Warehouse Operative

Are you looking for a role where you can stay active, be part of a great team and build a long-term career? At GXO Swindon (SN5 7JF), we operate busy distribution centres supporting one of the UK's leading food retailers, helping to keep stores stocked with the products customers rely on every day.

We're currently recruiting Warehouse Operatives to join our freezer operation supporting the Iceland Foods contract. You'll play a key role in picking, preparing, and dispatching frozen products to stores across the UK, ensuring customers can find the products they need when they need them.

You’ll work any 5 days from 7 on a rotating shift pattern, alternating weekly between 07:00–15:00 and 15:00–23:00 shifts

Earn up to £33,750 OTE while being part of a friendly and supportive team. With ongoing training, excellent benefits, and genuine opportunities for career progression, there's never been a better time to join GXO.

Pay, benefits and more:

  • £14.27 per hour, including freezer allowance
  • £3.92 per hour shift premium for every hour worked between 19:00 and 06:00
  • Paid lunch break, plus regular warm-up breaks throughout your shift
  • Opportunity to earn an additional £125 per week through our KPI performance bonus scheme
  • Paid monthly
  • Access to high street discounts
  • An Iceland discount card equating to 10% off your weekly shop
  • Holiday pay and workplace pension
  • A 24/7 online GP service, life assurance, and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme
  • Access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of cashback cards, a savings scheme, and much more
  • Access to GXO University – home to a wealth of online training courses, meaning your development never ends

What you'll do on a typical day:

  • Work in our temperature-controlled freezer chamber, picking and preparing frozen products for delivery to stores nationwide – we'll provide all the specialist PPE and thermal clothing you need
  • Accurately pick customer orders using voice-picking technology and warehouse systems
  • Safely operate a LLOP (Low-Level Order Picker) truck following full training
  • Load, unload, and move stock while maintaining high standards of safety and accuracy
  • Support Goods In, outbound, and other warehouse activities to meet productivity and quality targets
  • Follow health and safety procedures and work effectively as part of a fast-paced warehouse team

What you need to succeed at GXO:

  • A positive attitude and willingness to learn – we'll provide all the training you need
  • A reliable and hardworking approach, with a commitment to doing a great job every day
  • Good attention to detail and the ability to work accurately in a busy environment
  • A team-player mentality, working closely with colleagues to achieve shared goals
  • Confidence in a hands-on, physically active role that keeps you on the move throughout your shift
  • Comfortable working in a temperature-controlled freezer environment – we'll provide all specialist PPE and thermal clothing to keep you warm

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.

 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.