Role: Warehouse Operatives – Night Shift
Location: Isabella Road, Workington
Days: 2 days per week, Saturday and Sunday
Shifts: 20:15 to 07:00
Salary: £13.00 p/h plus shift allowance - £60 per week
The Role:
We are looking to recruit 3 x Warehouse Operatives to join our established operations team, based at our battery sorting facility in Workington. As part of ongoing growth and operational planning, we are looking to introduce an additional night shift, which will run Monday to Thursday. These roles will support the expansion of our current working hours and help meet increasing site demands.
The Business:
Recycling Lives Services is not a typical recycling company. Since 2008, the business has been structurally built around social value, employing people from disadvantaged backgrounds, partnering with the justice system to reduce reoffending, and delivering environmental excellence at scale. The social mission is not a layer added on top of commercial activity. It is the reason the business operates in the way it does.
As a certified B Corp (scoring 103.5 against a business median of 50.9), Recycling Lives Services generated £42.9m in social value in 2024, achieved a 61% reduction in CO2 emissions, and diverted 97% of waste from landfill. 15% of our team have been welcomed through our rehabilitation programmes, and only 6% of people we support reoffend — compared to a national average of over 25%.
We operate UK-wide across construction, manufacturing, retail, utilities and public sector markets, offering total waste management, WEEE recycling, and specialist hazardous waste services.
What you will be doing:
- To sort and pick through recyclable batteries
- Assist with loading, unloading, and movement of stock using appropriate manual handling techniques and authorised equipment
- To adhere to all Health and Safety procedures
- To keep the area you are working in clean and tidy
- Any other duties as required
Who you are:
- Enjoy working in a busy team and able to work effectively on your own
- Valid FLT License, advantage but not essential
- Enjoy working in a warehouse environment
- Enjoy working towards achievable targets
The benefits:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Shift allowance**
- Supportive team in a growing company
- Pensions contribution, 5% employee 3% employer
- 13 days holiday per annum inclusive of bank holidays
- Access to free in-house, qualified mental health support
- Access to free and impartial financial advisors
- Healthcare cash back plan*
- Access to ethical loan and savings products *
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay*
- Cycle to work scheme*
*Employees become eligible after 12 months service.
** Shift allowance will be paid based on attendance & timekeeping.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Health, Safety and wellbeing are our priority and as such all roles are subject to pre and post employment drug testing.
