Warehouse Operative

Thefreshproducecentre; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in the United Kingdom seeks an enthusiastic Warehouse Operative to enhance their team. This full-time role involves the movement of products and materials using powered pallet trucks, ensuring cleanliness in the packhouse, and routine truck inspections. The ideal candidate will have experience in similar roles and good communication skills. Benefits include holidays, a pension scheme, and free onsite parking.

Benefits

6.6 weeks holiday per annum

Pension scheme

Company share scheme

Free parking on site

Medicash

Death in service benefit

Enhanced family-friendly leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Experience in working with scanner systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the movement of products and packaging using powered pallet trucks.
• Ensure all produce and materials are cleared from the packhouse.
• Perform routine inspections of the truck before shifts.

Skills

Communication skills

Literacy skills

Numeracy skills

Self-motivated with a can-do attitude

Tools

Reach truck license

Counterbalance truck license

PPT truck license

Job description

Warehouse Operative

About the Job: We are looking for an enthusiastic Warehouse Operative to join us in order to enhance our Warehouse team. The purpose of this role is to undertake the movement of product, packaging, and other materials through the operation utilising powered pallet trucks (PPT), Reach & Counterbalance forklift trucks, including vehicle unloading, put away, movement to the packhouse, packed product movement to consolidation/marshalling and vehicle loading. Towards the end of your shift, you’ll ensure that all produce, packaging, trays, and pallets are cleared from the packhouse and returned to the correct storage area. Emptying bins, removing containers for a waste product, recycling, and taking unrecyclable packaging to the compactor area are also within your remit. By complying with our pre-shift check routine, you’ll be responsible for carrying out routine inspections of your truck and returning it to the charging bay, ready for the next day.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Good communication, literacy, and numeracy skills.
• Experience in working with scanner systems (desirable).
• Self‑motivated with a can‑do attitude.
• A Reach, Counter Balance, and PPT truck license (desirable).

Benefits

• 6.6 weeks holiday per annum, inclusive of public holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Company share scheme.
• Free parking on site.
• Medicash.
• Death in service benefit.
• Enhanced family‑friendly leave.

Working Hours

• 4 on 2 off shift pattern to include weekend working on a rota basis (47 hours per week) with a shift start time of 5:45 am until 4:45 pm.
• £12.21 per hour.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Food Production