Night Shift Warehouse Team Lead (6-Month Contract)

CEVA Logistics; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Employee benefits platform

Holiday buy scheme

Job summary

CEVA Logistics is hiring a Night Shift Team Leader in the United Kingdom to oversee inbound and outbound operations for a high-volume ecommerce site. This hands-on role focuses on protecting inventory, ensuring accuracy, safety and productivity while guiding a team on a 10pm–6am night shift, Monday to Friday on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

You will lead, coach and develop warehouse associates across areas such as unload, goods‑in, pick, sort and dispatch, ensuring timely and safe processing

Qualifications

• Experience in warehousing or logistics environments.
• Experience leading, supporting and coaching operational teams.
• Exposure to inbound/outbound operations (unload, goods‑in, pick, pack, sort, dispatch).
• Strong safety awareness and attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with a calm, supportive leadership style.

Responsibilities

• Lead warehouse associates across allocated work areas (unloading, decant, goods‑in, pick, sortation, loading and dispatch).
• Allocate tasks and manage workflow to maintain steady inbound throughput and outbound flow.
• Ensure volumes are processed accurately, safely and on time.
• Reinforce safety, standard work and quality checks at all times.
• Escalate issues to the Night Shift Manager promptly.
• Provide regular coaching, guidance and supervision to associates.
• Support onboarding, training and buddying of new starters.
• Monitor attendance, timekeeping and basic performance issues.
• Contribute to shift handovers and accurate reporting.
• Identify inefficiencies and support continuous improvement activities.
• Support the Night Shift Manager with additional tasks as required.

Skills

Warehouse leadership

Coaching operational teams

Safety awareness

Communication

Lean/Continuous improvement

Tools

WMS

Job description

CEVA Logistics is hiring a Night Shift Team Leader in the United Kingdom to oversee inbound and outbound operations for a high-volume ecommerce site. This hands-on role focuses on protecting inventory, ensuring accuracy, safety and productivity while guiding a team on a 10pm–6am night shift, Monday to Friday on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

You will lead, coach and develop warehouse associates across areas such as unload, goods‑in, pick, sort and dispatch, ensuring timely and safe processing