Despatch Operative

Avara Foods Ltd; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food business in the UK is seeking a Despatch Operative to join their team. This role offers a pay rate of £13.06 per hour, with additional weekend shift allowances. Responsibilities include picking, storing, and documenting products, quality checking, and manual handling in a fast-paced and refrigerated environment. Ideal candidates should have a License or experience with MHE equipment, good communication skills, and a flexible approach to tasks. Full training will be provided, and opportunities for career growth exist.

Benefits

£13.06 per hour

Additional £2.00 shift allowance on weekends

Secure contract

Opportunities for overtime

Company life assurance scheme

Staff shop with discounted prices

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Benefit Scheme including remote GP appointments and mental health sessions

Qualifications

• Experience within a production/manufacturing environment is desirable but not essential.
• Full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Picking, storing and documenting products.
• Quality checking, wrapping and palletising products.
• Stacking frozen and chilled products.
• Loading and unloading trailers.
• Using hand scanners to log products into the system.
• Picking, checking and rotating products based on the daily plan.
• Manual handling which may involve lifting equipment and products up to 20kg.

Skills

Licence or experience with MHE equipment

Good level of English

Basic numeracy skills

Ability to work well within a team

Good attention to detail

Flexible attitude

Job description

About the Role:

Do you want to earn a minimum of £13.06 per hour? We’re looking for a Despatch Operative to join our team at our Hollybank site in Scropton, near Hatton.

The measuring of benefits that are offered when you become a member of Avara Foods:

As a Despatch Operative you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.

We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long‑term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that among other things include the following:

• £13.06 per hour
• Additional £2.00 shift allowance on weekends
• Secure contract and opportunities for overtime.
• Company life assurance scheme.
• Staff shop / staff sales at hugely discounted prices.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Access to our Employee Benefit Scheme, which ondeincludes unlimited remote GP appointments, unlimited mental‑health sessions, physiotherapy sessions, medical second‑opೋರ consultation, and other discounts and perks (e.g. savings & discounts on weekly costs).

Working Hours

Tuesday – Saturday 06:00 – 15:00

About the role

As a Despatch Operative you’ll music with fresh and frozen meat products, helping to palletise, wrap, store and load products for delivery. You will be working in an energetic, noisy FMCG factory environment that is refrigerated in some areas and processes short–s魚 shelf‑life products where hygiene standards are critical.

Key responsibilities

• Picking, storing and documenting products.
• Quality checking, wrapping and palletising products.
• Stacking frozen and chilled products.
• Loading and unloading trailers.
• Using hand scanners to log products into the system.
• Picking, checking and rotating products based on the daily plan.
• Manual handling which may involve lifting equipment and products up to 20kg.

What you’ll need for success

• Licence or xmlhttp experience with MHE equipment and ability to demonstrate competence.
• Good level of English and basic numeracy skills.
• The ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively.
• Good attention to detail and a flexible attitude to tasks.
• Experience within a production/manufacturing environment is desirable but not essential – full training will be provided.

Who we are and what we do

You may not have heard of us, but there vakantia each chance you’ve used our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well‑known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers covering a broad range of functions는. We run major processing sites across England and Wales and operate an agricultural network spanning more than 350 farms from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

What happens after you apply

After you’ve applied you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions about the role.

Next steps

If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

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