Mail Sorters

Job Title: Mail Sorters

Location: Near Eastleigh, Southampton

Salary: Starting at £26,000per year minimum

Job Type: Ad Hoc work as and when required

Hours of work: Night Shift (2am-6am or 10pm-6am)

Please note that this is a busy industrial site and full PPE (high visibility vest and steel toe cap boots) must be worn at all times

Ideally you will have worked within the fast paced distribution industry, however this is preferred but not essential. All applicants must have previous experience in one of the following areas (or similar) picking/packing/warehouse/labouring/ parcel sorting

PLEASE NOTE THAT TO COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A ONE TIME APPOINTMENT IN SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTO. YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE SECURITY CHECKS WHICH WILL INCLUDE A CRB CHECK. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROGRESS APPLICATIONS FROM ANYONE WHO HAS UNSPENT CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS FOR FRAUD, VOILENCE, THEFT OR SEXUAL OFFENCES

Job role & responsibilities
• Sorting items by hand into compartments on a sorting frame,
• Operating the sorting machine
• Overseeing the automatic sorting process, ensuring that the machinery is in full working order,
• Bagging and labelling mail for its destination,
• Moving mail around the warehouse between conveyor belts, loading docks and trolleys,
• Moving mailbags from cages, sorting mailbags and bundles of mail into cages,
• Loading and unloading wheeled containers from vehicles to the dispatch areas.

Applicants Must:
• Be able to lift and carry mailbags and boxes weighing up to 11kg and to push containers weighing up to 250kg
• Be able to stand for long periods of time.
• Be available for work 5.00pm-9.00pm 5 days per week including Saturdays
• Be flexible and adaptable as a shift will involve undertaking several different duties

Due to the nature of the role, the company requires an in depth security clearance check. We are unable to accept applications from anyone who has any unspent convictions for fraud, theft, violence or sexual offences
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd are acting as a recruitment agency in this instance. It is not always possible to respond to every applicant, so if you have not heard back from us in 7 days then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful in this occasion. Simple Recruitment Services Ltd will retain your information, and may make contact in the future should other suitable positions become available