Organisation: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)
Work Location: Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES
Salary: £22,374 - £22,530 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hour per week full time – rotating shifts 6AM-2PM/ 2PM- 6AM
Contract Type: Permanent
About the Role
The purpose of the Housekeeper is to maintain a clear and safe working environment, which facilitates the safe and efficient working of others throughout the warehouse; assist with the recycling of waste materials, and associated duties.
- Sort and segregate all waste as appropriate for recycling from throughout the warehouse and transfer contents to appropriate contractor’s containers.
- Operate the external Compactors attached to the cardboard and residual waste skips, in accord with the safe systems of work. Following procedures, load appropriate plastic film materials, into the ‘Bailer’, to be compacted into bales, and eject completed bales for handling by FLT. Telephone contractors to arrange emptying.
- Monitor the availability of consumable items at all Packing Stations daily for that shift, tidy and replenish as required.
- Un-jam and re thread parcel strapping machines when required, and carry out routine user checks, adjustments and servicing according to the safe systems of work.
- Sweep and wash the floors throughout the warehouse using the ‘ride on’ washing/scrubbing machine. Carry out pre-operational checks, and place on charge etc
- Remove all recycling materials and residual waste from the designated areas throughout the Offices, and transfer contents to appropriate contractor’s containers.
- Clean up spillages (using appropriate PPE relevant to the substance and as per the safe system of work) and other janitorial and maintenance duties, as may be required and monitor the availability of necessary consumables within the Hazard Spill Kits around the Warehouse.
- Advise Section Leader of items needing reordering, or any equipment found to need service or repair by others.
- Arrange for the collection and replacement of various waste skips
- Store waste chemicals in appropriate containers according to safe systems of work and COSHH guidelines and arrange for the periodic collection of these chemicals.
- According to schedule, remove all litter and rubbish etc and tidy up as appropriate, the external areas of the premises.
- Use a range of equipment including ride on and pedestrian pallet truck, ride on floor scrubbing/washing machine and domestic type vacuum cleaners and other mechanical aids (including carrying out the operator daily checks, placing battery powered equipment on charge, and other routine maintenance in accord with manufacturers recommendations, etc.), as appropriate, to perform the above and other duties.
- Other duties may include, as and when required, - re-packing and wrapping of goods; ad hoc maintenance of other plant and equipment, etc.; assist with or carry out general cleaning duties, and any other duties as may reasonably, from time to time, be required.
- To be aware of surroundings whilst working in the warehouse environment and to look out for anything that has the potential to cause harm and to submit hazard reports if potentially unsafe situations are encountered.
- To use good manual handling techniques when lifting or carrying as per the training received.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Positive, ‘Can do’ approach to achieve team objectives.
- Must be self-motivated, to complete work without close supervision.
- Common sense approach to a mainly physical job
- Must be able to perform all the duties and tasks of the job with reasonable adjustments, where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010.
- Able to work in environmental conditions of a warehouse.
- Able to properly and safely perform, on occasions, heavy lifting (up to 25kg), the movement of pallets with a hand truck, and bending and associated movements.
We’d also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
What we offer:
- Flexible working opportunities and access to employee benefits portal with car lease scheme.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 after 5 years’ service), and a scheme to buy additional leave.
- Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution.
- Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of ESPO. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Neil Tompkins – Operations Manager
Email: n.tompkins@espo.org
How to Apply
ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our customers. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the customers we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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