Warehouse Operative - Days and Nights

Posted 04 November 2025
LocationSelby
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline Production Management
Reference043544
Job FunctionOperations
Expiry date 02 December 2025

Job description

Days - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 6am-6pm (after 6 weeks rotates to Thursday, Friday, Saturday for a further 6 weeks)

Rate of pay – £14.94 per hour

 

Nights – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 6pm-6am (after 6 weeks rotates to Wednesday, Thursday, Friday for a further 6 weeks)

Rate of pay - £17.41 per hour

 

Over time is after 36 hours a week x1.25)

 

Here at Selby we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history, we are the UK’s number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles.

We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914. We produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.

 

What you'll be doing

As a Warehouse Operative you will be responsible to the packing of products as they are transferred from our High Care Production areas. There are various roles within our warehouse and some of the duties involved but not limited to are.

*       Booking of all stock using technology (JBA guns or computers)

*       Rotation of stock to ensure correct stock is used at correct times (FIFO)

*       Receiving and locating deliveries throughout the shift, ensuring stock is rotated so oldest stock used first

*       Packing products into boxes/trays when received from high care production.

*       Use of ICE printers to select correct orders and print labels that are automatically applied to outer

*       packaging

*       Stacking of packaged/trayed orders onto wheels or pallets as they are received

*       Setting up of lines ready for production to start – making sure correct packaging/trays/cages are available, correct labels are set up for printing

*       Ensuring tape machines are set up correctly and supplied with tape to keep lines running.

*       Following production plans to ensure correct packaging is issued to production for each order

*       Booking packaging to production on the computer, using Aurora system. Also booking and tracking any extra packaging required.

*       Receiving and locating of packaging on deliveries, putting deliveries away into storage area

*       Keeps area clean at all times - Identifies and utilizes down time to clean in, around and under all

*       equipment

*       All other duties as assigned

*       Adhere to health & safety policies and quality standards

*       Storage and locating of goods received into our warehouse areas

*       Booking of stock to prep when transferring stock (using computers or JBA guns)

*       Rotation of stock in areas, ensuring oldest stock is used first

*       Use of trucks (counterbalance, PPT, reach) is desireable

 

What we’re looking for:

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.

*       Able to read and write in English

*       Ability to work as part of a team to complete orders and store deliveries

*       Basic level of Maths required (booking different amounts on computer, tracking extra bread issued etc)

*       Great attention to detail (completing traceability paperwork, important to be accurate)

*       Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.

*       Strong communication skills and desire to work with other team members.

*       Ability to work under some pressure to ensure lines are serviced and able to run continuously

*       Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

*       Computer literacy, including knowing how to use scanners and relevant software programs, such as

*       warehouse management systems (Aurora)

*       Excellent organisational and record-keeping skills to coordinate large volumes of goods

*       Honesty and trustworthiness

*       The ability to work effectively under limited supervision

*       Proven experience as order picker or other warehouse position

*       Experience or license in handling forklifts, pallets jacks and other warehouse equipment

*       Experience in voice picking systems or RF devices

*       Great attention to detail

*       Diligent and punctual

*       Good physical strength and stamina

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.