Despatch Operative (Evening Shift)

Posted 12 November 2025
Salary £12.80 to £13.95
LocationGlasgow
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline Logistics & Distribution
Reference044244
Job FunctionOperations
Expiry date 30 November 2025

Job description

Role Details:

  • Shift Times: 5:30pm to 2am
  • Pay Rate: £12.80 per hour (+ £1.15 night premium for any hours worked between 10pm and 6am)
  • Shift Pattern: Sunday to Friday with a rolling rest day

Who are we:

We’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn. Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

 

Glasgow:

A major picking depot, employing more than 70 colleagues and operating a fleet of more than 40 vehicles. The depot serves major convenience retailers in the region.

 

What you'll be doing:

  • Ensuring all stock is placed in the appropriate delivery pallets at all times
  • Working in a fast-paced environment and able to meet time-sensitive deadlines.
  • Loading and unloading
  • Logging product shortages and reporting them to the Management Team at the depot at the end of each shift.
  • Ensuring all trays are stacked and kept in the designated place before the shift ends.
  • Maintaining the depot's cleanliness and tidiness in work areas at all times.
  • Ensuring all PPE issued is worn at all times.

 
 

What we’re looking for:

  • We are looking for team players who are comfortable with physical work
  • Must be comfortable working in a cold environment
  • Warehouse experience preferred but not essential
  • Full UK driving license preferred

 

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

 

What you’ll get in return:

  • Weekly Pay
  • Pension up to 8% matched
  • Company share save scheme
  • Greencore Qualifications
  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
  • Free On-site car park
  • Promotion and progression opportunities

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.