Warehouse Operative - Nights

Company Description

• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until 22 December 2024
• Working Hours Per Week: 37.5 Hours Per Week
• Salary: Up to £15.52 Per Hour - Overtime paid at an enhanced rate
• Location: DPD Radlett Depot - Victor Way, Radlett Road, Colney Street, St Albans, Herts, AL2 2FL
• Shift Pattern: Tuesday - Saturday / Sunday - Thursday
• Hours of Work: 00:30 - 08:30

DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of nearly £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

Job Description

As a warehouse operative you are vital to the safe and efficient movement of our parcels in our depots. You are a vital cog in ensuring that DPD provides a service that genuinely makes a difference to our customers.

As a warehouse operative you will find that no two days are the same, equipped with all the tools needed to do the job, you will be required to unload, scan, sort and load our parcels, ensuring that their journey through our network is safe and swift.

Some of the parcels you will be handling are large/heavy items, weighing upto 25kg. This is a physically demanding job so you must be able to lift, load and carry to be able to perform your duties.

Our Depots operate 365 days a year and as part of our warehouse team you will be required to work shifts

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Passion and self determination
• Eye for detail
• Organised
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexibility and adaptability to work across various areas of the warehouse
• Ability to lift load and carry
• Knowledge of Health and Safety practices within a warehouse environment would be advantageous

Full training, uniform and PPE is provided

Additional Information

About our benefits:

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. To name but a few…

• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Vitality at Work
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.