📦 Warehouse Operative - Distribution 📦
📍Location: Derby - Alfreton
💰 Pay: £12.21
🗓️ Start date / Contract Type: August 2025 - Temporary full time ongoing work
🕒 Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday 8am till 4pm 37.50 hours per week
Love keeping things in order and smashing targets? We want YOU in our warehouse crew!
Are you reliable, hard-working, and looking to be part of a growing team? We're looking for motivated individuals, to join our clients warehouse operation and help keep the supply chain moving efficiently, for our client based in the Alfreton areas.
Our client is a busy distribution centre that is reliant on a speedy turnaround of goods coming in and then out again very quickly. We are looking for reliable, energetic people to help keep things moving. If you like being on your feet, working as part of a team, and getting stuck in - we want to hear from you.
🔧 The Job Role
You will not always be working in the same location of the warehouse as there are constant demands in different areas, from packing, order picking, general cleaning, stock takes and stock replenishment.
A lot of the role will be repetitive however you will need to be flexible in the role you do as they require all warehouse operatives, to work all areas and follow instruction and simple methods.
- Receive orders from suppliers and bundle them up into orders ready for dispatch to thousands of suppliers in the UK.
- Packing & Picking materials into boxes daily, at a fast-paced speed
- Labelling parcels ready to be despatched the same working day
- Loading goods onto vehicles maximum weight can be up to 5kg so please consider this.
- Checking stock via computers.
- Receive, check, and store incoming deliveries
- Use handheld scanners and follow warehouse systems
- Maintain cleanliness and order across the warehouse
- Follow health & safety and manual handling procedures at all times
- Completing paperwork accurately
- Keeping the warehouse clean & safe
- Working as part of a friendly team
✅ What We're Looking For:
- Experience in a warehouse or distribution environment (desirable but not essential)
- A strong work ethic and team spirit
- Hardworking, punctual and reliable
- Ability to work in a fast-paced setting with accuracy and attention to detail
- Physically fit and comfortable with manual handling (some lifting involved)
- Flexibility with shift patterns and overtime when required
- Must be able to work full time across 5 days a week 37.5 hour a week.
- Safety boots
- Live and work to company values
- Must be able to get to Alfreton
- Great literacy and numeracy skills.
- Excellent communication skills
- Willingness to learn other departments and skills
- Must be polite and friendly, with excellent communication skills
- Happy to work on their feet for long periods of time and able to conduct repetitive positions, working at the same work station.
- Quick learner and team player
🎁 What We Offer:
- Fantastic company to work for - you're not just a number, you really are made to feel welcomed.
- Competitive hourly rate
- Full training and opportunities for progression
- Weekly pay
- Hot canteen on site with fresh food prepared daily at a cost.
- On-site parking, staff facilities, and uniform provided
- A supportive, team-focused environment
- Great opportunity to get a foot in the door with some of our clients within the Derby & Derbyshire areas.
- Your very own app and portal to record your hours no more printing of timesheets.
- Holiday entitlement
- Company pension scheme
- Up to 33 days holiday after successful period of time
- Dedicated consultant
🚗 The commute
- If you have a car and are flexible with travel great it takes around 20/30 minutes from Derby. The site can offer car parking on site.
- If you're limited to public transport, please consider this and your route to be able to get to the site for 8am start.
- If you live close to Alfreton there are bus routes available. Our client is based in the Somercotes area of Alfreton
Apply Now
In order for you to be consider for the above position please CLICK APPLY TODAY to
become a key part within our warehouse & distribution clients.
Please note we are working to start dates for the middle to end of August, we will respond and review your application as soon as we can. Each response will take around 72 working hours.
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