Every Sunday Night/Monday morning Parcel Sorter/Loader-Basingstoke

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Basingstoke
Salary
8.50 - 9.35 GBP Hourly + Payrise after 13 weeks
Posted
09 May 2018
Closes
06 Jun 2018
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Title: Parcel Sorter

Location: Basingstoke

Shift Pattern: 2am- 7.30am on SUNDAY NIGHTS ONLY
However there may on occasions be opportunities to work some shifts in the week too.

Job Type: Temporary, ongoing work

Pay rate: 8.50 per hour, pay rise after 13 weeks to around GBP11 an hour and again after 26 weeks.

You will be required to attend a one time appointment in Southampton to complete essential paper work

Our client, a parcel delivery company are looking to recruit Parcel Sorters for ongoing contracts. Ideally you will have done this role before, but as a minimum applications will only be accepted from those who have a minimum of 6 months warehouse experience.

We are expecting this position to start in the 3 weeks time and to continue until the end of the year right through to the end of the very busy Christmas period. The best workers will be retained for work in 2018, More hours will be available from September onwards

This is initially agency work , however as we get closer to Christmas, there will be work available every day.

Job role & responsibilities
??Sorting items by hand into compartments on a sorting frame,
??Overseeing the automatic sorting process, ensuring that the machinery is in full working order,
??Bagging and labelling mail for its destination
??Moving mail around the office between conveyor belts, loading docks and trolleys,
??Moving mailbags from cages, sorting mailbags and bundles of mail into cages,
??Loading and unloading wheeled containers from vehicles to the dispatch areas.
??Scanning parcels
Loading vehicles/ vans ready for deliveries

Applicants Must:
??Be able to lift and carry mailbags and boxes weighing up to 20kg and to push containers weighing up to 250kg
??Be able to stand for long periods of time.
??Have a good grasp of the English Language both written and spoken
??Have previous experience in a similar position
??Be IT literate and confident in using scanners/ computers

Due to the nature of the role, the company requires an in depth security clearance check (we are unable to accept applications from anyone who has a criminal record for sexual offences, violence or theft/ fraud) and 5 years worth of address history will need to be provided. Anyone who can not provide this information will automatically be rejected.

Simple Recruitment Services Ltd are acting as an employment agency in this instance. It is not always possible to respond to every applicant, so if you have not heard back from us in 7 days then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful in this occasion. Simple Recruitment Services Ltd will retain your information, and may make contact in the future should other suitable positions become available

Simple Recruitment Services Ltd are an equal opportunities employer