Warehouse Operative (Picker) - Full Time, Frozen

Farmfoods Ltd; Cumbernauld; On-site; GBP 36,644,000 - 39,813,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks holiday

15% staff discount

Staff benefits package

Free canteen facilities

Uniform and PPE provided

Free life assurance

Workplace pension

Virtual GP and discounted services

Job summary

Farmfoods Ltd in Scotland is hiring Warehouse Operatives at the distribution centre in Cumbernauld. The role involves picking orders, maintaining records, and ensuring a safe, clean warehouse environment. It offers permanent full-time contracts with shift patterns including weekends.

You will be paid £13.69–£14.85 per hour for 37.5 hours per week, with overtime regularly available. Benefits include a 15% staff discount, holiday entitlement, and a staff benefits package.

Qualifications

• Age 18 or over (safety requirement)
• Physically fit to meet productivity targets
• Friendly, positive, hard working
• Warehouse or manual handling experience is a plus
• Willing to work 5 days from 7 including weekends

Responsibilities

• Accurately pick stock onto pallets for delivery to shops
• Keep accurate records
• Maintain and clean the warehouse
• Work within health and safety requirements

Skills

Picking orders

Record keeping

Health & safety

Physical fitness

Teamwork

Job description

Warehouse Operative

• - Hours: 37.5hours across 5 days per week.
• -Pay: £13.69- £14.85per hour.
• -Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more!

We are looking to recruit Warehouse Operatives who will be responsible for picking orders for our shops at our Distribution Centre inCumbernauld, North Lanarkshire (postcode: G67 2TU).

We offer a permanent full time position and have a variety of shift patterns available working 5 days from 7 each week, including at least one weekend day. We may also have some part time work available.

Shift patterns include:

• - Late shift – From 14:00 to 22:00
• - Night shift – From 22:00 to 06:00

Pay, working hours & benefits:

We offer an hourly pay rate of £13.69per hour for day shifts (£10.90if you are under 21) and £14.85per hour for afternoon, late and night shifts (£12.35if you are under 21).

You will be guaranteed a minimum of 37.5 hours work per week for full time positions and if you’re looking to earn a bit more then overtime is regularly available.

In addition to your pay you will also benefit from:

• - 30 days annual leave.
• - Regular breaks during your shift.
• - Full training provided.
• - Free canteen facilities.
• - 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a great range of food and household essentials.
• - A smart uniform and all PPE provided at no cost to you.
• - Free life assurance.
• - Workplace pension.
• - A staff benefits package which includes a virtual GP as well as discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

As one of our warehouse operatives you will:

• - Accurately and quickly pick stock onto pallets ready for delivery to shops.
• - Keep accurate records.
• - Carry out general maintenance and cleaning of the warehouse.
• - Work within the health and safety requirements of the site.

Most warehouse operatives start with us picking orders however there may also be opportunities beyond this to work in our goods in and loading operations.

You will need:

• - To be aged 18 or over to be eligible for this role (due to Health and Safety reasons).
• - To be physically fit as this is a demanding role and you will be expected to achieve productivity targets.
• - A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• - Although it is not essential, if you have experience of working in a warehouse environment or experience working with manual handling equipment then let us know about it in your application.

We welcome applications from Army, Navy and Royal Air Force service leavers and veterans into our distribution operations.

A bit about us:

Farmfoods are a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail.

We aim to offer sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family oriented goods. We back up our sensational value with a focus on delivering an ‘old fashioned’, genuine and friendly customer experience.

Our warehouse operatives are the backbone of our distribution operation and are essential to ensuring our shops have everything they need to deliver a great service to our customers.