Night Warehouse Operative

William Jackson Food Group; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 13,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food distribution company in Brighton is looking for a Warehouse Operative (Night Shift) to join their dynamic team. The role involves efficiently picking and packing orders for delivery, using handheld scanning devices. Candidates must be team players with strong communication skills and an eye for detail. The position offers £13.51 per hour with benefits including volunteer days and product discounts. Full training will be provided, and adherence to health and safety is essential.

Benefits

Generous discounts on products

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee assistance services

Volunteer day off

Free meals occasionally

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Enthusiastic, can-do attitude.
• Capability to work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Picking and packing customer orders efficiently.
• Scanning order sheets with handheld devices.
• Rotating stock according to pack dates.

Skills

Reliability

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Warehouse Operative (Night Shift) - Nelson Main Site - £13.51 per hour

Shift Pattern - 34 hours per week, 4 nights per week (worked between Sunday night - Friday night)

We are on the lookout for Warehouse Operatives based in Nelson, Lancashire to come and join our fast paced warehouse environment, picking and packing orders to be sent to our customers.

This is a night shift based-role with start time of 7pm, with a finish time dependant on the last van being picked and loaded, working 4 out of 6 nights Sunday to Friday.

The Role:

You will be responsible for ensuring that our customers orders are picked and packed in to our reusable green creates as per the order sheet, ready to be loaded onto our fleet of van, working quickly and efficiently.

Using the handheld devices, you will scan the order sheets to ensure the correct stock is being picked, whilst at all times adhering to our health and safety procedures. You will ensure that the stock on the shelves is rotated in accordance with the on pack dates and help to maintain a clean, tidy warehouse.

What you will need:

• You will be working as part of a team, so being a reliable and effective team member is important.
• You will need strong communication skills and have an enthusiastic, can do attitude.
• You will need to be able to work to tight deadlines whilst having a good eye for detail.

Full training and PPE will be provided.

This role is commutable from Nelson, Colne, Barnoldswick, Earby, Burnley and Accrington with good access to the M65.

Let us tell you some more benefits you would receive:

• Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
• Generous discounts on our products
• Cycle to Work Scheme that offers discounted bikes and cycling equipment.
• Donate through your pay to a charity of your choice. The money is simply deducted through your pay before tax, so for every pound you donate, the 20p that usually goes to tax will go to the charity instead!
• We also have a range of employee assistance services which can be tailored to give you support on various matters such as financial, health and wellbeing advice.
• We treat our teams to a free meal every few months, from our visiting fish & chip van, to freshly made bacon baps from our in-house chefs

About us

Wellocks, is one of the leading UK food distributors in the hospitality industry. We provide fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, store cupboard essentials and everything else chefs will need in their restaurant kitchen. Thanks to our highly skilled team, we also offer pre-prepared veg and freshly-made pasta which is a key part of our service.

From our humble beginnings in 1961 supplying potatoes to local pubs and restaurants, 60 years later we now supply over 1,200 restaurant kitchens across the country with amazing ingredients.

We’re proud to be part of the William Jackson Food Group, a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Our sister businesses are Abel & Cole, Jacksons Bakery and Belazu. Family values and the commitment which comes with such a long-standing business are rooted in our culture here at Wellocks.

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!