Despatch Operative​/Picker Loader

About the Role:

Despatch Operative/Picker – Hereford

Location:

Grandstand Road, Hereford

We’re seeking motivated and enthusiastic Despatch Operatives to join our Hereford team at Grandstand Road. You’ll help facilitate the efficient loading of products for delivery to our customers, ensuring the correct products are picked, loaded, and documented to customer specifications.

• £12.65 per hour plus shift allowance £1.23
• Earn £250 for every friend or family member you refer for a job with us
• Secure contract, guaranteed hours and opportunities for overtime
• Earn a minimum of £534 per week
• Subsidised staff canteen serving hot food
• Staff shop / staff sales at hugely discounted prices
• Cycle to work scheme

* Ts & Cs apply

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The Despatch operative will be responsible for the smooth transition of our product from production lines, ensuring availability for outloads.

• Assisting with goods, scanning and storing products and raw materials.
• Wrapping, scanning and palletising products.
• Issuing products to production teams to match production plans.
• Manual handling which may include lifting equipment and products up to 20kg.
• Loading and unloading vehicles using manual handling equipment.
• Carrying out all duties in line with training, food safety and health and safety guidance.

• Good level of numeracy & communication
• Effective organisation & time management
• Basic Manual Handling & Food Hygiene desirable
• Forklift licence desirable

You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

The Hereford plant is our largest site and processes chicken products across two factory facilities, Grandstand Road and Yazor Road. Grandstand handles processing, whole bird production and portioning, with Yazor responsible for portioning and added value. Across the whole site approximately 1,500 people are employed and it processes 1.9m birds per week.

After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer from our Hereford site, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.

Due to Bird Welfare, it is essential that you do not own any Avian Pets or Poultry.

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

INDHP #The Avara Way