Coldstore Operative – apetito UK
20 hours per week, over 6 days. Reporting to the Driver Supervisor and Senior Freezer Operative, Coldstore Operatives are responsible for picking and packing customers frozen orders ready for dispatch in a timely and accurate manner.
The cold store runs at a chilly ‑20°C. Protective clothing will be provided along with breaks to warm up and have a hot drink as needed.
You’ll need to be a hard worker with good attention to detail to pick accurately, meet tight deadlines, and keep the coldstore clean and tidy for maximum efficiency.
Responsibilities
* Ensuring customer orders are accurately picked and placed in the corresponding cage ready for the next morning.
* Maintaining customer confidentiality.
* Improving efficiencies and putting them into practice.
* Helping the office team where appropriate.
* Reporting health and safety, stock quality and mechanical issues.
* Staff are employed and trained to be multi‑functional and capable of carrying out numerous functions should a fellow member of staff be away or absent.
Essential Qualifications
* Good attendance and timekeeping.
* Attention to detail.
* Numerate and literate.
* Basic secondary education.
* Open and honest team player.
* Outgoing.
* Flexible, highly motivated and committed.
* ‘Can do’ attitude; will need to learn other tasks around the business if required.
* Promote good teamwork – help others.
* Contribute to help the team meet department targets.
Desirable Qualifications
* Health & Safety training.
* Experience in a coldstore or chilled warehouse.
* Competitive salary.
* Up to 4 weeks holiday per year + public holidays (pro rata for part‑time workers).
About apetito UK
Wiltshire Farm Foods, part of the apetito group, is the UK’s largest ready‑meal supplier, cooking and delivering over 330 different frozen ready meals across the UK primarily to the elderly, their family members and healthcare professionals.
We’re dedicated to making a real difference to our customers' lives by providing good old‑fashioned service and continually innovating to exceed our customers' needs.
Our commitment to ethics, sustainability and inclusion aligns with Net Zero 2040 and Living Wage employer status.
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