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Looking for warehouse work in Salford & Irlam? WSUK places people into picking, packing, goods-in, loading and forklift roles at sites in and around Salford & Irlam — temporary, temp-to-perm and permanent, paid weekly through PAYE with no fee to you.
WSUK recruits for warehouse jobs in Salford & Irlam and the surrounding area — picking, packing, goods-in and goods-out, loading, and counterbalance and reach forklift driving. Most roles pay £12.71—£15.50 an hour depending on the role and shift, and general operative work needs no previous experience. Register once and we will match you to shifts near Salford & Irlam as they come up. It never costs you anything to apply.
Irlam sits on flat land between the M62 and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, around seven miles south-west of Salford, and its industry has always been tied to the waterway. The canal turned Irlam into an inland port after 1894, and the Partington Steel and Iron Company opened steelworks here in 1910; after the works closed in 1979 the site became the Northbank Industrial Park, which now stretches along the Irlam and Cadishead boundary. Irlam Wharf and the Fairhills industrial estate add further manufacturing and warehouse space, and Kingsland Wine & Spirits, the UK's largest independent wine bottler, operates from a former soapworks site employing around 300 people. The A57 links Irlam east to Eccles and M60 junction 11, the M62 runs just to the north, and Irlam railway station sits on the line between Manchester and Liverpool.
Demand in Irlam rises with bottling and packaging runs ahead of Christmas and summer drinks seasons, and with production schedules at the manufacturers and warehouses on Northbank Industrial Park. 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 Salford & Irlam sites. We manage vetting, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance, and flex headcount up for peaks and back down afterwards.
Tell us once what you can do and which shifts suit you, and we will match you to sites near you as they come up — rather than making you apply over and over.
The core of most warehouses: picking orders to an RF scanner or voice headset, packing to a spec, and getting them out to the carrier on time. The usual way in if you have never worked in a warehouse.
Booking deliveries in, checking them against paperwork, unloading containers and trailers, and loading outbound. Physical work, and the part of the building where accuracy matters most.
Counterbalance, reach, PPT and VNA driving for ticket-holders, plus team leader and supervisor roles for people who have run a pick face or a shift before.
WSUK covers Salford & Irlam and Salford, from Irlam Wharf, Northbank Industrial Park and Fairhills to workers drawn from Irlam, Cadishead, Eccles and Partington. 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.
WSUK recruits across the whole warehouse floor. If you are starting out, picking and packing is where most people begin and there is no experience needed. If you hold a forklift ticket, or you have led a shift before, you will earn more and we will usually have something live. Register once and we will come to you when a shift near you fits.
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 |
|---|---|
| Warehouse Operative | £12.71–£14.00 / hr |
| Picker / Packer | £12.71–£14.00 / hr |
| Goods-In / Goods-Out Operative | £12.71–£14.00 / hr |
| Counterbalance FLT Driver | £13.00–£15.00 / hr |
| Reach / PPT FLT Driver | £13.50–£15.50 / hr |
Warehouse work suits people who want to start quickly, be paid weekly, and have some say over which shifts they take. No CV gaps to explain and no long recruitment process.
We are a logistics business that also staffs warehouses, so we know the sites, the shifts and what the work is actually like before we send you.
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.
Picking, packing, goods-in and goods-out, loading and forklift roles come up most often around Salford & Irlam, across day, night and weekend shifts. General operative roles need no previous experience; forklift roles need a current ticket and pay more.
It depends on the site and the shift. Some estates around Salford & Irlam are on bus routes during the day but are hard to reach for a 6am or a night finish. We will tell you what the realistic travel options are for a specific site before you accept it.
For picking, packing and general operative roles, no. Most sites train you on their own system in the first shift or two and the induction covers manual handling and site safety. Experience matters for forklift, VNA and team leader roles, where you will also be paid more.
Most general warehouse roles run £12.71—£14.00 an hour, forklift roles £13.00—£15.50, and team leader roles £14.50—£18.00. Nights and weekends usually carry a premium on top. Every rate we advertise is at or above the National Living Wage.
No. Charging a work-seeker a fee for finding them work is against the law in the UK, and WSUK never does it. The employer pays our fee. You are never asked for money for training, PPE, checks or placement.
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 your shifts and whether you hold a forklift ticket. We will match you to live roles around Salford & Irlam and reply within 2 working hours.