We are seeking a reliable, hands-on, and organised Warehouse & Quality Operative to support the efficient running of our warehouse and quality control functions.
This role is split between warehouse operations and quality control activities. Warehouse responsibilities include Goods-in, Goods-out, stock control, material handling and internal factory movements, ensuring materials are accurately received, stored, issued, and recorded. Quality responsibilities include conducting in-production and finished goods quality inspections, supporting quality assurance activities, and providing cover for the QA/QC supervisor when required.
Working closely with Production, Purchasing, and Quality teams, the role helps ensure material accuracy, product quality, and operational efficiency while maintaining a safe and compliant environment.
As the business continues to grow, this position offers opportunities to develop further responsibilities across quality, logistics, and wider operational functions.
Salary: Up to £30k DOE plus bonus
31 holidays (including bank holidays)
5 sick days on full pay
Buy or sell holiday scheme
Free lunches
Birthday voucher
Free On-Site Parking
NEST Pension scheme
Health insurance scheme, including discounted gym membership and appointment paybacks
On premises/WFH
This role required full time presence on premises.
- 40 hours per week, worked between 7:00am and 4:00pm, including the lunch break.
Role Responsibilities
Warehouse
- Receive, unload, and inspect material, components, and consumables, ensuring they are booked into stock correctly.
- Conduct goods-in inspections to verify materials and components meet requirements before being released for production.
- Ensure all items are correctly identified, labelled, stored, and documented within inventory systems.
- Prepare and inspect finished goods for dispatch, verify items and quantities against production orders and delivery notes, reporting any discrepancies, damages, or non-conformances.
- Pick and issue materials and components for projects.
- Operate forklift truck and other material handling equipment, in line with training and safety requirements.
- Manage quarantined, rejected, returned, and rework items in line with stock control and quality procedures.
- Assist in cycle counts, stock takes, inventory audits, investigating and resolving stock discrepancies.
- Maintain a clean, organised and safe warehouse environment.
Quality
- Perform in-process and final quality control inspections to ensure products meet customers and company requirements.
- Complete inspection records and quality documentation accurately and on time.
- Identify and report quality issues, defects, or non-conforming products, ensuring affected items are appropriately controlled.
- Support root cause investigations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities to address quality issues and drive continuous improvement.
- Verify product identification, traceability, labelling, and documentation requirements are maintained throughout the manufacturing process.
- Provide operational cover for the QA/QC supervisor when required, including carrying out inspections, reporting, and releasing products within authorised limits.
- Supports the QA/QC supervisor in carrying out calibration of measuring tools.
There may be additional duties to the above.
Skills, knowledge, experience, and behaviours
Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Basic computer literacy (required), and experience in using inventory or ERP systems (desirable).
- Forklift truck licence is desirable, or willing to take training and certification.
- The candidate should have a range of GCSE / A Level results which show passes in English and Mathematics
Knowledge:
- Understanding of warehouse operations, stock control, and material handling.
- Awareness of quality checks and inspection activities.
- Understanding of good housekeeping and stock accuracy principles.
Experience:
- Previous experience in a warehouse, logistics, manufacturing, or production environment.
- Experience in receiving, storing, picking, and dispatching materials or products.
- Exposure to quality inspections, quality records, or quality management systems. (desirable)
Behaviours:
- Alignment with, and commitment to the Nicholson company values.
- Reliable, trustworthy, and takes pride in doing the job well.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to spot issues or discrepancies.
- Proactive and willing to learn new skills across warehouse and quality functions.
- Takes ownership of tasks and follows issues through resolution.
- Flexible and willing to adapt to changing priorities.
- Works well as part of a team and builds good working relationships with colleagues.
Nicholson context - www.nicholsonsts.com
Nicholson STS Ltd is an innovative and fast-growing company which designs, manufactures and supplies specialist roofing systems. We supply Tier 1 construction companies, roofing contractors and the solar industry with unique products to help solve specific challenges in the industry, such as waterproofing riser penetrations, and fixing to the structure in a 100% waterproof way. We aim to be involved in sales projects at the earliest opportunity, so target specifiers and architects. The company was started by two brothers, Paul Boyt and Alan Boyt in 2000. Before this, they were roofing contractors, but quickly realised that there were not the products on the market to solve challenges they were facing, so they began to design and manufacture products. These became the basis of the Nicholson product range, and we’re still innovating today. We are proud of our staff retention, so only serious applications please!
Thank you.
