Backs Warehouse Operative - DXE

DX Delivery; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading delivery service provider in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking Warehouse Operatives responsible for unloading and loading freight safely and efficiently. The role involves following health and safety procedures, representing the company professionally, and ensuring that freight is handled with care. Benefits include competitive pay, life assurance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, and opportunities for career progression. Join a team dedicated to delivering excellence.

Benefits

Company Healthcare

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity

Long Service Recognition scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance programme

DX Discounts Portal

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to handle freight with care and attention.
• Commitment to follow health and safety procedures.
• Professionalism in representing the company.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe unloading and loading of freight from vehicles.
• Support delivery operations and load freight correctly.
• Adhere to manual handling and safe working policies.

Job description

About Us

DX are a market leading provider of a wide range of delivery services, including parcel freight, secure, courier and logistics services.

We provide a wide range of specialist delivery services to both business and residential addresses across the UK and Ireland. We have three divisions, DX Freight, DX Express and DX Logistics. Our approach is straight-forward and no-nonsense. Our goal is to Deliver Exactly to our customers’ requirements. Key to what we do at DX is our people and we are incredibly proud of the dedicated team we have built.

At DX, we are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, sexual orientation, age or socio-economic background.

Benefits:

At DX, our people are the foundation of our success. We reward our employees by providing different benefits at various stages of your employment with us, the most recent benefit we have added is Company Healthcare, which you become eligible for after 6 months of continuous service. This is a company paid for scheme at Level 1 allowing you to claim back for dental care and optician fees amongst other things. This is just one of the benefits that come with working at DX, the others are listed below:

• Competitive Rates of Pay
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
• Holidays: 20 days increasing with length of service + bank holidays
• Long Service Recognition scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance programme including 24/7 Virtual GP
• DX Discounts Portal
• Excellent opportunities for career progression

Role summary:

DX Warehouse Operatives are responsible to ensure the safe and efficient unloading and loading of freight from vehicles into, and from the site. They will also support the delivery operation to ensure the correct freight is loaded to complete the delivery routes.

Key responsibilities:

• Represent DX in a professional manner at all times
• Follow all aspects of DX Manual Handling and safe working policies, including the correct use of all PPE
• Observe and adhere to all DX procedures and policies at all times
• Handle all freight with care and attention
• Access and egress vehicles using the correct means
• Use the correct equipment and methods for handling and moving all freight
• Ensure all deliveries are loaded safely prior to leaving the site
• Report all damages immediately to your line manager
• Ensure all freight being loaded or unloaded matches relevant paperwork / scanner information
• Ensure that customers freight is transported, stored safely and treated with respect
• Ensure the security of freight and company assets by reporting any suspicious activity to your line manager or the security team
• Ensure the warehouse is kept tidy and H&S issues are reported immediately

We look forward to hearing from you!