Royal Mail - Mail Sorter - Midlands Super Hub - Weekend Shift

Angard Staffing; Northampton; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training provided

Overtime available

Bank holiday enhancements

Job summary

Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd is recruiting Temporary Parcel Sorters to support Royal Mail operations at the Midlands Super Hub. The role involves infeed and outfeed sorting, scanning, depalletising, and transporting parcels in a fast-paced environment.

No prior experience is required as training is provided; reliability and punctuality are essential as you will be handling parcels up to 30 kg and trolleys up to 250 kg.

Qualifications

• Reliable and punctual, essential for critical Royal Mail hub operations.
• No previous experience needed – training provided.
• Able to switch between tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable standing/walking for long periods and lifting up to 30 kg.

Responsibilities

• Infeed: unload Yorks, pallets and loose-load trailers; operate conveyors to place parcels on the system; depalletise and move pallets using MHE; scan parcels with barcodes facing upwards.
• Outfeed: operate chutes to sort parcels into Yorks for despatch; label and move full Yorks; replace full containers to keep system flowing.
• Maintain safe, efficient hub workflow in a high-energy setting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reliability

Punctuality

MHE operation

Manual handling

Tools

Pallet trucks

Job description

Are you detail-oriented and thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy environment?

Are you reliable, hardworking, and looking for hands-on work in a fast-moving environment?

Angard Staffing is recruiting motivated individuals to join our team as Temporary Parcel Sorters with Royal Mail on the

Shift Pattern

Friday 13:00-22:00

• Additional shifts may occasionally be available on other days, but cannot be guaranteed.
• This is a

temporary role - work patterns may vary week to week.

You must be available to work the full shift pattern as outlined above. Reliability and punctuality are essential, as this role supports critical operations at the Royal Mail Midlands Super Hub.

What You'll Be Doing

Infeed (parcels arriving into the Hub)

• Unloading Yorks, pallets, and loose-load trailers
• Operating tipper and boom conveyors to place parcels onto the automated system
• Depalletising and moving pallets into holding areas using MHE (manual/electric pallet trucks)
• Scanning Yorks and ensuring parcels are correctly placed with barcodes facing upwards

Outfeed (parcels leaving the Hub)

• Operating small and large chutes to sort parcels into Yorks ready for despatch
• Labelling and moving full Yorks
• Replacing full containers with empty ones to keep the system flowing.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced setting
• Are to lift mail bags up to

11kg and parcels up to

30kg and push trolleys/yorks up to 250kg

• Comfortable standing and walking for long periods
• Reliable and flexible with good attention to detail
• No previous experience needed - training provided
• Comfortable switching between tasks

Why Join?

• Be part of the UK's busiest and most advanced parcel hub
• Competitive pay with overtime and bank holiday enhancements
• Training and support provided

Pay Rates

The table below outlines the pay rates for Mail and Parcel Sorter roles within Royal Mail's Mail Centres and Parcel Hubs. Rates are payable for the entirety of your shift where the shift description criteria is met.

Pay rates may change during busy periods - Angard Staffing will always communicate any change in advance.

Shift

Shift Description

Pay Rate

Day Shift

Starts And Finishes Between 05:31 - 19:59

Dawn Shift

Starts Between 02:01 - 04:00

Early 0500

Starts Between 04:01 - 05:00

Early 0530

Starts Between 05:01 - 05:30

Evening

Finishes Between 20:00 - 21:39

Lates

Finishes Between 21:40 - 01:59

Nights

Three hours across 23:00 - 05:00