Parcelforce Warehouse Sorter

Royal Mail; Tinsley Green; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in Tinsley Green is seeking a Warehouse Sorter to efficiently load and unload vehicles, ensuring timely dispatch of parcels. This role offers a starting salary of £24,210 with excellent benefits including medical care and pension scheme. Ideal candidates should have a positive attitude and strong attention to detail, with the physical capability to lift and carry parcels up to 30kg.

Benefits

Medical care including eye and dental care

Opportunity for extra earnings

Night shift allowance

Company pension scheme

22.5 days annual holiday

Free full uniform

Corporate discounts

Qualifications

• Positive and practical approach to hands-on tasks.
• Experience in a similar role is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload vehicles efficiently.
• Scan and label parcels quickly.
• Ensure timely dispatch of packages.

Skills

Good attention to detail

Ability to lift and carry parcels up to 30kg

Job description

Overview

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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Role details

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Working hours: 38 hours per week - Tuesday to Friday, 00:24–08:00 and Sunday, 23:30–07:30, with overtime on Friday nights working into Saturday morning.

Location: Parcelforce Worldwide Gatwick LD, Camino Park, Crawley, RH10 9ZX

Starting salary: £24,210 (£12.21 per hour) increasing to £25,679 (£12.95 per hour) on completion of 6 month probation period. Plus, an additional supplement of £842 per annum pro rata, 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).

Benefits

• Medical care including eye and dental care
• Opportunity to increase earnings by working extra hours
• Night allowance of £102 per week
• Sunday premium extra £3.45 per hour (applies to contracted hours worked on a Saturday after 06:00 and 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

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.