Lead Warehouse Operative - Nights(Up to £32,000 DOE)

Job Title: Lead Warehouse Operative - Nights
Location: Bristol
Salary: Up to £32,000 including shift allowance
Shift: Night Shift

About the Role

As the Lead Warehouse Operative - Nights at ‘Driven’, you’ll oversee the loading and unloading of goods at our Bristol hub, ensuring accuracy, safety, and efficiency throughout the process. Acting as the key point of contact between the warehouse team and management, you’ll drive productivity, maintain a safe working environment, and ensure our customers receive their products on time and in full.

Key Responsibilities

• Safely operate the FLT counterbalance to unload goods from HGVs and place them into designated lanes for reloading onto delivery vans.
• Ensure minimal instances of damaged or misplaced goods by ensuring accuracy in loading and unloading vehicles.
• Perform safety checks on equipment and ensure adherence to health and safety processes.
• Assign tasks to the team to ensure productivity while also ensuring the team works efficiently and safely.
• Carefully handle and load products to prevent damage during transit, ensuring accurate placement of stock.
• Maintain a safe working environment, ensuring all staff follow PPE regulations and report health and safety incidents promptly.
• Work closely with drivers to ensure timely departures from the site and efficient loading of delivery vehicles.

Required Skills & Experience

• Must have a valid, in-date FLT counterbalance license and experience operating the truck.
• A working knowledge of health and safety regulations with the ability to enforce safe working practices.
• Familiarity with warehouse processes including stock management, loading/unloading vehicles, and maintaining safety standards.
• Able to coordinate a team, assign tasks, and monitor performance to meet targets.
• Able to identify and resolve issues, such as delays, equipment malfunctions, or stock discrepancies.
• Good communication skills and a practical approach
• Previous experience in a warehouse lead or supervisory role is an advantage but not essential.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary of £28,000 + 15% shift allowance.
• Health care scheme, staff discount off all Buy It Direct products, career development, birthday off after a years’ service

If you are a proactive and experienced warehouse operative looking for a leadership role, apply today and become an integral part of the new Bristol team!

Driven is part of the Buy It Direct Group.

At Buy It Direct, we dare to be different. We've built this business from the ground up to become one of the UK's largest and fastest growing online retailers. We are proud of the products and services we provide across our six well recognised, award-winning online brands including Laptops Direct, Appliances Direct, Better Bathrooms and Furniture123. We listen, learn and challenge the status quo, paying attention to the details that matter and want to delight our customers by putting them at the heart of what we do, to really understand what matters to them.