Title: Warehouse Operator
Location: United Kingdom-United Kingdom (County level)-Port Sunlight-Port Sunlight Office%26Factories
Job Number: 16000B6N
Job Title: Warehouse Operator Salary: £23,200 Benefits: Pension, Healthcare Location: Port Sunlight
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Warehouse Technical Operator is responsible for the safe operation of warehouse equipment to deliver customer requirements through completion of the production plan, adhering to quality standards and maximising cost effectiveness; completion of required maintenance and improvement activities, ensuring optimal running and equipment efficiency; and owning and driving continuous improvement activities in their area, through identification of improvements and carrying out improvement activities to completion within the scope of their skill set.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
General •
Maintaining excellent internal communications within own team and with other teams via completion of shift logbooks, Activity boards and thorough handovers. •
Maximize the use of any down time to carry out maintenance and improvement activities and coaching and training as required •
Ensuring cover at all times (for holidays, sickness, absenteeism and other reasons) through working effectively with colleagues and Line Manager to collectively manage holidays and cover rotas •
Recognise WCM, its Tools and Techniques and its primary use.
Health, Safety and the Environment •
Ensure Company safety policy, rules and procedures are understood and followed at all times
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Actively contribute to a safety culture and safe working environment through the identification and reporting of health or safety hazards & dangerous situations with Unilever personnel, site contractors and visitors •
Perform and document risk assessment.
In particular if no Risk Assessment exists then complete assessment and inform the leader. This would require further training and support and the involvement of COSHH. •
Take part in regular inspections/audits for good housekeeping and area safety and ensure agreed actions are completed. •
Encourages ALL to behave in a safe manner and challenges unsafe behaviour.
Quality •
Handle products in accordance with quality procedures and standards to achieve the required product quality targets at minimal waste levels. •
Take immediate actions to rectify quality issues and follow the ‘Quarantine Recall’ process if required. •
Be involved in investigations into non-conformances; ensure zero quality defects by analysing and eliminating all defects. •
Identify quality critical control points, ensure they are monitored and maintained. •
Carry out Pallet label check for quality performance.
Customer Service •
Ensure that the area is running at the optimal speeds / throughput. •
Anticipate and react quickly to problems in order to avoid impact to customer service. •
Optimize changeovers through effective planning and execution to ensure minimum changeover and run-up times, working closely with the Line and planning team.
Cost •
Identify improvements in order to reduce Cost, Waste and Energy.
5S •
Maintain 5S workplace organisation and implement required improvements. •
Ensure 5S standards are clearly defined and followed.
Autonomous Maintenance •
Understand and participate in the area AM master plan. •
Carry out cleaning, inspections, lubrication and constantly monitor equipment condition to anticipate, breakdowns or any unplanned stoppages, tag as required. •
Ensure AM standards are followed. •
Update and use activity boards following the AM step process. •
Ensure the work area is back to original conditions after maintenance activities. •
Support the Leader in looking to reduce frequency and time of maintenance schedules through improvements and reviewing the teams Maintenance shift activities. •
Carry out improvements, replacements and adjustments within proven skills and competence, seek opportunities to extend and broaden maintenance activities through task transfer.
Effective Maintenance •
Take part in Preventative Maintenance (PM) shift briefs and debriefs. •
Support the breakdown reporting providing information about breakdown conditions. •
Support engineers on the breakdown analysis and countermeasures.
Focused Improvement •
Ensure production losses are being recorded and classified correctly and the loss data entered accurately and the database managed effectively. •
Monitor area loss tree to identify loss pattern and take action to improve by understanding principles of equipment, be able to describe and analyse loss phenomenon and plan to eliminate these losses by eliminating the root cause using the appropriate FI tools. •
Assist the leaders in embedding a “Fix forever” mentality by aiding the use of the appropriate countermeasures, e.g. updating the AM or PM standards, Operating procedures, creating OPL’s or requesting training.
