Permanent recruitment for employers in Trafford Park, from sites around Westinghouse Road, Trafford Wharf and the freight terminal. WSUK hires vetted permanent staff across warehouse, transport, production and management roles — single vacancies and large multi-role campaigns.
WSUK provides permanent recruitment for Trafford Park employers across logistics, manufacturing, food and aviation — warehouse operatives, FLT and HGV drivers, production staff, supervisors, transport planners and managers — for single vacancies or volume campaigns. For sites around Westinghouse Road, Trafford Wharf and the freight terminal, reached via M60 (J9–J10), we deliver vetted, referenced shortlists of permanent staff who fit and stay.
Trafford Park was the world's first planned industrial estate, laid out after 1896 on the southern bank of the Manchester Ship Canal opposite Salford Quays, and it is still one of the largest in Europe, with around 1,400 companies and some 40,000 people working there. The park sits about three miles south-west of Manchester city centre between M60 junctions 9 and 10, with the A5081 Parkway feeding traffic in from the motorway. Rail freight is a defining feature: the Trafford Park Euroterminal, opened in 1993, can handle around 100,000 containers a year, and container traffic moves on to warehouses along Westinghouse Road, Ashburton Road and Guinness Road. Trafford Wharf faces the canal, and the Metrolink Trafford Park Line has linked the estate with the city since 2020. Food manufacturing, chilled and ambient distribution, engineering and parcel operations all share the park.
Demand here follows container arrivals at the rail terminal and the production cycles of the park's food manufacturers, with retail and grocery distribution adding sharp peaks before Christmas and bank holidays. That is why retention and cultural fit matter as much as headcount. WSUK recruits the whole operation permanently — warehouse operatives, FLT and HGV drivers, production staff, team leaders, transport planners and warehouse and operations managers. We screen, reference and right-to-work-check every candidate before they reach a shortlist, for single strategic vacancies and high-volume campaigns alike.
Permanent hiring for Trafford Park employers across logistics, industrial, food and aviation — from operatives and drivers to supervisors and managers.
Permanent warehouse operatives, FLT drivers, HGV and van drivers placed with employers who need them long-term.
Team leaders, shift supervisors, transport planners and warehouse/operations managers — the people who run the operation.
We screen, reference and right-to-work check candidates so you interview only people who fit and can start.
WSUK recruits permanent staff right across Trafford Park and Trafford, from Westinghouse Road, Trafford Wharf and the freight terminal to candidates living in Stretford, Urmston, Old Trafford and Salford. We fill single vacancies and run volume campaigns, supplying vetted, referenced shortlists for warehouse, driving, production and management roles.
Our permanent recruitment fills the roles that keep Trafford Park operations running. As sector specialists, WSUK sources, screens and shortlists candidates across warehousing, driving, food production, aviation and management — vetted and referenced, so you hire people who fit and stay.
Indicative permanent salaries as a guide — actual packages vary by responsibility, shift, experience and location. WSUK benchmarks pay to attract and retain the right people.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| Warehouse Operative | £23,000–£27,000 |
| FLT Driver | £26,000–£30,000 |
| Class 2 (C) HGV Driver | £30,000–£36,000 |
| Class 1 (C+E) HGV Driver | £34,000–£42,000 |
| Warehouse / Shift Supervisor | £30,000–£38,000 |
| Transport Planner | £30,000–£42,000 |
| Warehouse / Operations Manager | £40,000–£60,000 |
We recruit permanent staff for a wide range of Trafford Park employers, from independents to national operators.
We fill permanent roles across Trafford Park with vetted, referenced candidates who fit your operation and stay — backed by sector knowledge and a single point of contact.
From brief to hire in Trafford Park, we manage sourcing, screening and shortlisting for you.
Responsibilities, shift pattern, salary and the ideal candidate.
We search, screen, reference and right-to-work check candidates.
Only people who fit and can start — we coordinate the process.
We support offer, onboarding and aftercare with one point of contact.
We recruit permanently for the sectors active in Trafford Park — including food & drink manufacturing, rail-linked distribution and engineering & manufacturing — from operatives and drivers to the supervisors and managers who run sites.
Yes. We run volume permanent campaigns, referencing and right-to-work-checking warehouse operatives, FLT/HGV drivers, team leaders and shift managers at scale, so sites including Manchester International Freight Terminal and Westinghouse Road can build a permanent workforce rather than churn through temps.
Permanent roles across logistics, warehousing, driving, food production, industrial and aviation — operatives, FLT and HGV drivers, supervisors, planners and managers.
Yes — we screen, reference and right-to-work check candidates before shortlisting, so you interview only people who fit and can start.
Yes. We run single-vacancy and volume, multi-role permanent campaigns for new sites, growth and hard-to-fill roles.
WSUK supplies permanent logistics, industrial and food hires across the UK's major regional distribution hubs. Choose an area for local information.
Greater Manchester is the North West's main logistics hub, where the M60, M62 and M56 meet the Manchester Ship Canal, rail freight terminals at Trafford Park and Port Salford, and Manchester Airport's cargo operation.
Bristol and Severnside combine two deep-sea docks, the M4/M5 crossroads and one of the largest concentrations of big-box warehousing in the South West, from Avonmouth and Portbury to the aerospace cluster around Filton.
Stretching from London Stansted and the M11 along the A120 and A12 corridors to the ferry port at Harwich, this part of Essex and east Hertfordshire links air freight, sea freight and busy industrial estates.
Medway and north Kent line the Thames and Medway estuaries between the M25 and the Swale, combining working ports at Sheerness, Thamesport and Tilbury with M2, A2 and A249 industrial estates serving London and the South East.
The south bank of the Humber combines the UK's busiest port complex by tonnage at Grimsby and Immingham with refineries, Freeport land, food processing and steel, all tied together by the M180 and A180.
Tell us your requirement — one worker or a full team — and we'll respond within 2 working hours.