Warehouse Operator - Lidcombe DC

• Permanent Full time – 38 hour week
• Day Shift Position (6am – 2pm) x 2
• Night Shift Position (10pm – 6am) x 1

We are Lactalis Australia

We are owned by the Lactalis Group, the world’s largest producer of dairy goods.  With a range of more than 2,000 products, Lactalis is committed to playing a daily role in the health and well-being of consumers throughout the world, via the provision of nutritious dairy products—milk, cheese, yoghurt and other soft foods and beverages.

At the heart of our business locally, we have over 2,700 passionate employees, working closely and constructively with some 500 Australian farmers to produce the finest dairy products in the country.

Pillar brands such as Pauls, Oak, Ice Break, Tamar Valley Dairy, Vaalia, President and Galbani provide Lactalis Australia with a deep national footprint for growth and prosperity.

We are a growing global company that takes great pride in who we are. We are humble, proud and resilient.  Our brands, people and know how define who we are. We provide a safe workplace that delivers the opportunity to drive your development, and believe that true success comes from us. Collaboration, flexibility and diversity are pillars of our environment. With knowledge and experience we encourage you to make a difference!

About these Opportunities

New opportunities have emerged within our Distribution Center to support the output flow of production. You will be required to work in a chilled environment of 0.5 - 2 degrees with duties including, but not limited to:

• Housekeeping – On job "clean as you go" principles to maintain the DC, equipment and quality standards
• Accuracy of task is paramount – Attention to detail is required
• Safety focused – Each individual is a leader in safe behaviours
• Replenishment - Utilising hi-reach forklift to move pallets from reserve storage locations to active pick faces.
• Crate and Inner Picking – Operating a pallet rider, Voice picking crates, cartons or units onto a pallet.
• Pallet Picking - Utilising Hi-Reach forklift pick full/part pallet orders for despatch.
• Inbound Pallet Building - Using the forklift to transfer crates from manufacturing pickup point onto a pallet.
• Despatch Consolidation and Pallet Wrapping - Organisational task utilising a pallet mover (if required) to pick pallets ready for loading to ensure optimal trailer utilisation and safety.
• Despatch Loading - Transferring pallets from staging lanes to racking or trailers.
• Receiving and unloading pallets - Transferring pallets from trailers to receiving staging lanes in preparation for put away.
• All other duties pertaining to scope and objective of role

About You

Due to the nature of duties, we are looking for people with:

• A forklift licence;
• Previous experience in using high reach, RF technology and ideally voice picking.
• Ability to work in a 2-degree environment;
• Ability to work semi-autonomously;
• Ability to make decisions in a calm and rational manner;
• Effective prioritisation skills;
• Experience performing labour intensive and repetitive tasks.

Successful candidates will demonstrate characteristics of initiative, drive, determination to achieve better outcomes and can prove these characteristics with examples from previous experiences.

No Recruitment Agencies – we have this one covered!