Warehouse Operative in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire

Step into a busy, well-organised warehouse environment where your hands-on skills keep operations running smoothly and efficiently. This temporary role is ideal for someone confident with physical work who enjoys a fast-paced setting and takes pride in maintaining safe, orderly stock movement.

About the Role:

As a Warehouse Operative, you will support day-to-day goods handling within the site, ensuring products are correctly loaded, unloaded, and stored. You will play a key role in maintaining accurate stock flow, safe stacking, and efficient pallet movements to keep the warehouse operating to schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

• Handle manual lifting, carrying, and moving of goods in line with safety guidelines.
• Load and unload vehicles, ensuring items are checked, positioned, and secured correctly.
• Restack and reorganise pallets to maintain safe, stable, and space-efficient storage.
• Palletise products according to specified layouts and labelling requirements.
• Perform shrimp racking tasks, ensuring items are correctly placed, spaced, and accessible.
• Maintain clean, tidy work areas, promptly dealing with any spillages or obstructions.
• Follow all site procedures and instructions from supervisors to meet daily operational targets.
• Report any damaged goods, safety concerns, or stock irregularities immediately.

Key Requirements:

• Proven experience in manual handling and lifting in a warehouse or similar environment.
• Practical experience with restacking, palletising, and safe pallet organisation.
• Ability to carry out loading and unloading tasks safely and efficiently.
• Comfortable working in a physically demanding role for the duration of the shift.
• Strong awareness of health and safety practices, including safe lifting techniques.
• Reliable, punctual, and able to follow instructions and standard operating procedures.

If you’re a dependable, hands-on worker ready to support a busy warehouse team on a temporary basis, we’d like to hear from you.