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Picking and packing shifts around Nottingham come up constantly, especially through peak. WSUK tells you the site, the shift and the actual pick target before you accept — then pays you weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Picker packer jobs around Nottingham involve selecting items from racking against an order, usually to an RF scanner or voice headset, then packing them for despatch. No experience is needed and training is given on shift. WSUK places pickers and packers near Nottingham at £12.71—£14.25 an hour, more on nights, paid weekly through PAYE. It never costs you anything to apply.
Nottingham anchors the northern East Midlands logistics market, linked to the M1 at J24, J25 and J26 with the A52 and A46 spreading east and west. Its warehouse ecosystem runs from established estates at Colwick, Blenheim Industrial Estate, Bilborough and Beeston to the flagship SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway near J24, whose occupiers include Amazon, XPO serving Nestlé, Kuehne+Nagel and Games Workshop, served by a 50-acre strategic rail freight interchange operated by Maritime Intermodal. Alongside East Midlands Airport's air-freight capacity, this makes the corridor a true multimodal hub. With Derby, Leicester and Loughborough close and fast Golden Triangle reach, Nottingham sustains a large, experienced pool of warehouse and forklift labour.
Rail-linked, multimodal distribution and major e-commerce fulfilment carry sharp volume swings, so Nottingham employers routinely need to fill temporary warehouse and forklift roles. WSUK supplies pickers, packers, goods-in and goods-out operatives, loaders, warehouse labourers and counterbalance, reach and PPT FLT drivers for peak trading, container and train-arrival surges, sickness and holiday cover and short-notice shifts. We handle vetting, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance, and we scale teams up for peak or a contract go-live at East Midlands Gateway or Colwick then back down, so managers protect throughput without permanent headcount idle between peaks.
It is straightforward work but it is measured and it is physical. Here is what the three parts of it actually involve so you can decide before you start.
The scanner sends you to a location, you confirm the item by barcode, take the quantity and it routes you onward. Accuracy is checked automatically, so a mis-pick is visible immediately.
A headset reads locations to you and you speak back a check digit, which keeps both hands free. Batch and wave picking means collecting several orders in one pass.
Packing to a written spec, choosing the right box, protecting fragile items, labelling and manifesting. Accuracy beats speed here because a packing error becomes a return.
WSUK covers Nottingham and its estates, from Colwick, Blenheim and Bilborough to Beeston and the SEGRO East Midlands Gateway. We reach Derby, Leicester and Loughborough the same day, supplying temporary warehouse operatives and FLT drivers to the multimodal distribution, e-commerce and 3PL operations across the corridor whenever volumes climb.
Nearly every site sets a target and most new starters take a week or two to reach it. A typical ambient site expects somewhere around 80—150 lines an hour once you are up to speed, but it varies enormously with the product, the layout and whether you are picking singles or cases. We will tell you the actual number for a site before you accept the shift, and whether there is a bonus attached to beating it.
Indicative PAYE rates as a guide — actual pay varies by shift, experience and site, with premiums for nights, weekends and bank holidays. Every rate we advertise is at or above the National Living Wage.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| Picker (days) | £12.71–£13.75 / hr |
| Packer (days) | £12.71–£13.75 / hr |
| Picker / Packer (nights) | £13.50–£15.00 / hr |
| RF Scanner Picker | £12.71–£14.25 / hr |
| Pick Team Leader | £14.00–£16.50 / hr |
Picking and packing suits people who would rather be moving than sitting, who want to start quickly, and who do not mind work that is counted.
Pick-rate targets are the single biggest reason people leave a warehouse job in week one. We would rather tell you the number upfront.
From application to your first shift, with the checks and the payroll handled for you.
Tell us your licence, tickets and which shifts you can actually work.
A named consultant calls within 2 working hours to talk through what fits.
Right-to-work, references and the site induction handled before you start.
Start on shift, then paid weekly through PAYE with holiday accrued.
They peak sharply. Sites around Nottingham take on the most pickers and packers between September and January for the Q4 retail peak, and again around promotional events. There is steady year-round work too, but if you want volume of hours, peak is when it is there.
It varies by site and product — commonly somewhere around 80—150 lines an hour on ambient work once you are trained, with a ramp-up period of a week or two. We will give you the specific target for any Nottingham site before you accept the shift.
You select items from racking against a customer order, then pack them for despatch. Most sites pick to an RF scanner or a voice headset that routes you round the building and confirms each item by barcode or check digit. Packing means boxing the order to a written spec and labelling it.
It depends entirely on the site, the product and whether you are picking singles, cases or pallets. A typical ambient site works to somewhere around 80—150 lines an hour once you are trained, and new starters normally get one to two weeks to get there. We tell you the real number before you accept.
No. It is an entry-level role and training is given on your first shift. You need the right to work in the UK, safety boots and to be comfortable walking and lifting for a full shift.
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Tell us which shifts you can work around Nottingham. We will tell you the site, the rate and the pick target before you commit.