Full time

Warehouse Operative

Rapier Employment

Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9BG

£13.10 - £19.65 per hour

Posted: 17 July 2026 (Today)

Closing date: 16 August 2026

Ref: 60434775

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About the Role

As a Warehouse Operative in Swadlincote, you will join Rapier Employment's team supporting a building trade client that supplies loft ladders, skylights, and roof windows. This full-time role offers a salary between £13.10 and £19.65 per hour. Your duties will involve manual handling of products, operating a counterbalance FLT, and using warehouse management systems. Candidates need a minimum of two years' recent warehouse experience, strong attention to detail, physical fitness, and a stable work history. External counterbalance or reach licences with twelve months' experience are desired. Fluency in English is required. This position suits those willing to learn and take on additional responsibilities.

Job description
WAREHOUSE OPERATIVE/ Counterbalance FLT operator
Swadlincote DE11.

Job description
We are recruiting reliable, experienced hard-working warehouse operatives/ counterbalance FLT operators for a building trade customer dealing with loft ladders, sky lights and roof windows in Swadlincote Derbyshire DE11.
Requirements:

Fluent in English (reading/writing/speaking/understanding).
Minimum 2yrs recent warehouse operative experience.
Previous experience in Warehouse management systems
Excellent attention to detail.
A strong stable work history.
Physically fit (manual handling products)
Looking to grow within the company.
Willing to learn and take on extra responsibilities.
External Counterbalance and or Reach licence (Desired). 12-month experience
You must be able to travel to the Swadlincote Area for 08:30 am, Monday to Friday (own transport preferred).
Overtime available occasionally.

Pay rate:
£13.10 per hour
Overtime paid at £19.65 per hour over 37.5 hours.
Hours of work:

Monday-Friday.

08:30-17:00
Early finish on a Friday some weeks
2x 15-minute break.
1x 30-minute lunch break.
37.5 hours paid.

The Role.

Working in a modern, clean and well-lit environment. With in the building trade. Dealing with loft ladders, sky lights, roof windows.
The initial element of the role of warehouse operative will cover picking, packing, put-away & finalising and loading
As a warehouse operative you will be expected to lift items of various weights up to 20 to 35kg. Using an order-picking scanning gun, you will need to have a good level of numeracy and literacy as you will be expected to locate various items
If you have an external Counterbalance FLT licence, then this would be an advantage however, most of the work will be manual.
Full training will be provided with manual handling and health and safety on the wrapper and the bander.
Unloading and booking in good accurately
Inventory checks and reporting discrepancies.
Potential to work with the servicing team going out on service calls with an engineer helping with general labouring work.
Occasional Saturday work when required.

BENEFITS

Salary sacrifice (cycle to work scheme)
Company pension
Free parking
Bike lock up
Early finish on a Friday occasionally if everything is on top off.

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