Stuart Johnson

I started as an agency worker in a Capespan fruit warehouse at Sheerness Docks in December 2021. This was managed by Christian Salvesen at the time & I was taken on in a full time role in 2023. Soon after we transferred to Peel Ports but stayed in the same role. During this time I drove all plant in the warehouse including Reach Trucks, Forklifts & Narrow Isle Kombis. My role included picking loads, supermarket order picking, arriving product & booking it in, loading lorries & stock checking.

When the docks closed down the fruit operation I moved to the Forest Products department. Here I received training on larger plant up to 16 ton Forklifts, Reelers & Tugs. my main role was working with paper reels. Preparing loads & loading them, laying out the warehouse when vessels were delivering product so the stock was in appropriate areas for easy access & organisation. I also performed regular stock checks & general problem solving including searching for missing stock. At various times i spent time on vessel intake & ouloading with timber, pulp & steel. My over duties involved training new staff, cleaning, general maintenance to ensure a safe working environment & running the timber treatment plant to cover holidays.

In 2020 I moved into an office logistics role as Operations Support. During my time in this role my duties have included booking in / out drivers for deliveries & collections, liaising with customers to resolve any issues relating to deliveries & current / past stock. The setting up of vessels on the computer system, custom clearances & I also assisted in setting up a new vehicle & visitor booking in system. Taking customers through the setup process & been a point of contact for any issues. In the past three months I have been helping in the Resource office. Assigning staff to jobs, checking hours & processing holiday requests & invoices. On occasions I have assisted the security team at the entrance gate & with monitoring the CCTV.

This was an assistant role to the Transport Manager. My role was to liaise with our lorry drivers to communicate their next delivery, or collection information. Other tasks I was given included contacting customers to inform of latest arrival estimates, data entry & ordering supplies for the stores.