Despatch Operative
Job Description & Overview
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Despatch Operative - PM Shift</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Worcester</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">£14.98 per hour, increasing to £15.54 after 12 weeks</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Average 39 hours per week | Weekly Pay | Overtime Available</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">PROMAN are recruiting Despatch Operatives to join a leading manufacturer in Worcester.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Our client is a market leader in heating and hot water solutions and is looking for reliable, motivated people to join their busy Despatch Department on the PM shift.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is a hands-on role involving the movement, checking, preparation and loading of customer orders ready for despatch. You will also use a range of Material Handling Equipment (MHE), including T20 pallet trucks and VNA (Very Narrow Aisle) Forklift Trucks, with training provided where required.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Pay Rates</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">£14.98 per hour for the first 12 weeks</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">£15.54 per hour after 12 weeks</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Overtime Monday to Saturday: x1.5</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Overtime Sunday: x2</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Weekly pay</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Working Hours</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">PM shift</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Average 39 hours per week</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Shifts start at either 13:00 or 14:00, depending on workload</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Hours can vary between 24 and 45 per week depending on business</p>
<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements</h5>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Flexibility with working hours and overtime is required</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">What You'll Be Doing</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Working within the Despatch Department, you will help ensure customer orders leave site accurately, safely and on time.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Your duties will include:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Checking and preparing customer orders for despatch</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Verifying quantities against picking lists and despatch paperwork</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Inspecting products for damage before they are shipped</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Moving goods and materials throughout the despatch area</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Safely stacking and securing products ready for transportation</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Loading and unloading goods</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Operating MHE, including pallet trucks and VNA trucks, once trained and authorised</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Identifying and reporting damaged goods or stock discrepancies</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Working closely with warehouse, logistics and production teams</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Maintaining high levels of accuracy and attention to detail</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Keeping your working area clean, safe and organised</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Following all company health and safety procedures</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">What We're Looking For</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We're looking for people who are:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Reliable, hardworking and motivated</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Comfortable working in a busy, fast-paced environment</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Able to complete physical and manual handling duties</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Accurate with good attention to detail</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Flexible with working hours and overtime when required</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Good team players with a positive attitude</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Committed to maintaining good attendance and timekeeping</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Willing to undertake MHE training as required</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Previous experience within despatch, warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, production or goods in/out would be advantageous, but isn't essential as training will be provided.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Benefits</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">As a PROMAN Despatch Operative, you will receive:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Weekly pay</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">28 days holiday</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Pay increase after 12 weeks</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Enhanced overtime rates</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Full training and ongoing support</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Free beverages from vending machines</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">On-site canteen serving hot meals</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Free on-site parking</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Social club access</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Workplace pension scheme</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Interested?</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">If you're looking for a Despatch, Warehouse or Factory Operative role in Worcester and are happy working PM shifts, apply today and a member of the PROMAN team will be in touch.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Our clients and their customers come from diverse backgrounds and so do we. We hire our people from various walks of life, each of whom make our company stronger with their talent, uniqueness, and expertise. This is what makes our company special; if you want to help us grow and take this ethos to our clients, then we cannot wait to collaborate with you!</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">The UK has now left the European Union. Any EU, EEA or Swiss citizens living in the UK that wish to remain in the UK post Brexit need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. Although the closing date for applications was 30th Jun 2021, if you have not yet applied but believe that you would qualify under the EU Settlement Scheme, the Home Office have confirmed that they will consider late applications. For further information please see (url removed) /></p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Many Thanks</p>
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 25 Sep 2026
- Location: Worcester
- Employment Type: Temporary
- Category: Distribution
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