Warehouse Operative (3 month FTC)
Are you looking for a hands-on role with a leading logistics business? Join our team as a Warehouse Operative at our East Kilbride (G75 0ZZ) site, supporting Sainsbury's on a 3-month fixed-term contract. You'll play a key role in keeping products moving through the supply chain, from receiving and storing stock to picking, packing and dispatching customer orders. With full training provided, competitive pay and a supportive team environment, this is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience or build your career in logistics.
This is a full-time, 3-month fixed-term role, working 40 hours per week across four 10-hour shifts, with a fixed shift pattern from Friday to Monday, covering the hours of 12:00 to 22:00.
Pay, Benefits and More:
- £15.92 per hour
- £2.68 per hour shift premium for hours worked between 6pm and 6am
- 160 hours holiday entitlement per year
- Workplace pension
- 24/7 online GP service
- Life assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to our MyBenefits platform with discounts, cashback schemes and retail offers
- Access to GXO University, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities
What You'll Do on a Typical Day
- Accurately pick, pack and prepare customer orders, ensuring products are handled safely and meet quality standards
- Receive, unload, store and dispatch stock while maintaining a clean, organised and efficient warehouse environment
- Carry out Goods In and Goods Out activities, ensuring stock is processed accurately and on time
- Work as part of a busy team to achieve productivity, accuracy and service targets
- Support different areas of the operation as required, demonstrating flexibility during busy and peak periods
What You'll Need to Succeed
- A positive attitude, strong work ethic and willingness to learn new skills
- Previous warehouse or logistics experience is beneficial but not essential, as full training will be provided
- Forklift or MHE experience would be advantageous
- Good communication and numeracy skills, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable carrying out manual handling tasks and working in a chilled environment when required
We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.
GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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