Crafting Excellence Together: Join the Ooznest Team!
At Ooznest, we’re more than just a company selling mechanical components; we’re a team dedicated to providing solutions that power projects across various industries. If you have a passion for precision and commitment to quality and exceptional customer satisfaction, we’re looking for you.
We Are
Joining Ooznest means embracing a mindset where ‘Can Do’ isn’t just a slogan, it’s our way of work. You’ll be part of a close-knit unit dedicated to fostering a culture of involvement, innovation, and excellence. Our team doesn’t just tackle challenges—we redefine them, breaking new ground with our unique approaches.
Your Role
At Ooznest we are supporting an ambitious community, from researchers developing new technologies to businesses optimizing their operations, and hobbyists bringing their ideas to life. With your help, we will enable our customers to find just what they need, whether it is a standard product or a customised solution.
We Offer
Join a workplace that is built on teamwork and the belief that everyone’s work is important. We’re committed to a clear, honest workplace that empowers you to make a real difference and shape the future. Our culture celebrates the initiative and values creative problem-solving, rewarding the fresh ideas that move us forward.
Our Story, Your Future
Ooznest’s unique name is a nod to our roots and our unwavering commitment to the community of makers. Our growth is a collaborative effort, shaped by the energy and creativity of our team members from the beginning to the present, and into the future. If you’re eager to be part of a team where the ‘Can Do’ attitude is fundamental, we invite you to apply and become an integral part of our collective journey.
Latest Opportunities ⇓
Stock & Fulfilment Operative – Full Time
Join Our Dynamic Fulfilment Team – Take Ownership of Stock and Keep Operations Flowing!
Are you organised, methodical, and thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on environment?
If so, we’re looking for a proactive, detail-oriented individual to play a key role in managing our stock and supporting the smooth despatch of quality products.
Who We Are & What We Do
Ooznest is not just a group of employees; we’re a close-knit unit, with a ‘can-do’ attitude dedicated to fostering a culture of involvement, innovation, and excellence.
We’re more than just a company selling products; we’re a team dedicated to providing solutions that power projects through our aluminium extrusion systems, mechanical parts, customisation services, and components kits.
Our Fulfilment Team plays a crucial role in making it happen – ensuring stock is well-managed, orders are fulfilled accurately, and products are dispatched efficiently to our customers.
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Contract: |
Full time, permanent |
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Hours: |
Monday – Friday 8.00-4.30pm |
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Salary: |
£26,800 – £28,300 pa |
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Location: |
Brentwood, CM14 5TA |
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Benefits: |
Holiday 20 Days + Bank Holidays Additional Christmas shutdown paid days Pension scheme Free on-site parking Newly built modern staff kitchen and breakout room |
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Stock & Fulfilment Operative, you’ll be hands-on across key stock processes – from receiving and checking deliveries, managing inventory and stock locations, to picking and packing orders. Each day will offer variety and responsibility.
You’ll be central to the smooth running of our operations as part of our busy Fulfilment Team – supporting fulfilment activities and the wider business by keeping stock accurate, organised and ready to move to reach our customers. It’s a chance to take ownership and develop skills to make a real impact.
What Makes You a Great Fit?
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on work, takes pride in keeping things organised and accurate, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. As part of a small and supportive team, flexibility is key—you’ll need to be adaptable and ready to switch between stock tasks and fulfilment duties to help us meet our shared goals. Your attention to detail and proactive mindset will be essential in maintaining smooth operations, making this role both varied and rewarding. Some things you will need to be:
- Enthusiastic about contributing to a cohesive team effort
- Proactive and ready to take on new challenges
- Organised with a strong attention to detail
- A reliable team player, happy to support and elevate your peers
- Looking for a role with variety, ownership, and opportunity to grow
What You’ll Get in Return
We believe in creating an environment where our team members feel valued, supported, and motivated to grow. Here’s what you can expect when you join us:
- A collaborative and supportive work environment
- A diverse range of tasks to keep you engaged and learning
- The opportunity to develop a broad skill set in stock management and fulfilment
- The satisfaction of being part of a team that takes pride in delivering excellence
Ready to Make a Mark?
If you’re excited by the idea of taking ownership of stock, supporting fulfilment, and getting involved in all areas of our unique business, we’d love to hear from you to become our next Stock & Fulfilment Operative.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
Some of the daily responsibilities you might undertake are:
Stock Management Responsibilities
- Goods In Handling: Receive and process incoming stock deliveries, ensuring accuracy, quality, and timely intake.
- Stock Booking: Accurately book stock into the internal inventory system, maintaining up-to-date and reliable records.
