Warehouse Operative

Warburtons; West of England; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Pension

Life assurance

Discounts via Extra Dough

Personal development

Kitchens stocked

Health & wellbeing support

Job summary

Warburtons is seeking a Warehouse Team Member for Bristol-based operations, working night shifts 5 over 7. The role focuses on accurate order picking, fast-paced throughput, and strict adherence to safety and quality standards.

You will join a busy team responsible for receiving, storing and dispatching products to customers, with training provided and opportunities for career development within a leading UK bakery brand.

Qualifications

• Hands-on role in a busy warehouse environment.
• Ability to pick customer orders accurately and at pace.
• Willingness to follow health, hygiene and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Pick and prepare customer orders accurately and efficiently for despatch.
• Check products and quantities to ensure accuracy.
• Work at pace to meet daily picking requirements and customer demand.
• Handle products with care and follow warehouse processes.
• Keep work area clean, safe and organised.
• Follow health, safety, hygiene and quality standards at all times.
• Collaborate with teammates and team leaders to ensure orders are ready on time.
• Support other warehouse activities when required.

Skills

Order picking

Warehouse

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Communication

Shift flexibility

Job description

Could you be our next Warehouse Team Member with a difference?

• Shift: Night shift - 5 over 7
• Weekly pay: £594.42

At Warburtons, we’re not just baking bread—we’re building careers. We are looking for motivated, reliable, and safety-focused individuals to join our Warehouse Team.

This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a fast-paced, supportive operation where you'll play a key role in ensuring products are received, stored, and dispatched efficiently to support our customers.

Essential Ingredients

We’re looking for someone who enjoys being hands‑on and takes pride in getting orders right first time. You’ll be working in a busy warehouse environment, so being comfortable working at pace while maintaining accuracy is really important.

You’ll need:

• Good attention to detail, with a strong focus on picking customer orders accurately.
• The ability to work at pace and meet picking requirements without compromising on quality.
• A proactive, reliable attitude and willingness to get stuck in.
• A team-focused approach, working together to make sure orders are ready on time.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Flexibility to work the required shift pattern.
• Previous order picking or warehouse experience would be beneficial, but it’s not essential as full training will be provided.

The Recipe

As part of our Bristol team, you’ll play an important role in making sure our products are picked accurately and ready to reach our customers.

Your main responsibility will be order picking, selecting and preparing the right products and quantities for customer orders ready for despatch. Working in a busy warehouse environment, you’ll need a good eye for detail and be comfortable keeping up the pace while making sure every order is right.

You’ll:

• Pick and prepare customer orders accurately and efficiently ready for despatch.
• Check products, quantities and orders carefully to help ensure accuracy.
• Work at pace to support daily picking requirements and customer demand.
• Handle our products with care and follow the correct warehouse processes.
• Keep your working area clean, safe and organised.
• Follow health & safety, hygiene and quality standards at all times.
• Work closely with your teammates and team leaders to make sure orders are completed and ready on time.
• Support other warehouse activities when required.

About Us

• Our Bristol Bakery and Distribution depot is located at Severn Beach, near Bristol. You’ll find us a 15-minute drive from the M5 and 10 minutes from Severn bridge if you’re heading over the bridge from Wales (Toll Free)!

  We have 3 state of the art manufacturing plants and Bristol Bakery is the proud home to one of our latest innovations, The Bagel! Bristol manufacture and distribute over 12 different types of bakery products producing over 160,000 units of freshly baked products to delight families across the UK.

  With nearly 400 colleagues and over 21 different nationalities, working a variety of different shift patterns, the bakery runs 363 days of the year, 24/7. Bristol is also a dedicated Driver Training Centre and Distribution hub!

Extra Dough

At last and by no means least you will want to know what your breads worth:

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions up to 7%
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service

As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.