Senior Warehouse Operative
10 days ago
Newport
About the role: \n Join our Operational Team and help keep our vehicles safe, compliant, and ready to deliver the brilliant service AO is known for. You’ll be hands-on every day—securing loads, supporting maintenance, completing checks, and making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. \n You’ll work closely with our engineers, self-employed crews, and contractors to keep our fleet moving. If something needs fixing, organising, or sharing, you’ll be the go-to person who gets it sorted. \n Your work keeps our drivers safe, our customers happy, and our standards sky-high. Because at AO, every delivery counts—and you’ll help make every one of them amazing. \n\n • Salary: £ 28,311.89 per hour\n, • Hours: 5 on 3 off, 5 on 2 off shift pattern / 40 hours per week\n, • Start/Finish times: 4am-1pm and 1pm- 10pm\n, • Job Type: Full Time and Permanent Contract\n\n Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing As Our Depot Supervisor: \n\n • Make sure every vehicle is loaded safely, secure, and fully compliant with transport rules — AO-standard from the start.\n, • Keep an eye on deliveries through the day and step in fast when something needs sorting.\n, • Support new starters by showing them the ropes — Safe Systems of Work, Health & Safety, and how we do things at AO.\n, • Share daily/weekly priorities so the whole team’s on the same page — great handovers and clear comms are a must.\n, • Work side-by-side with the team, helping split tasks and keeping everyone moving.\n, • Carry out alcohol testing when required to keep our operation safe and compliant.\n, • Handle small vehicle repairs and get servicing booked in on time.\n, • Chat with Drivers, answering questions and resolving issues with a friendly, helpful approach.\n, • Tranship and reload vehicles to keep the operation flowing smoothly.\n, • Complete in-house reports accurately and on time to keep everything running behind the scenes.\n\n \n A Few Things About You: \n\n • Understand transport legislation and logistics operation\n, • Able to build good relationships with people even when under pressure\n, • Challenge any vehicle issues or damages with our Drivers\n, • Able to make decisions in the absence of the Depot Manager to drive performance and service\n, • React quickly to information and be able to solve problems independently\n, • Good communication skills both verbally and written\n, • Competent use of Microsoft, particularly Excel\n\n Our Benefits: \n\n • 31 days holiday\n, • 5% contribution pension scheme\n, • Healthcare Cashback Scheme\n, • Exclusive Staff Discount\n, • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages\n, • Expression of wish service\n, • Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year)\n, • Share-save Scheme\n\n To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page.