- Picking: Follow picking instructions.
- Machine Operation: Safely operate Order Picking Units (OPUs), LLOPs, and other role-specific equipment, ensuring pre-use checks are completed and equipment is safe to operate.
- Manual Handling: Engage in pedestrian picking and secure picking, involving significant manual handling.
- Goods In & Out: Load and unload trailers, including receipt, checking deliveries for accuracy, storing, and dispatching stock or equipment safely.
- Health & Safety: Adhere to and promote health and safety practices and procedures at all times. Maintain full compliance with all health and safety training, policies, and processes.
- Stock Management: Store and rotate stock as per operating procedures, assist with inventory controls when required, and report damaged or missing stock to Section Managers.
- Hygiene Standards: Keep the warehouse environment clean and organised while maintaining and using equipment in line with operational requirements.
- Reporting: Work safely in a busy warehouse environment with operational machinery, reporting any safety hazards, equipment defects, or malfunctions to the Leadership Team promptly.
- Teamwork: Support various functions within the Warehouse Operation as needed, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.
Warehouse Operative
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Salary£12.70 per hour (plus 19% NSA 10pm to 6am)
HoursAverage 38.61 hours worked per week, 3 on 3 off, 12 hour shifts
Contract TypePermanent
LocationOmega Distribution Centre, Catalina Approach, Great Sankey, Warrington
Closing Date2025-06-13
About the Role
Job Overview
- Picking: Follow picking instructions.
- Machine Operation: Safely operate Order Picking Units (OPUs), LLOPs, and other role-specific equipment, ensuring pre-use checks are completed and equipment is safe to operate.
- Manual Handling: Engage in pedestrian picking and secure picking, involving significant manual handling.
- Goods In & Out: Load and unload trailers, including receipt, checking deliveries for accuracy, storing, and dispatching stock or equipment safely.
- Health & Safety: Adhere to and promote health and safety practices and procedures at all times. Maintain full compliance with all health and safety training, policies, and processes.
- Stock Management: Store and rotate stock as per operating procedures, assist with inventory controls when required, and report damaged or missing stock to Section Managers.
- Hygiene Standards: Keep the warehouse environment clean and organised while maintaining and using equipment in line with operational requirements.
- Reporting: Work safely in a busy warehouse environment with operational machinery, reporting any safety hazards, equipment defects, or malfunctions to the Leadership Team promptly.
- Teamwork: Support various functions within the Warehouse Operation as needed, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.
Package Description
Salary & Hours
- £12.70 per hour (plus 19% night shift allowance 10pm to 6am).
- Average 38.61 hours per week.
- 3 on 3 off - 12 hour shifts.
- Day shift - 7am to 7pm.
- Night shift - 7pm to 7am.
Employee Benefits
- Full-time colleagues receive 28 days of annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), increasing to 33 days after 5 years of service. Annual leave is pro-rated for part-time or alternative working arrangements.
- Contributable company pension scheme
- Discounted bus service to and from Omega DC
- 10% store discount at all our retail stores
- Life Insurance for all colleagues
- Long service recognition scheme
- MyHB colleague benefits platform with access to:
- Discounts UK wide on retail, leisure, hospitality venues
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line
- Completely confidential services to you and your family
- Low cost voluntary insured health cash plans and cancer cover
Minimum Criteria to Apply
- Experience working within a warehouse/distribution environment would beneficial but not essential as full-training will be given
- Strong communication skills with the ability to organise, prioritise, and manage workloads effectively.
- Proactive problem-solving and teamwork, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.