Warehouse Operative

Tesco PLC; Goole; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 20–22 days + bank

Flexible working from day one

Colleague Clubcard discounts

Wellbeing services

Life cover & pension matching

Uniform provided

Job summary

Tesco in Goole is recruiting a Warehouse Operative. This full-time role offers day shifts across a distribution environment. You will join a hands-on team, receive full training, and help ensure efficient order fulfilment for stores. Competitive benefits are on offer and a chance to grow within a leading UK retailer.

No prior warehouse experience is required, as training will be provided. The role emphasizes safety, teamwork, and reliability in a busy distribution setting at our Goole site.

Qualifications

• Must have passion for great customer service.
• Energetic and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Reliable and punctual with a willingness to learn.
• Able to adapt to changing shift patterns and tasks.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in ensuring orders are assembled accurately for store colleagues.
• Pick and manually handle stock.
• Keep the warehouse clean and safe, addressing hazards promptly.
• Ensure stock is received, stored, packed and transported to high standards.
• Take ownership of safety for yourself and others at work.
• Use tools and training materials provided.
• Operate Mechanical Handling Equipment efficiently.
• Work both independently and as part of a team.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Reliability

Punctuality

Adaptability

Willingness to learn

Health and safety mindset

Job description

Warehouse operative Full time Days Double Days Any 5 Out Of 7

Company: Tesco

Salary: Competitive

Hours: Full-time

Location: Goole, DN14 8GA

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 18 Aug 2026

Closing date: 17 Sept 2026

Summary

About the role

Becoming a Warehouse Operative opens up incredible career possibilities - it's how many of our managers started out. To succeed as a Warehouse Operative you'll be someone who can put people at the heart of everything you do, building relationships with your team and acting quickly to help our customers. This is a hands-on job for people who enjoy tackling big challenges as part of a team, who like to stay active and who love to see their work make a visible difference.

You don't need any previous experience in working in a warehouse. We'll make sure you're fully trained.

A day in the life at our Packaged Distribution Centre;

A day in the life at our Fresh Distribution Centre;

You will be responsible for

• Having a key role in supporting our store colleagues by making sure orders are assembled accurately
• Picking and manually handling stock
• Maintaining a clear and tidy warehouse and ensure any potential hazards are taken care of safely, quickly and efficiently.
• Making sure stock is received, stored, packed and transported according to the highest standards
• Taking ownership for your own and others safety whilst at work
• Using tools provided and training material provided efficiently
• Using your Mechanical Handling Equipment efficiently
• Working both independently and as part of a team

You will need

• To have passion about delivering great customer service.
• Energy to enjoy the buzz of working in a fast paced yet exciting environment.
• A driven and keen attitude to learn new skills as well as thriving whilst working in an encouraging team.
• Reliability and punctuality.
• The ability to adapt to working in a fast-paced ever-evolving environment.
• Be happy to go that extra mile.

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

What's in it for you

We have various full time and part time contracts available across the team and we would love to chat to you around hours and shifts that would suit your needs.

Hourly rate: Days £xxxxx and Nights £xxxxxx

Plus there are additional overtime and premiums payments available on top.

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
• Request flexible working from day one
• Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends - save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home
• Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
• Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
• Benefits to suit you, choose what you use - from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life's moments, big and small
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.
• Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues

About us

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.

It's part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we're proud to have been accredited as one of Britain's Top Employers again this year.

We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.

But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.

We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com