The Vacancy

What we can offer you:

If you value hard work and having fun, you’ll be well-rewarded for it. You’ll receive a really generous benefits package that includes:

• Rate of pay-Under 23 years old £9.91 per hour / over 23 years old £10.46 per hour and you’ll be paid weekly
• Refer a friend scheme of £250
• 20% discount after 4 weeks service
• Additional shifts are available, with competitive pay rates/ premia; with the potential to earn up to an additional £1,000 before Christmas
• Annual bonus scheme
• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) rising to 38 after 10 years’ service
• A pension scheme, apprenticeship schemes and team member and family discounts of 20% 
• Full training provided on the Warehouse Management system / MHE training
• A selection of Apprenticeships available and career development opportunities
• Free parking and hot drinks
• Close proximity to the M4 and Newport city centre.

Family run and people focused, wilko understands what’s important in life and at work. We make it fun. We show passion and we pull together. We exist to free up hard working families to be the best they can be. And, as one of our Warehouse Operatives you’ll be at the vital team member at the start of our customer’s journey. Without you our stock wouldn’t be picked, it wouldn’t go to the right store and we wouldn’t be able to be the wilko our customers love.

You’ll have an eye for accuracy and enjoy working quickly to get the job done, you’ll work with a fantastic team of colleagues and together your daily picking list will be done before you know it. No item will be left with your speedy pick rate. Working in our distribution centre, health and safety will always be key, ensuring not only your own safety but of those around you when moving stock around the centre.

A natural self-starter who likes to get stuck in and do a good job, you’ll move around the centre as required, supporting your colleagues by simply helping to achieve the daily goal, of getting our much-loved products to our customers.

The Company

We're a family-owned business with honest and fair family values at our heart. 

For ninety years, we've been giving our customers all the stuff they need to brighten up their homes and neaten up their gardens. And, when it comes to our people, we believe in offering the same support, for the things that matter to them too.

So, take a closer look. Discover the history, values, and commitments that make us who we are - and that you'll become part of if you join us.