Jobs in Gravesend

About working in Gravesend

Gravesend sits on the south bank of the Thames in north-west Kent, the main town of Gravesham borough with a population of around 75,000. The local jobs market has moved away from its old riverside cement and paper industry — the Blue Circle/Lafarge cement works at Northfleet closed in 2008 — towards logistics, warehousing, retail and health and social care. Live vacancies lean heavily on distribution, driving, care and the public sector, with a steady run of retail roles tied to the wider Ebbsfleet and Bluewater catchment.

The larger employers split between health, the council and the riverside industrial estates. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust runs services at Gravesham Community Hospital on Bath Street (DA11 0DG), alongside Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, and Gravesham Borough Council employs across administration and frontline services. On the manufacturing and logistics side, Northfleet's Crete Hall Road is the main cluster: Kimberly-Clark makes tissue products at Northfleet Mill, Lidl runs a large regional distribution centre, and GXO Logistics handles warehousing nearby. The Imperial Business Park off West Mill (DA11 0DL) holds smaller industrial and trade firms, including a Howdens depot. The redeveloped land around the former cement works is increasingly used for rail-served logistics and freight.

Recruitment here is agency-heavy, especially for warehouse, driving and care shifts — much of the immediate, temp-to-perm work goes through high-street agencies in the town centre rather than direct postings. Transport is a strong point: Gravesend station runs Southeastern high-speed services to London St Pancras in about 22 minutes, and Ebbsfleet International, just west in Northfleet off the A2, reaches St Pancras in under 20 minutes and sits about five miles from the M25 at junction 2. Postcodes: DA11 covers Northfleet and the west, DA12 the town and eastern side, and DA13 the villages out towards Meopham and Istead Rise.