Storeperson/Technician

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 14 September 2026

Closing Date: Monday 31 August 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC5 £29,170.80 - £31,761.26

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Location: Bankhead Depot, Glenrothes

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details

The duties of the post include general store keeping practices associated with the receipt, storage, distribution and maintenance of materials through a warehouse complex and the logistical delivery fife wide of goods.

Tasks also include the safety testing and installation of a wide range of community medical equipment supplied by the Fife Equipment Loan Service, in line with MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) guidelines. While providing advice and information to prescribers as required.

Key tasks in the role include:

• Undertake all duties as required within the receipt, storage, stock control, picking, packing, issue, uplift and delivery functions within the service.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate records relating to the stock control and delivery functions within the service.
• Adhere to and ensure quality standards of service are always met including undertaking visual and physical checks in respect of quantity, damage, suitability, and specification of all commodities.
• To be responsible for delivering and fitting of products to any location ensuring goods are carried and fitted in a safe manner in accordance with the Risk Assessments and to the requirement of service users and clients.
• The planned testing and assembly of equipment, to manufacturer specifications, MHRA directives and LOLER requirements. Ensuring all standards are met and accurate records maintained.
• Be prepared to use own initiative when carrying out work, i.e., modify instructions to accommodate differing circumstances when faced with the situation on site and consult with / inform the prescribing clinician / social service worker.

The Person

Applicants should be:

• Educated to Level 5, which includes National 5 or SVQ Level 2 or Standard Grades at Credit Level.
• Able to deliver good customer service to a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Good numeracy, accuracy and the ability to produce accurate documentation and follow processes.
• Experience and ability to work in a busy warehouse environment as part of a team or individually as required.
• Experience of working to Quality Control Standards and Awareness of Health and Safety Protocols.
• Able to organise and prioritise own workload to meet agreed deadlines, and work under own initiative.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• IT skills and the ability to use handheld devices.
• The ability to travel throughout Fife.

We particularly encourage applications from women, who are currently underrepresented within this type of work.

Further Information

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For further information please contact: Andrew Napier - [email protected]