Warehouse Operative

Stafforce Recruitment; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Warehouse Operative in Tees Valley. The role involves picking and packing items efficiently and safely, ensuring high quality and cleanliness in the warehouse. Applicants should be prepared for physical demands, including standing for long periods and lifting heavy items. This full-time, permanent position offers 40 hours per week with a temporary contract. The company promotes diversity and supports candidates with disabilities.

Qualifications

• Ability to stand or walk for long periods during 8-hour shifts.
• Capable of lifting and moving heavy products.
• Comfortable with tasks requiring manual dexterity.

Responsibilities

• Check the quality of dispatched items and repackage if needed.
• Assist in ensuring correct packing and sealing of items.
• Conduct stock checks as required.

Skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Manual dexterity

Job description

Warehouse Operative – Order Picker / Packer

We are currently looking for hardworking, friendly individuals who can work as part of a team ensuring efficient, safe and accurate handling of stock.

What is an Order Picker/Packer?

An order picker/packer is entrusted to pick items from our extensive warehouse, using scanning machines and trolley systems in accordance with internal company processes and equipment. They take pride in representing the company by ensuring a high standard of performance, working collaboratively with other teams including Dispatch.

Shift Pattern

Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Check the quality of the items being dispatched, including repackaging poorly presented items.
• Assist in dispatch of orders ensuring all items are scanned and placed into the correct size packaging, sealed and stickered correctly.
• Undertake stock checks as and when required.
• Assist in relocating returned items.
• Replace any damaged storage boxes as required.li>
• Maintain the cleanliness of the warehouse at all times.
• Perform any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.

Physical Demands of the Role

• Standing and/or walking for long periods of 8 hours per shift (standard full-time shifts are 8 hours excluding overtime).
• Lifting and moving products of heavy weight.
• Lifting, bending, reaching above the head, kneeling, crouching, and/or stretching for 8 hours per shift.
• Manual dexterity of both hands and wrists.
• Regularly climbing and descending flights of stairs safely / ladders safely.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties or responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. A full induction including mandatory safety training is completed upon commencement of the role.

Job Type: Full‑time, Permanent. Expected hours: 40 per week. Contract: Temporary.

About Us

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. In line with our Diversity and Inclusion policy, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability. As a Disability Confident Employer and part of the Nicholas Associates Group, we are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, and we’re happy to discuss flexible working options.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Nicholas Associates Group of companies.