SHIPPING PACKER & CLEANER
Permanent position, full-time
Background
Chiswick Auctions is a busy auction house located in Chiswick, West London. This position is based in 5 Roslin Square, W4 4PH, nearest tube Action Town. The busy in-house shipping department ships items to clients, mainly nationally but some internationally. Items include jewellery, watches, works on paper, books, pictures and silver among others.
This position will work with a team of two other packers under the supervision of the Post-Sale Manager. In addition, they will provide a cleaning service across the three units that Chiswick Auctions occupies in Roslin Square, units 1, 5 and 6.
Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
Remuneration: £27,000 per annum
Key responsibilities
Packer (60%)
· Follow a process to pack a range of items that have been won in different auctions, using different materials
o Examples of items include watches, jewellery, silver, works on paper, pictures
· Ensure the packaging is suitable for the object e.g. fragile objects, objects with unusual shapes, heavy objects
· Ensure that packing stock is managed and handled correctly
· Maintain records correctly and ensure that the Shipping Coordinator has any relevant key information
Cleaning (40%)
· Up to three hours per day across units 1, 5 and 6, usually in the late afternoon
o Hoovering the floor
o Emptying bins – including recycling
o Cleaning the kitchens (2)
o Cleaning the toilets (5)
· In addition, ‘emergency cleaning’ if there is an incident
Person specification
- Some relevant work experience of working in a fast-paced environment e.g. FMCG
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent attention to detail
- Able to lift-and-shift objects and shipping boxes, some of which may be heavy and/or fragile
- We would also prefer customer-facing skills, IT literacy and a clean UK driving licence but these aren’t essential
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