Warehouse Operative - Midlands Super Hub (Early Shift)

Reed Talent Solutions; Daventry; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency in the UK is seeking Flexible Parcel Sorters for a temporary role with Royal Mail’s Early Shift. The ideal candidate enjoys fast-paced environments, can lift heavy parcels, and is detail-oriented. Pay starts at £12.54 per hour with opportunities for overtime and bank holiday enhancements. No prior experience required as training will be provided.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Overtime and bank holiday pay enhancements

Training and support provided

Qualifications

• Enjoys working in a fast-paced setting.
• Can lift mail bags up to 11kg and parcels up to 30kg.
• Comfortable standing and walking for long periods.
• No previous experience needed – training provided.

Responsibilities

• Unload Yorks, pallets, and loose-load trailers.
• Operate conveyors to place parcels onto the automated system.
• Sort parcels into Yorks ready for despatch.
• Labeling and moving full Yorks.

Skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Ability to lift heavy parcels

Reliability

Ability to stand/walk for long periods

Job description

Overview

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 Flexible (temporary) Parcel Sorters with Royal Mail on the Early Shift.

Shift Pattern

• Early Shift: 06:00–14:00, Tuesday to Saturday
• Additional shifts may occasionally be available on other days, but cannot be guaranteed.
• This is a flexible (temporary) role – work patterns may vary week to week.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be working in operational areas of the Super Hub, including Infeed (parcels arriving) and Outfeed (parcels leaving).

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

Our ideal candidate

• 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 following pay rates apply 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.

• Day Shift – 0531–1959: £12.54
• Dawn Shift – 0201–0400: £13.40
• Early 05:00 (0401–0500): £12.99
• Early 05:30 (0501–0530): £12.77
• Evening (2000–2139): £13.18
• Lates (2140–0159): £13.90
• Nights (2300–0500, three hours): £15.11
• Overtime (40 hours) Mon – Sat: £15.68
• Bank Holidays (All Day): £18.81

Interested?

If you're ready to be part of a vital service and enjoy hands-on, active work, apply today and take the first step toward joining a team that delivers for the nation in a flexible (temporary) role.