Warehouse Sorter

Royal Mail; Oxford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading delivery service provider in Oxford is seeking Warehouse Sorters to join their fast-paced team. Responsibilities include loading, unloading, scanning, and labeling parcels, ensuring timely delivery. Ideal candidates will have good attention to detail, a positive attitude, and the ability to lift parcels weighing up to 30kg. The role offers a starting salary of £24,268, increasing with experience, along with excellent benefits including a pension plan, medical care, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Medical Care including eye and dental care

Opportunity to increase earnings by working extra hours

Night allowance of £102 per week

Saturday premium extra £4.26 per hour

Sunday premium extra £6.39 per hour

Company pension scheme

22.5 days annual holiday entitlement

Option to purchase additional leave

Career development opportunities

Free full Uniform supplied

Corporate discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced environment preferred.
• Ability to work flexible hours including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload vehicles quickly and efficiently.
• Scan and label parcels to ensure timely processing.
• Maintain workspace cleanliness and safety standards.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ability to lift up to 30kg

Positive attitude

Job description

Royal Mail is something special, a well‑loved brand people can rightly be proud of. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. Our people are at the heart of our business and are integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

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Starting salary of £24,268 (£12.23 per hour) increasing to £26,758 (£13.49 per hour), on completion of 6 month probation period. Plus, an additional supplement of £842 per annum pro rota, nightshift allowance and excellent benefits (based on a 38 hour full time week). You could earn a total package of circa £30,000 per annum, including excellent benefits (based on a 38 hour full time week with overtime).

Contract Type: Permanent

Working hours: 38 Full time hours per week with opportunity for overtime. Typical attendance is Sunday 00:00 – 06:00 & Monday to Thursday, 23:00 – 07:00.

Location: Parcelforce Worldwide Oxford, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1HP

The Benefits

• Medical Care including eye and dental care
• Opportunity to increase earnings by working extra hours
• Night allowance of £102 per week
• Saturday premium extra £4.26 per hour, this applies to contracted hours worked on a Saturday after 06:00.
• Sunday premium extra £6.39 per hour, this applies to hours worked on a Sunday 00:01 – 23:59
• Company pension scheme
• 22.5 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing with service
• Option to purchase additional leave direct from pay
• Career development opportunities
• Free full Uniform supplied
• Corporate discounts

At Parcelforce Worldwide it’s not just what we do, it’s how we do it that matters. That’s why we’re looking for reliable Warehouse Sorters to join our fast‑paced team.

About the role

As one of our Warehouse Sorters, you’ll load and unload vehicles; scanning and labelling parcels quickly and efficiently, making sure every single package leaves our processing centre on time and in perfect condition. In return, you’ll get a rewarding role including best‑in‑industry benefits.

About you

As someone who is positive and practical, you’ll enjoy the hands‑on nature of this role. It’s vital that you have good attention to detail and you’ll also need to be able to lift and carry parcels weighing up to 30kg (that’s equivalent to 30 litres of water).

About us

Parcelforce Worldwide provides express parcel delivery across the UK. We employ over 5,500 people and operate across a network of 54 depots throughout the UK. Our intelligent use of technology helps ensure we stay one‑step ahead, and everyone that works for us has the responsibility to create a smooth and efficient service. We are always thinking ahead, and we’re always looking for friendly and committed people to join our diverse and supportive team.

Interested? We can’t wait to hear from you.

Trust is important to everything we do in Parcelforce. We want to build that trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview; and we mean your interview. We want to give you the opportunity to present us with your best examples. As a result, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place, to allow you time to prepare in advance. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and what a job with Parcelforce entails. Trust on the doorstep starts with you.

Please note once our maximum number of applications has been reached, this advert will be closed.