- Quality Control: Carry out checks on incoming goods to identify and report any faults or inconsistencies.
- Stock Checks & Takes: Perform regular cycle counts and assist in full stock takes to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Stock Organisation: Arrange and maintain stock locations to maximise space and picking efficiency.
- Barcode Management: Maintain stock labelling and barcoding systems for effective stock identification and tracking.
- Discrepancy Resolution: Investigate and resolve stock issues or mismatches to ensure system accuracy.
- Stock replenishment: Move stock from overstock areas to primary picking locations as needed.
- Stock preparation: prepare and bag certain stock items before placing them into inventory.
- Works order assembly of kits: assemble and bag kit-based stock items (e.g., fixing kits) for storage and fulfilment.
- Manual stock management of consumables: track and manage non-system-tracked consumable items to ensure availability.
- Returns Management: Process customer returns by inspecting items and updating systems accordingly.
- Work with the procurement team: liaise with procurement to highlight stock shortages, issues, and future needs.
- Team Support & Collaboration: Actively assist and support team members across various tasks, including stock availability to ensure all work is completed efficiently, maintaining high standards and contributing to the overall success of the team.
Fulfilment & General Responsibilities
- Order Fulfilment: Accurately pick, pack and despatch orders to meet customer expectations and maintain high standards.
- Production Assistance: Support the production team with tasks such as assembly, customisations, and manufacturing when needed.
- Process Improvement: Contribute ideas and feedback to help improve efficiency, accuracy, and workflow.
- Workplace Maintenance: Help maintain a clean, safe, and organised working environment in the warehouse and stock areas.
What You Bring to the Team
We are looking for a candidate who embodies the following qualities:
- Enthusiastic and Positive Attitude: Brings energy, enthusiasm, and a proactive mindset to the role, always ready to contribute and improve processes.
- Team Player Mentality: Thrives in a collaborative environment, always willing to support colleagues and help meet team goals.
- Flexible and Adaptable: Comfortable switching between stock responsibilities and fulfilment tasks as needed, embracing variety and shifting priorities.
- Clear and Supportive Communication: Communicates effectively with team members to keep stock and operations running smoothly.
- Exceptional Attention to Detail: Maintains high accuracy when handling stock, updating systems, or checking quality.
- Strong Organisational Skills: Keeps all aspects of stock in-order and structured, with a methodical approach to managing inventory.
- Problem Solver: Able to identify and resolve stock discrepancies, process inefficiencies, or layout issues with a solution-focused mindset.
- Ownership and Accountability: Takes responsibility for stock accuracy and follows through on tasks from start to finish.
- System Confidence: Comfortable using stock systems, scanners, and basic digital tools to manage data and processes.
- Great Timekeeping and Attendance: Reliable and punctual, ensuring tasks are completed consistently and on time.
- Health and Safety Awareness: Prioritises a safe working environment, understanding and respecting safety protocols.
How to Apply:
- Read the Recruitment Pack download for full details of the role and application process.
- Download a copy of the Application Form and complete all sections
- Email a signed copy of the Application form to recruitment@ooznest.co.uk
Closes: THURSDAY 08 MAY 2025
Downloads:
Recruitment Pack
(containing: Full Job Description + Person Specification + Additional Information)
Production Assembly Operative – Full Time
Join Our Dynamic Fulfilment Team – Craft, Customise, and Despatch with Excellence!
Are you driven by precision and want a hands-on role?
If, so, we’re looking for a proactive, detail-oriented individual ready to excel with us, creating and despatching quality products.
Who we are:
We’re more than just a company selling products; we’re a team dedicated to providing solutions that power projects through our aluminium extrusion systems, mechanical parts, customisation services, and components kits.
Our fulfilment team is at the heart of operations, ensuring every order is crafted, customised, and despatched to meet our high standards and our customers’ expectations.
Ooznest is not just a group of employees; we’re a close-knit unit, with a ‘can-do’ attitude dedicated to fostering a culture of involvement, innovation, and excellence.
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Contract: |
Full time, permanent |
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Hours: |
Monday – Friday 8.00-4.30pm |
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Salary: |
£25,400 – £27,400 pa |
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Location: |
Brentwood, CM14 5TA |
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Benefits: |
Holiday 20 Days + Bank Holidays Additional Christmas shutdown paid days Pension scheme Free on-site parking Newly built modern staff kitchen and breakout room |
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a Production Assembly Operative, you will find yourself immersed in a variety of tasks – each day promising something new. From meticulously assembling and customising components and aluminium extrusions to ensuring our products are despatched on time and in perfect condition, your role will be hands-on and dynamic.
