Description
Salary: £22,500 - £26,500
Location: Harrietsham, Kent
Application and Interviews
The job advert closes by the 5th July 2026, with 1st stage telephone interviews and second stage face-to-face interviews scheduled to be held during mid July 2026.
The Story:
Established in 1976, Bedfont is an award-winning medical technology company based in Harrietsham, Kent. Its breath analysis medical devices are exported globally thanks to its network of carefully selected distributors.
The Challenge:
Healthcare is evolving and the market for breath analysis monitors is expanding. Bedfont are looking for hard-working, like-minded, and passionate individuals to join the Bedfont Family to help achieve its goal of innovating healthcare worldwide.
The Benefits:
- 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
- Social events
- Private medical insurance
- Subsidised health checks
- Well-being warriors
- Well-being garden and room
- Annual optical allowance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension scheme
- Bonus scheme
- Hybrid working
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Rewards and discounts platform
- Referral bonus
- Charity days
- Home office setup allowance
- Employee awards
- Free on-site parking
- Training & development opportunities
- Free uniform
- Subsidised kids club
- Subsidised Celler8 Devices
- Time in service annual leave bonus
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
Your Mission:
As a Warehouse Operator, you will be responsible for assisting with the daily warehouse and global dispatch activities in a busy and hands on Operations Department. You will be working in a small team and helping to complete annual stock takes.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Processing, picking, packing, final invoicing and arranging delivery of customer orders
- Liaising with Warehouse Coordinator/Sales/Production/Couriers/QARA/Marketing to troubleshoot and resolve issues including dispatches, customs queries, labelling and regulatory issues ensuring cost and delivery efficiency
- Liaising with Warehouse Coordinator/Sales/Production/Senior Stock Controller to ensure orders are dispatched on time
- Maintaining concise warehouse and dispatch records
- Completing basic quality checks on incoming goods and ensuring correct storage conditions are met
- Booking in incoming goods in a timely manner and passing on to final goods in quality inspection.
- Ensuring accurate stock management through LV software and the creation of barcodes as necessary
- Assisting with annual full stock takes
- Helping with the delivery and collection of exhibition equipment and goods
- Taking part in health & safety tasks in the warehouse and dispatch environments
- Assist with training new staff
- Assist production with QC of products and stock
- Processing dangerous goods, including creation of certificates, placarding boxes, and coordinating shipping with couriers.
Qualifications:
- Although this area of work is open to all with relevant experience, candidates with experience or qualifications in the following would be advantageous:
- Warehouse experience
- Forklift license
- Customs clearance experience
- Dangerous goods training or experience
- Medical device manufacturer knowledge
Valuable Expertise:
Essential Skills
- Being systematic and accurate
- Self-motivated and willing to be flexible
- Excellent communication skills, as well as the ability to work well within a team
- Ability to work well under pressure, to tight deadlines and whilst maintaining a high level of customer focus
- Logical thinker
- IT literate
In addition, employees may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required of them. In these circumstances, training will be given where it is considered.
Bedfont® Scientific Ltd. does not and will not discriminate in the recruitment or management of staff on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or more. We are an equal opportunity employer, and Bedfont® regards every employee as a member of the Bedfont® family and is committed to providing a fair, safe, diverse and welcoming atmosphere. Our application process has been designed so that everyone is able to demonstrate their skills and how they meet the criteria required for the job advertised. All successful candidates will be subject to a digital ID and DBS check.