Shift Lead

EDF; Desford; On-site; GBP 49,594,000 - 52,349,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Job summary

GXO in Desford is seeking a Shift Lead to oversee warehouse operations for the HPC Nuclear Build. You will lead and motivate a team, ensuring items are received, prepared, and dispatched safely and compliantly to site, while delivering results on time.

The role is full-time, Monday to Friday, 8-hour shifts from 6am to 6pm, with some flexibility. We offer up to £17.94 per hour, paid four-weekly, and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a supervisory or team leader role within a warehouse or logistics environment
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities
• A keen eye for detail and commitment to health, safety, and compliance standards
• Flexibility and adaptability to support different operational areas and changing priorities

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a team of operatives across the Warehouse
• Ensure accurate receipt, preparation, and dispatch of items for the HPC build
• Monitor quality checks and compliance standards for safe storage and transport
• Manage workflow and priorities to meet operational targets and deadlines
• Act as the first point of contact for your team, providing guidance and resolving issues quickly

Skills

Team leadership

Warehouse supervision

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Health and safety compliance

Job description

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The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.

Do you enjoy leading teams and driving operational excellence? Are you confident in making decisions that keep things running smoothly? Want to play a key role in one of the UK’s most exciting infrastructure projects?

Here at GXO, we’re looking for a Shift Lead to join our team in Desford, supporting the Hinkley Point C (HPC) Nuclear Build, the first in a new generation of UK power stations delivering low-carbon electricity to millions of homes. You’ll oversee warehouse operations, ensuring items are received, prepared, and dispatched safely and compliantly to site, while leading and motivating your team to deliver outstanding results.

This is a full‑time permanent position. You’ll be working Monday to Friday, 8‑hour shifts between the hours of 6am to 6pm. However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £17.94 per hour, paid four‑weekly, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead and coordinate a team of operatives across the Warehouse
• Ensure accurate receipt, preparation, and dispatch of items for the HPC build
• Monitor quality checks and compliance standards for safe storage and transport
• Manage workflow and priorities to meet operational targets and deadlines
• Act as the first point of contact for your team, providing guidance and resolving issues quickly

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience in a supervisory or team leader role within a warehouse or logistics environment
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team
• Excellent organisational and problem‑solving abilities
• A keen eye for detail and commitment to health, safety, and compliance standards
• Flexibility and adaptability to support different operational areas and changing priorities

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home‑grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low‑carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low‑carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind‑boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.