Warehouse Operative

Purpose Of the Role: To carry out day-to-day operational warehousing activities including receiving, storing, picking, packing, and dispatching goods. You'll help ensure the accurate and timely handling of shipments,…

Pay rate £12.71 – £13/hour
Job type Temporary
Posted 2 September 2026

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Purpose Of the Role:
To carry out day-to-day operational warehousing activities including receiving, storing, picking, packing, and dispatching goods. You'll help ensure the accurate and timely handling of shipments, supporting the smooth running of the warehouse while maintaining high standards of safety, efficiency, and teamwork.
Key Responsibilities:
Execute all core warehouse operations including goods receipt, accurate storage, order picking, retrieval, loading, and unloading of goods in line with company procedures.
Conduct thorough checks and controls during each process to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance with health & safety and operational standards.
Verify incoming and outgoing shipments, checking for damage, discrepancies, or missing items, and report issues promptly to supervisors.
Follow scanning and inventory procedures to ensure stock is recorded and tracked accurately in the warehouse management system.

Maintain a high standard of order and cleanliness across all work areas, ensuring equipment is used safely and storage areas are kept tidy and hazard-free.
Support continuous improvement by following best practices and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency or accuracy in warehouse operations.
The Ideal candidate will have:
Experience putting away or retrieving heavy & high value goods
Strong team player
Good attention to detail
Ability to work at a fast pace
Ability to work on own initiative / unsupervised
Computer literate
Manual handling skills
Awareness of health and safety issues
Numeracy and literacy skill

Loading and Unloading Containers

Shift Monday to Friday
06:00 to 14:00
£12.71/h

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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