Warehouse Operative

You unload containers and trailers by hand or with the pallet truck, count the pieces against the packing list and mark any damage on the delivery note before it is signed. You weigh and measure consignments for the freight system, label them and sort them by destination to the outbound lanes. You keep the lanes free, help build the loading order and secure the load with straps and edge protectors. Shifts run 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00 with a weekly rotation.

Completed schooling, no trade qualification needed

Some warehouse or port experience is an advantage

Able to lift up to 20 kg and to work standing all shift

Accurate counting and careful notes on a delivery document

Willing to rotate two shifts week by week

Basic English for freight labels and system entries

Net salary from 1950 up to 2145 EUR per month

Permanent contract with full social insurance from day one

Shift supplement on the late shift and on Saturdays

Deutschlandticket paid by the employer

Canteen with a hot meal on both shifts

Paid forklift and reach truck licence inside the first year

Work clothing, safety shoes, gloves and a warm jacket provided

Operatives with the forklift licence move to the loading team, which builds the trailer order and is paid a grade higher under the forwarding agreement.

A groupage hall with fourteen dock doors, a covered yard and a draught at the gates in winter. Safety shoes, a high visibility vest, gloves and a winter jacket are mandatory and supplied.