Training and Development •
Ensure all relevant personal skills are displayed on team skills matrix. •
To take ownership to close skills gaps identified by the skills matrix by arranging and completing training activities •
Embrace training and development and train team members to support overall team development. •
Seek feedback from others to further development of own skills and behaviour. •
All drivers should be at a RTITB standard or should possess a FLT license
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Fill any gaps in knowledge with training identified by others •
May be required to help train new team members •
Become competent in the following systems: SAP, Road Runner and TMS.
Early Management •
Support the project team on the new equipment or product projects and ensure a vertical ramp up and changes to all applicable procedure. •
Take part in MP and Pre Delivery Inspection (PDI) workshops as required.
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The role of the Warehouse Technical Operator
impacts:
Safety (of oneself and others)
Quality of products
OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency)
Customer Service •
The Warehouse Technical Operator is expected to carry out analysis of losses and put improvements in place.
They will also take part in maintenance, carrying out AM tasks, changing parts and carrying out refurbishment activities.
3/ PROBLEM SOLVING
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Problem solving is essential in the identification of faults on the warehouse equipment – therefore an in-depth knowledge of the principles and parameters of all the machines is required. •
Problem solving is also essential in understanding why faults on all the machines have occurred and how to avoid these problems in the future. •
Problems which may occur, include:
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Collapsed stacks
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Twisted Pallets
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Open flaps on the boxes
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The case being deformed
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General Quality territory problems
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Problems can also arise within changeovers and therefore it is expected that all operators should look for opportunities to save time and to reduce waste.
4/ CHANGE
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The Warehouse Technical Operator will be involved in change, for example, when there is a new case design and therefore a trialling process. They will need to get involved in order to track successes and failures, to feed back the issues and improvements which need addressed. •
Change will also be evident in the pursuit of Best Practice in quality assurance. For example, when efficiencies and better ways of doing things are discovered, the Warehouse Technical Operator is expected to drive a change in process/ways of working in the team, with the team leader and operations leader through effective communication and collaboration.
5/ LATERAL TEAMWORK
Liaison with: •
Team Leader •
Operators – Packing Hall and within own Team •
Shift Engineers and FTs •
Planning
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Safety •
The Project Team •
The Management Team
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Making Plant •
Quality Team
6/ TIMESCALE/TASK HORIZON
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The impact of the Warehouse Technical Operator’s decisions will be immediate and an immediate response will be required to address any issues as they arise.
7/ PERSONAL PROFILE
General Skills: •
Communicates effectively and with transparency – is open and honest in both written and verbal communication •
Strong organisational skills – able to multitask and manage multiple priorities to achieve set goals
Attitude & Effort: •
Highly motivated and positive – demonstrates tenacity in overcoming challenges and obstacles •
High level of attention to detail and commitment to delivering quality work •
Willing to ask for help needed and learn from others
Team Working: •
Effective at working within a team structure – displays high levels of integrity and respect for others •
Can be trusted not to compromise their values even when it means taking a difficult decision or action which they don’t necessarily agree with
Problem Solving: •
Is comfortable with making decisions and taking ownership and responsibility for problems •
Strong analytical skills and problem-solving capability and an ability to think beyond the next step
Developing Self and Others: •
Is self-aware and demonstrates a commitment to continuous personal development •
Is keen to share and pass on skills and knowledge to colleagues through peer to peer training.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential:
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Experience in a manufacturing or technical environment
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Practical creativity and Manual dexterity
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Basic PC Skills (MS Office) •
RTITB Licence
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ESAP •
GCSEs, O-levels or equivalent in Maths, English and Science •
Basic level of numeracy, literacy and computing skills
Desired:
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NVQ – Level 2
REQUIRED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS
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Accountability & Responsibility •
Bias for Action •
Building Talent & Teams
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company in the UK and Ireland.
We are already on target to achieve our huge ambition to double the size of our business globally whilst reducing our environmental impact. We are growing our business and also doing what is right for our consumers, community and environment.
We are developing brands for people’s lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow - making sustainable living commonplace.
Working at Unilever means that you get to take part in this exciting journey and work with amazing people who are really passionate about our large portfolio of famous brands. We want to improve billions of lives and you too can join us in making a sustainable difference.
HOW TO APPLY
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