Warehouse and Forklift Operative

  • The RPC Group
  • Owslebury, Hampshire
  • Mar 27, 2026
Full time Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description and Overview:

  • Working in the outdoor yard, warehouse, distribution facilities, and blast chiller environment (-18 and -21 degrees).
  • Picking and packing, goods-in and goods-out, loading and unloading vans, lorries, trucks etc.
  • Using a forklift truck as and when required on site when required as well as manual handling of up to 25kg items.
  • Labelling all stock items for delivery.
  • Ensuring all incoming stock is correctly inventoried and allocated to the correct storage locations (wet / dry / ambient / freezer).
  • Starting at 12:00 lunchtime, finishing at 20:30pm (30-minutes unpaid lunch break), 8-hours per day / 40-hours per week.
  • Hourly pay rate 12.90 ( 13.03 per hour if you have a valid Pivot Steer forklift license or training certificate).
  • Temporary to permanent probation period of 12-weeks if you are successful and reliable they will take you on as a permanent member of staff.

Requirements:

  • You would need to interview within the next few days this week and next.
  • You would need to be able to start work on paid trial shifts in the next week or two.
  • You must be able to communicate with other staff and team leader in English and understand written English, as well as complete health and safety training, follow processes and procedures.
  • You must be able to work a full-time position that will become permanent (no visa sponsorship support).
  • You must have your own transport (car or motorbike) to get to site each day for your shift, as there are no bus or train services.
  • Must have some forklift truck driving experience and valid license or training certificate.
  • Must have experience working in a warehouse environment picking and packing.
  • Must be physically fit and able to lift and carry up to 25kg and work in blast chillers / fridges at -18/-21 degrees, as well as working outside in a yard completing goods-in/goods-out.

Benefits:

  • Canteen
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Free parking on-site
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Career development and on-going pay review assessments.