Warehouse Operative

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

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Warehouse Operative to join their team. The role involves the movement of products and packaging using powered pallet trucks, ensuring the packhouse is cleared at the end of shifts. Candidates should have experience in a similar position and possess strong communication skills. The job offers a competitive hourly rate of £12.21 and various benefits including a pension scheme and generous holiday allowance.

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.
• Good communication, literacy, and numeracy skills.
• Experience working with scanner systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the movement of products and packaging using powered pallet trucks.
• Ensure all produce and pallets are cleared and returned to the correct storage area.
• Carry out routine inspections of the truck and return to the charging bay.

Skills

Communication skills

Literacy skills

Numeracy skills

Self-motivated

Tools

PPT truck license

Reach truck license

Counterbalance forklift license

Job description

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.

Our Perfect Warehouse Operative Would Have

• 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).

What Else We Offer You

• 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.

The Hours You Would Work

• 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 and Beverage Manufacturing