Job title: Material Handler

Reporting to: Shift Lead

Location: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

Shift options

Rotating day shift: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday on a rotating weekly shift pattern: early shift: 06:00 – 14:00 or late shift: 13:45 – 21:45

Weekend shift: 36.75 hours per week, Friday to Sunday on a rotating weekly shift pattern: 6:00 – 18:15 or 18:00 – 6:15.

The Opportunity

Supply production with correct, released material at point of use, and move finished, intermediate and waste material out, safely and on time. Maintain stock and batch traceability so that what the system shows matches what is physically on site. Act as the link between warehouse flow and live production. Raise early warning when supply will not meet the schedule, so production is not left to recover late.

What it’s like to work here

We’ve been making the world taste better since 1886 and sell over 3000 products in more than 90 countries, but we’re only just getting started. We’re on an exciting journey and have ambitious plans to become the indispensable partner of choice for the world’s leading flavour and fragrance houses, beverage and consumer brands. You can find out more about our exciting organisation here: TREATT | About Treatt the trusted global ingredients manufacturer

On joining Treatt, you’ll become one of over 400 international experts, working together to collectively surprise and delight our customers. Nothing is more important to us than the happiness of our people as without them, we’d never succeed. 

We think Treatt’s a great place to work, but don’t just take our word for it:

“Everyone wants your feedback and opinion; it feels like a place of study where nurturing and encouragement are the standard. It is very clear the hard work that goes into providing excellence for customers, but it is also very apparent that managers have the same goals for helping us all to progress.”

“Joining my close and supportive team was the most enjoyable way to gain more skills and increase my knowledge”

“Treatt creates an environment to help you be the best you can, with no two days the same and opportunities always available to help you learn and develop. The people and the culture create a fantastic company to be part of”

What you’ll be doing

The responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

Material Supply to Point of Use

• Pick, stage and deliver raw materials, solvents, botanicals and packaging to Distillation, Extractions and Compounding against the production schedule and batch documentation.

• Verify material identity, lot number, quantity and QC status (released / quarantine / hold) before issue. Do not issue hold or quarantined stock.

• Stage material in the correct sequence for planned batches. Confirm staging with the Shift Leader or area operator.

• Compounding: support weigh and dispense by staging correct items/lots and containers.

• Extractions: Deliver and remove botanical/raw material and spent material.

• Distillation: Deliver feedstock in drums/IBCs and remove fractions, residues and empties as directed.

Movement Out of Production

• Move finished and intermediate product to the correct quarantine or storage location, correctly labelled.

• Remove empties, residues and waste streams to designated areas, segregated by waste category.

• Tank farm and bulk transfers, including tanker offload and hose transfers.

Stock And Traceability

• Complete all stock movements and batch transactions in [ERP system] at the time of movement, not retrospectively.

• Apply FEFO/FIFO rotation. Report damaged, mislabelled, expired or unidentified stock immediately.

• Support cycle counts and investigates discrepancies with the warehouse team.

• Report hazards, near misses and unsafe conditions. Stop a movement if it cannot be done safely.

Food Safety and Quality

• Work to BRC, HACCP and GMP requirements: container integrity, closures, allergen segregation, labelling and CLP hazard labelling.

• Maintain housekeeping in storage and staging areas to 5S standard.

Continuous Improvement

• Give a clear shift handover: material staged, outstanding moves, shortages, holds.

• Raise recurring supply problems (late material, wrong location, system/physical mismatch) through the improvement process, so the cause is fixed, not worked around.

What we’re looking for

If you have a genuine passion for what you do and want to work in an environment that celebrates progress, teamwork and dedication, you’re what we’re after.

Ideally you will have experience in warehouse or production material handling, in a chemical, food or regulated manufacturing enviroment.

What we’ll do for you

We offer an excellent package which includes a competitive salary; a generous holiday entitlement as well as the opportunity to purchase additional holiday, we also offer a discretionary annual bonus, BUPA medical and dental schemes, pension scheme with 9% employer contribution, life assurance, group income protection.

With the encouragement and development you need, we help you to become your ultimate you. Beyond building a successful career, we also support the wishes and ambitions of our staff outside of the office in achieving a health work/life balance - the wellbeing of our staff is paramount to us, which we actively promote and support by regularly delivering a variety of wellbeing initiatives and offering responsibility based flexibility. There will also be opportunities to be actively involved in community and charity projects and to take part in numerous subsidized social events.

Polite Notice

We politely request that we are not contacted by any recruitment agencies. We have a preferred supplier list and high volumes of speculative calls from agencies negatively impact upon the efficiency of our business. Please help us to maintain the highest levels of customer service by respecting our wishes.