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