LEAN Manufacturing Apprentice

Your day-to -day job role will include:

● Assembling and building products.

● Carrying out product maintenance and repairs.

● Picking and packing orders to be dispatched.

● Checking customer returns and re-boxing.

● Assisting with customer product demonstrations and set-up.

● Checking and counting stock levels.

● Other varied and adhoc warehouse tasks.

A typical week at Invictus Active would involve:

1) Using an order pick list, collecting products off shelves and packaging them with a courier label ready to be collected later in the day.

2) Assembling products from kit form and packaging them ready to be sold directly to the customer.

3) Assisting with a face-to-face customer assessment within the showroom in the form of attaching a product such as wheelchair power attachment and/or customising a product.

4) Being involved in new product development and prototypes, working with our engineer to improve and develop them ready to be mass-produced.

5) Booking in customer returns, checking them over and either fixing or re-boxing ready to be re-sold.

6) General moving and lifting of products and boxes onto racking with the use of ladders and scissor lift.

7) Being proactively involved in H&S to ensure a safe working environment for all.

8) Being involved in workplace layout to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

9) Problem-solving on a ‘never-ending improvement’ basis.

Training:

Apprenticeship Standard - Lean Manufacturing Operative Level 2.

Functional Skills if required.

Relevant Workplace Training. 

Training Outcome:

We hope the apprentice will result in full-time continued employment with the potential to progress into other roles.

Employer Description:
Invictus Active is based in Wolverhampton within a brand new unit and showroom supplying a range of equipment for wheelchair users, to enable anyone to be as active and healthy as possible to enjoy life. We have our own range of unique products that are assembled in-house and ship many others daily, with sales through our website and customer showroom visits. Established since 2015 Invictus Active are a small growing team continuing looking to evolve and look for new opportunities with a fresh and exciting working environment.

Working Hours :
9.00am - 4.00pm, Monday - Friday.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Presentation skills,Team working,Creative,Initiative