Order Picker (Cold Store)

Pick it right, pack it neat, send it out: that's the job at an online grocery fulfilment hub in Richards Bay. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is Richards Bay-based, with most of your time spent at an online grocery fulfilment hub. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Report damaged, short or expired items to the shift supervisor
• Replenish empty pick faces from overstock racking
• Pack cartons, add fillers and seal them with tape guns
• Label boxes with the correct waybill and route sticker
• Unpack returned parcels and sort them into resell or write-off

• Punctual, with reliable transport home after late shifts
• South African ID or a valid work permit
• Grade 10 or higher; matric preferred
• You're fit enough to lift boxes up to 25kg all shift
• Happy to work shifts, weekends and public holidays in peak season

• Living within walking or taxi distance of the warehouse
• Previous picking experience with a handheld RF scanner
• A valid forklift or reach truck certificate

• Permanent appointment for reliable temps after peak season
• Safety boots, overalls and freezer jackets supplied
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekdays
• Chance to be trained on forklift after probation

• Say clearly that you can work nights and weekends. Peak-season hiring goes to people who are available.
• Put your cellphone number and the area you live in at the very top of your CV. Warehouse recruiters phone fast and hire people close by.