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Despatch Operative

United Kingdom, Scropton 13.06 GBP / Hour · Job Posted January 15, 2026
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As Despatch Operative you’ll be working with fresh and frozen meat products, helping to palletise, wrap store and load products for deliveries. So, you’ll be working in a fast-paced, dynamic FMCG factory environment which is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf life products where hygiene standards are critical.

Job Responsibility

  • Picking, storing and documenting products
  • Quality checking, wrapping and palletising products
  • Stacking frozen and chilled products
  • Loading and unloading trailers
  • Using hand scanners to log products into the system
  • Picking, checking and rotating products based on the daily plan
  • Manual handling which can include lifting equipment and products up to 20kg

Requirements

  • Licences/experience with MHE equipment and ability to show competancy
  • Good level of English and basic numeracy skills
  • The ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively
  • Good attention to detail and a flexible attitude to tasks

Nice to have

Experience within a production/manufacturing environment

What we offer

  • Additional £2.00 shift allowance per hour on weekends
  • Secure contract and opportunities for overtime
  • Company life assurance scheme
  • Staff shop / staff sales at hugely discounted prices
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Access to our Employee Benefit Scheme, which includes unlimited remote GP appointments and unlimited mental health sessions, physiotherapy sessions, medical second opinion consultation, and other discounts and perks, such as savings & discounts on weekly costs
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