Warehouse Operatives - Night Operations

DPD Ireland; Athlone; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Life assurance three times your annual

Subsidised canteen

Paid maternity, paternity and adoptive

Workplace flexibility

Employee and Family events

Job summary

DPD Ireland is seeking Warehouse Operatives for Night Operations at our Athlone hub. The role involves unloading delivery trucks, sorting items, and reloading them onto trailers to maintain an efficient workflow. This is a fixed term contract up to 23 December 2026.

Ideal candidates have prior warehouse experience, strong teamwork, good English communication, and reliable time management. Join us to support fast, accurate parcel delivery across Ireland.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a warehouse.
• Good communication skills with good spoken English.
• Excellent team player with good attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Loading of parcels onto conveyor systems
• Unloading parcels from sorter
• Loading trailers loosely, palletised and/or onto cages
• Warehouse housekeeping
• Inventory and stock control
• Parcel labelling/relabelling

Skills

Good communication skills

Team player

Time management

Initiative

Work ethic

Job description

Job Title: Warehouse Operatives - Night Operations

Department: Hub Operations

Reports to: Hub Supervisor and Team Lead

About the Company:

DPD Ireland leads the field in next day parcel delivery throughout Ireland, with 37 regionally based collection and delivery depots and a state of the art central sorting hub in Athlone, Co. Westmeath.

Purpose of the role:

The purpose of this role is to maintain an efficient flow of goods by unloading delivery trucks, processing items through sorting systems, and reloading them onto the correct trailers safely and quickly. By keeping the workspace tidy and the labels accurate, you ensure that every package stays on track to reach the customer on time. This role is a fixed term contract up to the 23rd December 2026.

Job Responsibilities:

• Loading of parcels onto conveyor systems
• Unloading parcels from sorter
• Loading trailers loosely, palletised and/or onto cages
• Warehouse housekeeping
• Open to variations in job role, as required
• Inventory and stock control
• Parcel labelling/relabelling

The above list is not an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Experience Preferred:

• Previous experience working in a warehouse.

Skills Required:

• Good communication skills with good spoken English
• Excellent team player with good attention to detail
• Good time management skills
• Energy and enthusiasm with an ability to use own initiative
• Strong work ethic with a willingness to learn

Behaviours Required:

• Understands that we deliver the best service money can buy. Works hard to ensure the schedule is maintained.
• Flexible and passionate about learning and adopting new technology quickly to help achieve outcomes.
• Works hard to always please the end customer. Strives to meet demanding targets.
• Sustains pace and customer focus when under pressure. Works flexibly to overcome challenges.
• Approachable, helpful, and relates well to people, all of the time. Shows respect, care and honesty with others.
• Acts on own initiative, solves problems and does things without needing constant direction.

Remuneration and Benefits:

At DPD, we recognise that our People are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. Benefits include:

• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance three times your annual salary on joining the pension scheme.
• Subsidised canteen
• Paid maternity, paternity and adoptive leave
• Workplace flexibility
• Employee and Family events.

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.