Jobs in Birkenshaw

All About Us

Barrett Steel Limited are the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 29 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder. 

All about the role

Based at our Bradford site, we are looking for an experienced Warehouse Saw Operative. The purpose of this roles is to ensure customers’ orders are fulfilled to the highest standards whilst adhering to all Health & Safety standards.   The hours for these roles are weekly rotating Monday to Friday 6 am to 2pm, then Monday to Friday 2pm to 10pm,

Specific tasks include:

Pick computer generated orders with repetitive handling/lifting of heavy and large items using the correct machinery and overhead cranes.
Accurately record stock movement and usage, along with product identification and use of measuring equipment.
Work efficiently and effectively as part of a team and on your own.
Operate machinery when trained to do so
Transferring steel stock to its location, loading vehicles using Forklift trucks and cranes.
Loading our fleet of vehicles, trailers and rigids.
Shunting vehicles around the yard.
Assisting in the overall production and dispatch of customers’ orders.
Maintain high levels of Health and Safety at all times.
Be adaptable and flexible in approach to work to meet operational requirements

All About You

You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way; always ensuring a high level of customer service and the ability to build on existing business whilst successfully developing new.

Essential Skills for the role 

Have experience as a warehouse operative, not necessarily gained in the steel industry
Have a flexible attitude, be results oriented, and enjoy working in a team environment.
Ideally have operated Cranes, Fork-Lift, Saws, and Side-loaders, however training can be given
Used to working to high levels of Health & Safety  
A full UK driving license to enable you to shunt vehicles around the yard.

We offer you

Very competitive salary 
25 days holiday plus bank holiday 
Pension 
Life Assurance
Annual cycle to work scheme
Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
Access to health and wellbeing

How it feels to work for us

We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change