Warehouse Operatives – new enhanced pay rate with 10.5% uplift!
Earn up to £30,400 per year as one of our Warehouse Operatives. 2pm - 10pm DAYS, Hull (near North Ferriby), £11.25 per hour plus excellent bonuses (up to £100 PER WEEK pick bonus and £150 per month attendance bonus). Overtime paid at time and a half. Plus pension and staff discount across Heron Foods and B&M. Subsidised transport to site in conjunction with Stagecoach.
Start your career at Heron Foods! At Heron Foods we believe in nurturing our internal talent and we offer opportunities for progression for hard-working and talented individuals who want to get on!
**No experience necessary as full training is provided**
Heron Foods is one of the UK’s fastest growing food retailers. We are really going places and our Warehouse Pickers are instrumental to ensuring our busy stores are stocked all year round, providing the best value shopping to our customers in the heart of their communities, 7 days per week, making 2,132 deliveries per week plus across over 310 Heron stores and 82 B&M stores.
To support our store expansion program, we are currently recruiting full time Warehouse Operatives (Pickers) on a permanent basis to join our team at our Melton site. We are offering 40 hours per week, working five 8 hour shifts per week working 2pm to 10pm working every other weekend. The role involves picking stock orders in a fast paced environment ready to be distributed to our network of stores in an efficient and effective manner within the Freezer, Chilled or Ambient chamber.
You will be working to targets, so this role has a performance related bonus, with the potential to earn up to an extra £100* per week on top of your basic pay. (*full time equivalent, subject to your usual tax & NI deductions).
Why Work for Heron Foods as a Warehouse Picker?
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£11.25 per hour basic rate
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Earn up to £100 per week performance bonus
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Opportunity to earn £150 per month attendance bonus
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Overtime paid at time and a half rate
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Working on a two-week rolling rota with every other weekend off
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Opportunities to develop within the business – we prefer to promote from within
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Grow within a successful and rapidly expanding business
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10% discount across both Heron Foods and B&M stores; double discount weekends throughout the year.
Additional Benefits include: -
30 days annual leave (pro rata if part time) with accrual of additional leave for long service
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Wellbeing support via our employee assistance program – LifeWorks, a free, confidential service providing emotional support on personal or financial concerns.
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Access to BenefitHub for you and your family for exclusive deals and discounts on everyday purchases, eating out, family days out, financial services etc.
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Ongoing learning and career development including on-the-job training, eLearning or apprenticeships, and the opportunity to take part in development programs such as ‘Future Flyers’ or our Area Manager Designate program.
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Pension (after qualifying period).
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Opportunities to get involved in fundraising activities with our charity partners.
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Reward and recognition scheme and celebration of long service & work anniversaries.
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Free tea and coffee.
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Refer a friend scheme.
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PPE provided
Responsibilities of the Warehouse Picker / Warehouse Operative:
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Pick orders (using a voice activated headset) and load cages ready for store deliveries in an accurate and efficient manner, this could be based in the freezer section, chiller or the ambient store
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You could be potentially working in conditions of -25 in the Freezer section, for this you will have the correct PPE to work in this climate
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Manage your time effectively in order to achieve the pick figure targets and job standards set out by Warehouse Supervisor/Manager
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Complying with all Health & Safety responsibilities in line with Company policies and procedures
Skills and experience:
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Essential: time management, accuracy, energy and a ‘can do’ attitude, ability to work to KPI targets
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Desirable: previous warehouse experience, experience of using "voice pick system", manual handling experience
Previous experience may include: Warehouse Picker, Warehouse Assistant, Warehouse Apprentice, Warehouse Picking, Order Picker, Warehouse Operative, Goods Out, Retail Assistant, Order Packer, Warehouse Assistant, Distribution Centre Operative. Packing Operative.