Warehouse Operative

Company Description

• Contract Type: Permanent Full Time
• Working Hours Per Week: 40 Hours Per Week 
• Salary:  £12.91 per hour
• Location: Dartford Depot / Fawkes Avenue, Questor Industrial Estate, Dartford, DA1 1JQ
• Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday
• Hours of Work: 12:00 - 20:30

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst  ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly  £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible. Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer

Job Description

As a warehouse operative you are vital to the safe and efficient movement of our parcels in our depots. You are a vital cog in ensuring that DPD provides a service that genuinely makes a difference to our customers.

As a warehouse operative you will find that no two days are the same, equipped with all the tools needed to do the job, you will be required to unload, scan, sort and load our parcels, ensuring that their journey through our network is safe and swift.

Some of the parcels you will be handling are large/heavy items, weighing upto 25kg. This is a physically demanding job so you must be able to lift, load and carry to be able to perform your duties.

Our Depots operate 365 days a year and as part of our warehouse team you will be required to work shifts

These roles are actually for our sister location in Dartford based at Little Brook, Albion Road, Dartford DA1 5PZ.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Passion and self determination 
• Eye for detail
• Organised
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexibility and adaptability to work across various areas of the warehouse
• Ability to lift load and carry 
• Knowledge of Health and Safety practices within a warehouse environment would be advantageous

Full training, uniform and PPE is provided 

Additional Information

About our benefits:

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package 
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Vitality at Work
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends 
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities. 

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.