Warehouse Operative

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Warehouse Operative to join the Logistics Team at our site in Abingdon. This is a permanent position working Monday to Friday starting ASAP, previous GMP experience would be advantageous but not essential for this role.

Role:Warehouse Operative

Role Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week. Monday to Fridays, days.

Salary: £25,000, increasing to £28,000 after successfully completing probation, excellent benefits package plus annual bonuses

Location:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxford OX14 4SA, UK.

Aptuit is a member company of Evotec, a global Pharmaceutical business. Evotec covers all activities from target-to-clinic to meet the industry’s need for innovation and efficiency in drug discovery and development. The Company has established a unique position by assembling top-class scientific experts and integrating state-of-the-art technologies as well as substantial experience and expertise in key therapeutic areas including neuronal diseases, diabetes and complications of diabetes, pain and inflammation, oncology, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases and fibrosis.

Main Responsibilities will include

• The effective and efficient receipt of goods through a centralised receipting location at Building 117 GMP warehouse
• Managing GMP materials (raw materials and consumables) through receipt, sampling and location transfer
• Loading and unloading vehicles (manually and using FLT)
• Putaway of various GMP and non GMP materials into racking and specialised storage locations
• Ordering and controlling the stock of chemicals and consumables for the production team and labs
• Re-distribution of deliveries and control of satellite stores where appropriate, including distribution of materials (chemicals and consumables) between Aptuit buildings using the company vehicle
• Filling and disposal of Building 117 bulk effluent tanks
• Waste handling and sorting for the site, including documentation in accordance with regulations
• Controlled drug / ethanol waste destruction
• Cycle counting and stock checking
• Check / Recondition cardon drum
• General warehouse duties as required

Other skills or attributes

• Spill pallet checks trained
• Attention to detail, especially regarding the completion of documentation
• Clean Driving license
• Fork-lift truck experience (In-house training will be provided if required)
• Experience of working with pressurised gasses and liquid nitrogen (In-house training will be provided if required)
• Ability to use a computer (Microsoft Office suite, and stock control software)
• ADR trained
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good level of chemical knowledge
• Ability to complete tasks to cGMP procedures where necessary
• Storage of hazardous substances
• Have a good understanding of basic warehouse duties.

Company Benefits

• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays & an additional 1 day for each year completed up to a maximum of 30 days
• Private Health Insurance for you, your partner/family under the company scheme
• Private Dental Care Scheme
• Health Insurance providing 75% of base salary after a qualifying period
• Wellbeing support 24/7 and counselling services
• Excellent career progression opportunities within the company; we have an excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities
• Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme (This is a discretionary benefit)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme, team and annual company events, recognition awards and many more!

As well as

• Free onsite parking
• Restaurant which is highly subsidised
• Great transport links from Oxford and the surrounding area's as well as a shuttle bus service from Didcot train station
• Milton Park also offer’s great cycling, running & walking routes as well as annual events.

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.