Materials & Finished Goods Handler
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,505 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 December 2025 |
| Location: | Abingdon, Oxfordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | KCJ Care & Wellbeing Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | KCJ003 |
Summary
Full job description
About the role
We are looking for a Materials Handler to join our prestigious client on a permanent contract, to deliver a high-quality material handling service, providing support to both internal and external customers.
What you will be doing:
Competently using the Counterbalance and Reach trucks in a safe and responsible manner
Ensuring that delivered parts are unloaded in a safe and timely manner, and booked in according to requirements
Quarantining and reporting any quality issues on delivery
Ensuring that all parts are checked and safely stored in an appropriate location, ready to be issued to production when needed.
Ensuring supplier documentation supports items delivered and to report any anomalies in order to provide an accurate document trail
Providing manufacturing support, ensuring no material shortages at all times
Assisting in the movement of any products to secondary locations, such as the second site and external customers.
Lifting and moving products up to 20kg in weight
Taking ownership of the yard, ensuring it is allocated and organised in a safe and tidy manner
Processing all relevant documentation regarding deliveries and stock via the stock control system
Releasing and printing standard manufacturing orders as necessary and allocating them to the required area
Carrying out regular cycle counts and stock checks in line with requirements
Providing waste management control
Undertaking any other tasks that may be requested
Hours of Work
Standard hours are 14:00-22:10 Monday to Thursday and 12:55-18.55 Friday. You must be flexible to also cover sickness and holiday where necessary, and in these circumstances. Weekend cover may occasionally be required.
About you
Skills & Experience
Basic user of Microsoft Excel
Good understanding of document control
Counterbalance Forklift Truck experience (full training will be provided)
Operation of materials handling equipment
Experience supporting the manufacturing environment
Understanding of key customer requirements
Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
UK Driving Licence
Personal Characteristics
We are looking for someone with:
A motivated and ‘can do’ attitude
A flexible team approach
The proven ability to work effectively and co-operatively with others
Excellent communication skills
The ability to work independently
Strong initiative
About us
Our client is a recognised expert in the design and production of pressure vessels/MRI scanners. Employing around 100+ people we continuously strive to push the boundaries, investing in the latest technologies, techniques and processes to improve our productivity and quality output in order to exceed our customers’ expectations.
Job Type: Permanent
*Must have right To Work in the UK - This is a non-sponsorship role*
Pay: £30,505.00 per year
Benefits:
Cycle to work scheme
Free flu jabs
Free parking
Health & wellbeing programme
On-site parking
Private medical insurance
Sick pay
About the role
We are looking for a Materials Handler to join our prestigious client on a permanent contract, to deliver a high-quality material handling service, providing support to both internal and external customers.
What you will be doing:
Competently using the Counterbalance and Reach trucks in a safe and responsible manner
Ensuring that delivered parts are unloaded in a safe and timely manner, and booked in according to requirements
Quarantining and reporting any quality issues on delivery
Ensuring that all parts are checked and safely stored in an appropriate location, ready to be issued to production when needed.
Ensuring supplier documentation supports items delivered and to report any anomalies in order to provide an accurate document trail
Providing manufacturing support, ensuring no material shortages at all times
Assisting in the movement of any products to secondary locations, such as the second site and external customers.
Lifting and moving products up to 20kg in weight
Taking ownership of the yard, ensuring it is allocated and organised in a safe and tidy manner
Processing all relevant documentation regarding deliveries and stock via the stock control system
Releasing and printing standard manufacturing orders as necessary and allocating them to the required area
Carrying out regular cycle counts and stock checks in line with requirements
Providing waste management control
Undertaking any other tasks that may be requested
Hours of Work
Standard hours are 14:00-22:10 Monday to Thursday and 12:55-18.55 Friday. You must be flexible to also cover sickness and holiday where necessary, and in these circumstances. Weekend cover may occasionally be required.
About you
Skills & Experience
Basic user of Microsoft Excel
Good understanding of document control
Counterbalance Forklift Truck experience (full training will be provided)
Operation of materials handling equipment
Experience supporting the manufacturing environment
Understanding of key customer requirements
Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
UK Driving Licence
Personal Characteristics
We are looking for someone with:
A motivated and ‘can do’ attitude
A flexible team approach
The proven ability to work effectively and co-operatively with others
Excellent communication skills
The ability to work independently
Strong initiative
About us
Our client is a recognised expert in the design and production of pressure vessels/MRI scanners. Employing around 100+ people we continuously strive to push the boundaries, investing in the latest technologies, techniques and processes to improve our productivity and quality output in order to exceed our customers’ expectations.
Job Type: Permanent
*Must have right To Work in the UK - This is a non-sponsorship role*
Pay: £30,505.00 per year
Benefits:
Cycle to work scheme
Free flu jabs
Free parking
Health & wellbeing programme
On-site parking
Private medical insurance
Sick pay