Tesco UK • Lichfield • Permanent • Working hours 37.5 hours per week • Apply by 03-Jun-2026
Becoming a Warehouse Operative opens up incredible career possibilities – many managers started in this role. To succeed you will put people at the heart of everything you do, build relationships with your team and act quickly to help our customers. This is a hands‑on job for people who enjoy tackling big challenges as part of a team, who like to stay active and who love to see their work make a visible difference.
You don’t need any previous experience working in a warehouse; we will train you fully.
What is in it for you
We have various full‑time and part‑time contracts available across the team. We would love to chat about hours and shifts that would suit your needs. Overtime and premium payments are available on top. We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus bank holidays)
- Request flexible working from day one
- 10% off and 15% off on pay‑day weekends – save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard and an additional card for family members outside the home
- Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
- Life cover of five times your pay and an award‑winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
- Benefits to suit you – choose what you use from discounts and shares to cycle‑to‑work schemes
- Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
- Access to colleague networks providing a space for colleagues from a range of backgrounds
- Additional information about our benefits is available here and you can read more about the benefits we offer for our colleagues here
You will be responsible for
- Supporting our store colleagues by ensuring orders are assembled accurately
- Picking and manually handling stock
- Maintaining a clear and tidy warehouse and ensuring any potential hazards are dealt with safely, quickly and efficiently
- Ensuring stock is received, stored, packed and transported according to the highest standards
- Taking ownership of your own and others’ safety whilst at work
- Using the tools and training material provided efficiently
- Using the Mechanical Handling Equipment efficiently
- Working both independently and as part of a team
You will need
- To have a passion for delivering great customer service
- Energy to enjoy the buzz of working in a fast‑paced yet exciting environment
- A driven and keen attitude to learn new skills as well as thriving while working in an encouraging team
- Reliability and punctuality
- The ability to adapt to working in a fast‑paced ever‑evolving environment
- Be happy to go that extra mile
Should you be successful, your offer will be conditional upon you providing your bank account details before the agreed start date.
Please note: Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines and spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.
Our vision is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, serving our customers, communities and the planet a little better every day. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and want everyone to feel represented and welcome at Tesco. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For more information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
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