Warehouse Operator - Aberdeen Aberdeen, Scotland
Job description
GAC UK is looking for candidates for the role of Warehouse Operator to be based in Aberdeen. Could it be you?
GAC UK employs over 300 experts across more than 25 offices covering all of the UK, Ireland and Gibraltar. We deliver a wide range of integrated shipping, logistics and marine services to the energy and shipping industries. We also serve specialised sectors like marine leisure, sports and events, automotive and aviation, providing complex and time-critical logistics solutions. We apply the highest standard of customer services to everything we do and aim to be industry leaders within all the sectors we serve.
We are currently recruiting for a Warehouse Operator to be based at our Aberdeen office.
The key responsibilities are:
- Ensuring all activity is carried out to the highest standards and with a proactive QHSSE approach
- Liaising with logistics colleagues, warehouse, and clients to ensure requirements are met both verbally and via e-mail.
- Ensuring all cargo is safely handled and stored
- Maintaining excellent working relationships with clients and stakeholders
- Goods in, line checking and put away – both physically and using our in-house stock management system.
- Completing pick and packs for North Sea and international freight and processing through systems.
- Packing and securing of containers for shipping.
- Forklift duties – loading/unloading transport, put away in warehouse/yard.
- Management of communication media and efficient monitoring and processing of e-mail requests and queries.
- Inclusion in duty rota (after suitable competency level established)
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- Ability to multitask and prioritise
- Have a good understanding and appreciation of a proactive safety culture
- Experience using Microsoft office products
- Attention to detail
- A desire to continually improve
- Counterbalance and reach truck forklift licence (not essential as training can be arranged)
The Package
GAC gives you the opportunity to work for an employer who is committed to offering all our staff an enjoyable and rewarding career, with significant training and development prospects. In addition, you will receive a variety of benefits including:
- 38 days’ annual leave per year, plus a day off on your birthday
- Access to Vitality at Work Scheme
- Company pension
- Life assurance
- Eyecare scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
- Retail discounts scheme
In 2021, we launched our ten-year sustainability programme – MARS30. We are committed to “growing long term customer relationships across multiple products, whilst significantly reducing our environmental impact, improving the well-being of our people, and influencing our stakeholders to do the same.” We will accomplish our by mission by completing objectives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
At GAC UK, who you are is just as important as what you do. The GAC Spirit reflects our culture across the company, emphasising loyalty and understanding between management and staff. We recognise that people’s lives extend far beyond their jobs. By promoting a healthy combination of work and play we achieve a happier workforce, delivering service excellence. We have a team of 16 Mental Health First Aiders across the UK and a Wellbeing Working Group who meet monthly and regularly launch new internal wellbeing initiatives.
We are passionate about diversity and inclusion and joined the Diversity in Maritime Charter to underline our commitment to take tangible steps to optimise the diversity within our organisation.
In January 2023, Macmillan Cancer Support became our official charity of the year. Together, GAC UK and Macmillan Cancer Support will be working to help people with cancer and their loved ones live life as fully as they can.
If you think you have what it takes to become part of the GAC UK team, we look forward to receiving your application.
