Warehouse Operative

You spend the shift picking orders, packing boxes, and loading pallets onto trucks at a distribution warehouse handling consumer goods. Most of the day you are on your feet, walking the aisles with a hand scanner and moving stock with a pallet jack. Trained operators also run a counterbalance forklift to feed the racking and clear the dock. Goods come in by the truckload, get checked against the manifest, then go to the right bay for dispatch. Shifts rotate across mornings (06:00 to 14:00) and afternoons (14:00 to 22:00) on a weekly pattern, with Saturday cover paid extra. Supervisors set the targets for the day and the team works to clear them before the trucks leave.

Able to stand and walk for a full shift and lift up to 20 kg by hand

Comfortable on your feet in a fast-moving warehouse, hot in summer and cold in winter

Basic English or Italian, enough to follow safety rules and read a label

Willing to rotate between morning and afternoon shifts

Steel-toe boots and a sense of caution around moving forklifts

Forklift licence a plus, but training is given on site

Help with relocation and a shared flat sorted for your first weeks

Shuttle from the city to the site for the early shift

Hot meal on site at a subsidised price

Proper contract with paid overtime and the Saturday premium

After a few months on the floor you can train for a forklift licence and move onto reach trucks or counterbalance work. Operators who pick up the routines well step up to team lead, checking manifests and setting the pace for a bay. Pay climbs from 1560 to 1790 net a month as you take on the licence and the extra responsibility.

The site is a single-storey distribution warehouse with high racking, loading docks, and forklifts running through the aisles. It is busy and noisy, warm near the docks in summer and cold by the open doors in winter, so you dress for the season. Safety is taken seriously, with marked walkways, hi-vis vests, and a short induction before you start.