Night Warehouse Operative - DXF
Job description
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An exciting new Warehouse Operative opportunity at DX!
*** This is a Nightshift vacancy***
About Us
DX are a market leading provider of a wide range of delivery services, including parcel freight, secure, courier and logistics services.
We provide a wide range of specialist delivery services to both business and residential addresses across the UK and Ireland. We have three divisions, DX Freight, DX Express and DX Logistics. Our approach is straight-forward and no-nonsense. Our goal is to Deliver Exactly to our customers’ requirements. Key to what we do at DX is our people and we are incredibly proud of the dedicated team we have built.
At DX, we are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, sexual orientation, age or socio-economic background.
Benefits:
At DX, our people are the foundation of our success. We reward our employees by providing different benefits at various stages of your employment with us, the most recent benefit we have added is Company Healthcare, which you become eligible for after 6 months of continuous service. This is a company paid for scheme at Level 1 allowing you to claim back for dental care and optician fees amongst other things. This is just one of the benefits that come with working at DX, the others are listed below:
- Competitive Rates of Pay
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
- Holidays: 20 days increasing with length of service + bank holidays
- Long Service Recognition scheme
- Company Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance programme including 24/7 Virtual GP
- DX Discounts Portal
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
Role summary:
DX Warehouse Operatives are responsible to ensure the safe and efficient unloading and loading of freight from vehicles into, and from the site. They will also support the delivery operation to ensure the correct freight is loaded to complete the delivery routes.
Key responsibilities:
- Represent DX in a professional manner at all times
- Follow all aspects of DX Manual Handling and safe working policies, including the correct use of all PPE
- Observe and adhere to all DX procedures and policies at all times
- Handle all freight with care and attention
- Access and egress vehicles using the correct means
- Use the correct equipment and methods for handling and moving all freight
- Ensure all deliveries are loaded safely prior to leaving the site
- Report all damages immediately to your line manager
- Ensure all freight being loaded or unloaded matches relevant paperwork / scanner information
- Ensure that customers freight is transported, stored safely and treated with respect
- Ensure the security of freight and company assets by reporting any suspicious activity to your line manager or the security team
- Ensure the warehouse is kept tidy and H&S issues are reported immediately
We look forward to hearing from you!
Key skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
🌙 Emphasise your nightshift availability and experience as this is specifically a night warehouse role at DX
📦 Highlight any freight handling, loading/unloading or warehouse experience prominently in your CV
🦺 Showcase your health and safety knowledge, PPE compliance and manual handling training
📱 Mention experience with warehouse scanner systems or similar technology for freight tracking
🚛 Detail any logistics, delivery or courier industry experience to align with DX's service offerings
Suggested CV bullets
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Handled 200+ freight items per nightshift using manual handling techniques and PPE compliance, achieving 99.5% accuracy in scanner system verification
- •Loaded 15 delivery vehicles safely per shift following DX procedures, ensuring zero damage incidents across 6 months of warehouse operations
- •Maintained warehouse security protocols by reporting 3 suspicious activities to management, contributing to 100% freight security record
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Night Warehouse Operative position at DX Network Services in Maidstone. With experience in manual handling and warehouse operations, I am well-suited to support DX's freight and delivery services during nightshift operations.
My background in warehouse environments has equipped me with strong health and safety awareness, PPE compliance knowledge, and the physical stamina required for loading and unloading operations. I understand the importance of accuracy when handling freight and using scanner systems to ensure deliveries match paperwork requirements.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you ensure freight matches the scanner information before loading?
- ›What PPE would you use when handling different types of freight?
- ›How do you safely load freight into delivery vehicles?
- ›What steps would you take if you noticed damaged freight?
- ›How would you handle multiple delivery routes being loaded simultaneously?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to work nightshifts - how did you maintain performance?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to follow strict safety procedures
- ›How would you handle discovering suspicious activity in the warehouse?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines
- ›Describe how you would maintain professionalism when representing the company
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to work nightshifts - how did you maintain performance?
Describe a situation where you had to follow strict safety procedures