Yusen Logistics
Nightshift General Operative
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Nightshift General Operative - Howdens
Basingstoke, Hampshire
The Company
Yusen Logistics is working to become the world’s preferred supply chain logistics company.
Our complete offer is designed to forge better connections between businesses, customers, and communities – through innovative supply chain management, freight forwarding, warehousing, and distribution services.
As a company, we’re dedicated to a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring everyone who works with us is committed, connected, and creative in making us the world’s preferred choice.
We are currently recruiting for a Nightshift General Operatives to join our team at our newly established site in Basingstoke and work on our key Howdens contract.
The Benefits
- Salary of £29,205 per annum
- Plus £1,872 night shift allowance
- 25 days' holiday (excluding bank holidays)
- Company Pension Scheme
- Employee benefits, i.e. Discount schemes including E-vouchers and gift cards, gym membership, as well as a recognition platform
- Critical illness cover
- Tailored development and career opportunities
- Company sick pay
- Employee wellness initiatives – WeCare - includes 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme, and more
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The Role
As a Nightshift General Operative, you will perform a variety of warehouse duties to support our nightshift operations for our key Howdens contract.
You will receive, pick, put away, replenish, and dispatch items in an efficient, safe, and timely manner.
Reporting to the section leader, you will ensure all equipment checks are carried out in accordance with procedures and raise any defects to your line manager.
About You
To be considered as a Nightshift General Operative, you will need:
- At a minimum, GCSEs (or equivalent) and have a good understanding of both written and verbal English
- To be literate and numerate
- The ability to work as part of a team
- A detail-oriented approach
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Awareness of manual handling techniques would be beneficial to your application, as would previous warehouse experience.
This is a permanent, full-time role, working 10pm to 06:30am, Monday to Friday.
Other organisations may call this role Logistics Operative, Warehouse Operative, Warehouse Assistant, Warehouse Picker, Warehouse Co-ordinator, or Logistics Picker.
Yusen Logistics is an equal opportunities employer that encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible applicants regardless of their personal circumstances. We make our recruiting decisions solely based on skill set and experience. Diversity allows us to create an inclusive environment where our employees can strive and grow their potential.
So, if you want to begin the next phase of your career as a Nightshift General Operative, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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