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Material Handler II / Picker - Packer

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Posted on Jun 9, 2026 by CV-Library
Pollokshields, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical
Immediate Start
£13.9 - £13.9 Hourly
Temporary
Job Title: Material Handler II

Location: Glasgow (211 Maclellan Street) - 100% Onsite

Pay Rate: £13.86 per hour (Salary Equivalent: £27,027 per annum)

Shift Pattern: Days: Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00 (37.5 hours per week)

Contract Type: 6-Month Temporary Contract (Replacement Requirement)

Desired Start Date: ASAP

Position Objective

Working within a collaborative, team-based environment, you will perform essential material handling duties inside a fast-paced warehouse hub. Your primary focus will be picking and packing customer orders to meet tight daily deadlines, ensuring all shipments are executed right first time and dispatched on time.

Key Responsibilities

SOP & GMP Compliance: Perform daily warehouse, distribution, and logistics duties in strict accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).

Warehouse Equipment Operation: Safely operate critical industrial machinery, including Counterbalance and Reach trucks, to manage stock movement.

Digital Inventory Control: Utilize internal PC software packages to handle day-to-day picking, packing, logging, and shipping of customer orders.

Regulatory Record-Keeping: Maintain comprehensive and highly accurate records to satisfy quality assurance, regulatory audits, and operational standards.

Continuous Improvement: Fully engage with site productivity initiatives, including the Practical Process Improvement (PPI) program and 5S workplace organizational methodologies.

Quality Assurance: Execute routine in-process quality checks, ensure housekeeping standards are consistently met, and adapt swiftly to evolving processes.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Cold Chain Environments: Comfortable working inside cold rooms (+4°C) and deep freezers (-20°C) for extended periods.

Physical Stamina: Ability to perform tasks of a highly repetitive nature, including standing, walking, reaching, and lifting heavy inventory up to 25KG.

PPE Standards: Full personal protective equipment (PPE) is supplied onsite. Candidates or suppliers must provide their own safety boots.

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Requirements:

Education: Secondary school education or equivalent.

Experience: Minimum 1 year of proven work experience within a distribution centre, busy warehouse, or supply chain environment.

Technical Skills: Computer literate with the ability to learn internal inventory databases.

Core Competencies: Excellent written and spoken English, a strong commitment to health and safety protocols, and vital attention to detail.

Preferred Attributes:

Valid license and experience operating powered industrial trucks (forklifts/order pickers).

Hiring Process

Background Check: Standard background screening required.

Interview Stage: 1x 30-minute onsite competency interview with the hiring manager.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

Reference: 225228340

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Material Handler II / Picker - Packer

CV-Library

Posted on Jun 9, 2026 by CV-Library

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Pollokshields, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical
Immediate Start
£13.9 - £13.9 Hourly
Temporary
Job Title: Material Handler II

Location: Glasgow (211 Maclellan Street) - 100% Onsite

Pay Rate: £13.86 per hour (Salary Equivalent: £27,027 per annum)

Shift Pattern: Days: Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00 (37.5 hours per week)

Contract Type: 6-Month Temporary Contract (Replacement Requirement)

Desired Start Date: ASAP

Position Objective

Working within a collaborative, team-based environment, you will perform essential material handling duties inside a fast-paced warehouse hub. Your primary focus will be picking and packing customer orders to meet tight daily deadlines, ensuring all shipments are executed right first time and dispatched on time.

Key Responsibilities

SOP & GMP Compliance: Perform daily warehouse, distribution, and logistics duties in strict accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).

Warehouse Equipment Operation: Safely operate critical industrial machinery, including Counterbalance and Reach trucks, to manage stock movement.

Digital Inventory Control: Utilize internal PC software packages to handle day-to-day picking, packing, logging, and shipping of customer orders.

Regulatory Record-Keeping: Maintain comprehensive and highly accurate records to satisfy quality assurance, regulatory audits, and operational standards.

Continuous Improvement: Fully engage with site productivity initiatives, including the Practical Process Improvement (PPI) program and 5S workplace organizational methodologies.

Quality Assurance: Execute routine in-process quality checks, ensure housekeeping standards are consistently met, and adapt swiftly to evolving processes.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Cold Chain Environments: Comfortable working inside cold rooms (+4°C) and deep freezers (-20°C) for extended periods.

Physical Stamina: Ability to perform tasks of a highly repetitive nature, including standing, walking, reaching, and lifting heavy inventory up to 25KG.

PPE Standards: Full personal protective equipment (PPE) is supplied onsite. Candidates or suppliers must provide their own safety boots.

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Requirements:

Education: Secondary school education or equivalent.

Experience: Minimum 1 year of proven work experience within a distribution centre, busy warehouse, or supply chain environment.

Technical Skills: Computer literate with the ability to learn internal inventory databases.

Core Competencies: Excellent written and spoken English, a strong commitment to health and safety protocols, and vital attention to detail.

Preferred Attributes:

Valid license and experience operating powered industrial trucks (forklifts/order pickers).

Hiring Process

Background Check: Standard background screening required.

Interview Stage: 1x 30-minute onsite competency interview with the hiring manager.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
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Reference: 225228340

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