Despatch Warehouse Operative

September 13, 2024

Ocado Logistics

Purfleet

You choose. Join Ocado Purfleet on days or nights.
As a Despatch Warehouse Operative for Ocado Logistics, you are at the heart of preparing orders for customers. Pick a career packed with opportunities at our warehouse in Purfleet, Essex. We’ve got many shift options available, including four 10-hour shifts, so you can enjoy three days off each week!

Core Roster Option: Plan your work-life balance with our core roster. Receive your work pattern 13 weeks in advance giving you bags of time to plan time with your family and friends.

Area:

Despatch

Description:

You’ll be loading individual totes into frames which are then loaded into our delivery vans for our customers. You’ll also be required to sort and organise totes coming back to site, deal with any returns, help with the in-house tote wash machine and sort stock for our shop or the charities we support.

Days Shifts:

06:00 - 17:00

Nights Shifts:

18:00 - 06:00

Salary: £11.87 up to £19.51 per hour with our premiums and overtime rate

Starting rate - £11.87 per hour
Night shift premium (between the hours of midnight and 6am) - plus £2.94 per hour
Performance based incentives available when targets are met
Overtime rate at x 1.25

Benefits
We have a whole host of benefits available to you with some of most popular being;

Holiday purchase scheme so you can spend more time with family and friends
Life assurance - we fund you for 3 x your salary so your loved ones will be financially protected if you were to pass away.
Dental insurance - claim reimbursement on your family’s dental expenses.
Digital GP - you and your immediate family have access to unlimited video consultations with a GP
A range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including 15% off online shopping at Ocado Retail
Free shares - twice a year you will be awarded the value of 0.5% of your annual pay in Ocado shares.

Career Progression
A career at Ocado Group can lead to many things with fantastic opportunities available in both Ocado Logistics, Engineering and beyond.

What are the requirements?
You don’t need any previous experience to join our friendly team. Just bring yourself and a positive attitude and our amazing training team will do the rest!
You must be over 18 to apply.

How to apply:
Simply fill out an online application (no CV required), and our friendly recruitment team will be in touch!
Please note, we fulfil customer orders around the clock, so a range of shift patterns are available. Please speak to your recruiter for more details.
Things to consider:

We have both ambient and chill (0 to 5℃) sections in our warehouse and you will be expected to work in both.
Our roles require you to be on your feet and mobile at all times as well as carrying out repetitive tasks and potentially lifting up to 25kg weights.
You will be required to handle both meat and alcohol products.
We will provide you with great training and the correct Personal Protective Equipment.

About Ocado Logistics
Here at Ocado Logistics, our people, technology and customers work side by side supporting the amazing communities we serve. We're all in it together - not afraid to roll up our sleeves (robots included) and get stuck in.
Our people are incredibly diverse and come from all walks of life with different stories and experiences. We are proud that we are a disability-confident employer, we prioritise inclusivity and equal opportunities for all individuals, ensuring a supportive and accessible workplace for employees with disabilities.
Pick a career packed with opportunities. Join Ocado Logistics today!
Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.

About Ocado Group
When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we’re developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world!
Transforming an industry also means transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we’re looking for the Everyday Pioneers to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.
Changing the way the world shops, for good.

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