefits:
*Free Travel on Northern services for you and your family*
*75% discount on all other Train Operating Companies leisure services*
- Pension Scheme
- A generous holiday entitlement
- Maternity and Paternity Benefits - above the statutory minimum
- Full uniform for frontline facing roles
- Employee Assistance Programme - operating 24/7, giving a wide range of advice, support and useful information for employees
- And many more!
- Terms and conditions apply
Our selection Process:
Our selection processes are designed to make joining Northern as smooth as possible, it not only provides us with the information we need to decide whether you're the right person to deliver a great service to our customers, but also to make sure we're also the right team for you. Northern is an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Your on-line application:
The first thing you need to do is complete our online application form and tell us a little bit more about yourself. Once we have all your details, we will be back in touch to let you know what to expect.
Important:
Northern reserves the right to close the advert before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received. In this situation partially completed applications will not be progressed forward or given extra time to complete
