Head Office

Orvis UK is headquartered in Andover, Hampshire, in the beautiful Test Valley, with retail stores located across the UK. We work in an energetic, team-oriented environment, setting the very highest standards for service to our customers.

River Keeper-Full Time

Position Profile

The successful candidate will enjoy working outside unsupervised and will provide a general river keeping service to the Orvis fishing beats on the River Test, Itchen and Timsbury. Carry out maintenance and repair of fishing huts, river banks and neighbouring ground.

General Responsibilities

Ensure the fishing huts and beats are maintained to a high standard and in keeping with Orvis conservation and environmental considerations to protect the local habitat.

Carry out grass cutting, grass verge cutting, banks, paths and lawn areas, disposing of cutting in a compostable manner without posing risk to the aquatic environment.

Plan, undertake and manage weed cut on dates arranged with appropriate agencies.

Oversee annual stocking and weed cut programmes, liaising with neighbouring beats, Environment Agency officials and contractors as necessary.

Provide advice on aquatic conditions and riverside environmental conditions (banks, vegetation, and wildlife, reporting any concerns / changes to Orvis and / or Environment Agency.

Maintain fishing platforms to ensure these remain solid and stable for use and conducts regular inspections for safety purposes.

Provides weekly report on fishing conditions during season, including offering advice which patterns are successful.

Maintain all health and safety equipment provided on each beat, including signage, fencing and first aid boxes.

Provide input into Orvis blogs on activity happening on fishing beats, including wildlife spotted to help inform and educate followers on Orvis conservation commitments.

Represent Orvis at press days and PR events.

General maintenance of the Head Office outer premises.

Accuracy and attention to detail is vital

Skills & Experience

Certificate in use of power tools (Chain Saw and Brush Cutter)

Level 2 Coaching Angling (can be sponsored towards this by Orvis).

Basic carpentry and DIY skills.

Competent swimmer

Driving Licence and own vehicle for transporting equipment

Boat handling qualification/experience is highly desirable

Hours

The hours are full time, working 37.5hours each week.

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Warehouse Operative – Full Time

Position Profile

The role will be working in the warehouse as part of a team. The operative will accurately process orders across a multi-channel operation, ensuring these are selected, packed and dispatched within set timeframes. The successful candidate will also get involved in stock checking all picking locations to continue to meet a high % of accuracy. Candidates should possess an eye for detail, familiarity using computer-based stock management systems and ideally have operational experience in a similar role.

General Responsibilities

To accurately pick and pack customer orders using the Warehouse Management (WM) system via either handheld devices or workstations, meeting specific unitary targets for relevant task types (e.g. DTC (Mail order), Retail, etc.,).

Pack all goods to customer to a high standard of presentation in line with Orvis commitment to customer care and quality standards. Alert QAD department of any concerns over damaged stock arriving and take appropriate remedial action to prevent substandard goods reaching the customer.

To ensure that all packed items are shipped in accordance with customer-specific shipping methods, that goods are distributed without delay and in line with customer expectation and Orvis cost parameters.

To dispose of all incidental packaging waste arising from order processing using environmental disposals options where possible. Ensures that all work areas are maintained in a clean and tidy manner to reduce any risks, including trip hazards and waste build ups.

To update the warehouse stock management system on a daily basis, ensuring that all orders picked are scanned in the same day to allow accurate management reporting on orders out and inventory holding in the warehouse.

Take delivery of goods in to the warehouse, checking off quantities received against delivery notes ensuring these tally and alerting warehouse administration of any shortfalls identified. Once, reconciled, goods are to be confirmed onto WM ready for put-away into locations.

Move received stock into correct location. Stock is to be prepped (unboxed or boxes opened) to increase the pick flow within the Fulfilment operation.

Team member to report any IVAS work carried out that is required to put stock away. Information will then be added to Vendor Compliance database, so feedback can be given to relevant parties.

To ensure that all stock locations are accurately maintained on a daily basis, checking for any stock incorrectly located and taking appropriate actions to relocate to correct space allocation as directed by warehouse management.

Skills & Experience

Previous experience of working within a warehouse environment that deals with high volume product line is desirable

Good knowledge of Health and Safety

Good ICT skills (competent with AS-400 & Microsoft Office)

Ability to work under pressure and to timescales as directed by the Warehouse Team Leaders

Bright and positive, with a keen eye for detail

Conscientious with great teamwork skills

Flexible, adaptable and willing to learn

Accuracy and attention to detail is vital

Hours

The warehouse is operational from Monday to Saturday. The hours are full time, working 37.5hours each week.

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Retail Stores

Our retail store teams offer friendly customer focussed environments and in return we offer competitive salaries and benefits include up to 60% staff discount, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, child care voucher scheme and use of Orvis fishing beats in Hampshire.