Warehouse Operative

Job Title: Warehouse Operative
Starting Salary: £25,185 progressing to £25,583 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Growth & Environment

About the team

Hertfordshire Equipment Service (HES) provides essential equipment to support people across Hertfordshire and surrounding boroughs, helping them to live safely and independently in their own homes, care homes, and schools.

Our Warehouse Team is at the heart of this service, ensuring equipment is received, processed, recycled, and distributed efficiently. The team works closely with drivers, logistics colleagues, and wider operational staff to deliver a responsive and reliable service to the community.

This is an established and fast-paced team where every role contributes to making a meaningful difference to residents.

About the role

As a Warehouse Operative, you will play a key role in maintaining a smooth and efficient warehouse operation. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include handling incoming deliveries, preparing and picking stock, and supporting the safe movement of equipment throughout the warehouse.

You will assist in unloading deliveries and ensure stock is stored correctly. Maintaining a safe and organised environment will be a priority, including keeping aisles clear and adhering to health and safety standards.

The role involves recycling returned equipment and materials, supporting stock control processes, and accurate record keeping. You will be trained in the use of warehouse machinery and may undertake basic assembly, barcoding, and labelling tasks.

This is a hands-on, varied role requiring flexibility and the ability to respond to changing priorities in a busy environment.

About you

We are looking for someone who is reliable, proactive, and able to work effectively as part of a team.

You will have:

- Strong attention to detail

- Experience of, or willingness to learn, warehouse operations

- Basic IT skills including handheld scanning devices

- Good communication skills

- Awareness of health and safety

- Physical capability for manual handling

- Ability to undertake basic assembly tasks

Previous warehouse experience is desirable but not essential.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 4. Please locate the job profile here:

Job profiles - Operational services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Steve.Street@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: week commencing 27th July 2026

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

We are changing
Hertfordshire County Councilis undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.