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Picking and packing shifts around Severnside 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 Severnside 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 Severnside at £12.71—£14.25 an hour, more on nights, paid weekly through PAYE. It never costs you anything to apply.
Severnside is the broad industrial plain north-west of Bristol between Chittening and Severn Beach, first developed in the 1960s around a major ICI chemical works and now at the heart of the Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area. The A403 Severn Road is its spine, running from the docks at Avonmouth north towards junction 1 of the M48 at Aust, with the M49 along its eastern edge linking the M5 at junction 18a to the M4 at junction 22. Within that corridor sit Central Park, Western Approach and a growing number of energy recovery and power plants, so the area combines distribution, chemicals, waste and energy on a scale unmatched elsewhere in the region. A new M49 junction was built to serve the enterprise area, and the Severn Beach Line runs along its western side.
Retail peaks at the big sheds, plus shutdowns and maintenance programmes at the chemical and energy plants, mean Severnside's labour needs rise and fall in distinct waves through the year. Every one of those swings opens gaps that must be filled quickly. WSUK supplies temporary warehouse and forklift teams — pickers, packers, loaders, goods-in/out operatives and counterbalance, reach and PPT truck drivers — inducted and ready for Severnside sites. We manage vetting, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance, and flex headcount up for peaks and back down afterwards.
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 Severnside and South Gloucestershire, from Central Park, Severn Road and the A403 corridor to workers drawn from Avonmouth, Pilning, Severn Beach and Lawrence Weston. From a single counterbalance driver for a night shift to a full multi-shift picking operation, we mobilise vetted temporary warehouse and forklift staff quickly.
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 Severnside 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 Severnside 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.
WSUK supplies temporary warehouse and forklift staff 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 which shifts you can work around Severnside. We will tell you the site, the rate and the pick target before you commit.