This role is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to grow, refine skills, and make an impact on our company and customers.
What Makes You a Great Fit?
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys working with their hands, takes pride in precision, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. As we are a small team, flexibility is key—you’ll need to be adaptable and ready to jump between tasks to help achieve our shared team goals. Your willingness to contribute wherever needed will play a crucial part in our success, making this role both varied and rewarding. Some things you will need to be:
- Enthusiastic about contributing to a cohesive team effort
- Proactive and ready to take on new challenges
- Detail-oriented with a passion for precision
- An excellent team player, ready to support and elevate your peers
- Looking for a role with variety and potential for personal development
What You’ll Get in Return
We believe in creating an environment where our team members feel valued, supported, and motivated to grow. Here’s what you can expect when you join us
- A collaborative and supportive work environment
- A diverse range of tasks to keep you engaged and learning
- The opportunity to develop a broad skill set in manufacturing and despatch
- The satisfaction of being part of a team that takes pride in delivering excellence
Ready to Make a Mark?
If you’re keen on the idea of rolling up your sleeves and getting involved in all aspects of our unique business, we would love to hear from you to become our next Production Assembly Operative.
Responsibilities
Some of the daily responsibilities you might undertake are:
- Component Assembly: Efficiently assemble components, adhering to specific build-time standards while ensuring the highest quality.
- Machine Operation: Skilfully operate auto-bagging machinery to sort large volumes of small parts with precision.
- Adherence to Specifications: Accurately understand and follow work instructions and specifications outlined in work instruction sheets.
- Packaging Preparation: Meticulously prepare packaging to guarantee the perfect condition of items during despatch.
- Quality Control: Proactively identify and report any production discrepancies or errors to maintain our high standards.
- Customisation Machinery Operation: Handle machinery adeptly for processing custom orders to meet client specifications.
- Finishing Work: Utilize hand tools for detailed finishing work on materials, ensuring excellence in final presentation.
- Basic Machine Maintenance: Reloading bags in the auto-bagging machine, refilling paper in the packaging paper machine, and ensuring machinery is stocked and ready for efficient operation.
- Workspace Upkeep: Consistently keep work areas organized, clean, and conducive to productive operations.
- Team Support & Collaboration: Actively assist and support team members across various tasks to ensure all work is completed efficiently, maintaining high standards and contributing to the overall success of the team.
Team Member Qualities
We are looking for a candidate who embodies the following qualities:
- Enthusiastic and Positive Attitude: Brings energy, enthusiasm, and a can-do mindset to the role, always looking for ways to contribute and improve.
- Team Player Mentality: Thrives in a collaborative environment, always ready to support colleagues and contribute to shared team goals.
- Flexible and Adaptable: Willing and able to move between different tasks as needed, embracing variety and responding positively to changing priorities.
- Clear and Supportive Communication: Communicates effectively and respectfully within the team, ensuring smooth workflow and problem-solving together.
- Exceptional Attention to Detail: Upholds high standards of quality in every task to ensure excellence in production.
- Precision and Accuracy: Delivers high production output with minimal waste through meticulous work.
- Manual Dexterity: Skilled in using machinery, hand tools, and handling small components with ease.
- Methodical and Organized: Applies a systematic approach to assembly tasks and stays organized to meet deadlines consistently.
- Great Timekeeping and Attendance: To be relied upon by your team and our customers.
- Health and Safety Awareness: Prioritizes a safe working environment, understanding and respecting safety protocols.
How to Apply:
- Read the Recruitment Pack download for full details of the role and application process.
- Download a copy of the Application Form and complete all sections
- Email a signed copy of the Application form to recruitment@ooznest.co.uk
Closed: WEDNESDAY 09 APRIL 2025
Check back for reopening
Downloads:
Recruitment Pack
(containing: Full Job Description + Person Specification + Additional Information)
Stay Ahead with Us!
At Ooznest, we’re always on the lookout for passionate and talented individuals to join our dynamic team. While you may not find the perfect role for you listed right now, new opportunities are always on the horizon.
- Keep an Eye Out: We post all new opportunities on this page, so check back often to find roles that could be a perfect match for your skills and aspirations.
- Explore More: Learn more about our company culture, values, and what makes Ooznest a great place to work by visiting our About Us page.
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Your next big opportunity could be just around the corner. Check back soon, or better yet, leave us your contact information, and we’ll reach out to you when something that fits your unique skill set comes up.
Thank you for considering Ooznest as your next potential employer. We can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.