Forklift Driver

C.Fulton; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 77,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

C Fulton Pty Ltd in Hawthorn East, Melbourne, is seeking a skilled Forklift Driver to join our team. You will safely move bulk materials, timber, palletised goods and landscaping supplies across our site, ensuring efficient handling for customers and deliveries. This full-time role requires attention to safety, accurate inventory movement and proper stacking.

You will operate forklifts, perform daily checks, and assist with loading and unloading as needed in a busy warehouse environment.

Qualifications

• Valid LF high-risk work licence (Australia) required.
• Experience moving bulk materials and palletised goods.
• Ability to load/unload and stack items safely.
• Attention to safety and daily equipment checks.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklift to move bulk materials, pallets, cartons and bales.
• Stack/unstack items in warehouses, yards, and terminals.
• Transport goods to designated areas and ensure accurate storage locations.
• Monitor and document inventory movements; verify counts.
• Perform daily safety checks on brakes, steering and fluids; follow site rules.
• Carry out minor forklift maintenance and report major issues.
• May operate other trucks to support loading and unloading.

Skills

Material Transportation

Loading and Unloading

Inventory Management

Safety Compliance

Maintenance

Education

LF high-risk work licence

Civil construction loader licence

Job description

C.Fulton Pty Ltd
Location: Hawthorn East
Full-time position / Offering $77,000-$85,000 salary

Melbourne’s leading Garden and Building Supplies business, C Fulton, is currently looking for a skilled Forklift Driver to join our team based in Hawthorn.

About the Role

As a Forklift Driver, you’ll play a key part in keeping our operations running smoothly. You’ll be responsible for safely moving bulk materials, timber, palletised goods, and landscaping supplies across our site – helping ensure customers and deliveries are handled efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates a forklift to move bulk materials, containers, crates, palletised goods, cartons and bales.
• Operating controls to align forklifts and raise and lower forks to stack and unstack items in warehouses, factories, timber yards and shipping terminals.
• Transporting goods to designated areas in warehouses, factories, timber yards and shipping terminals.
• Ensuring goods are stored in correct areas so that they can be easily located when orders are made up.
• Monitoring equipment operation visually through gauges and instruments and through computerised monitoring equipment.
• Inspecting and controlling equipment to identify wear and damage.
• Servicing and performing minor repairs and adjustments to forklifts.
• May operate specialised trucks to carry items beneath elevated frames.

Skill & Experience

Material Transportation:Operating controls to align forklifts and raise/lower forks to stack and unstack items. This includes moving goods between receiving, storage, and dispatch zones. This also involves loading bulker bags and loading/unloading of transport vehicles.

Loading and Unloading:Safely removing goods from delivery trucks and loading outgoing freight. Fulton’s forklift drivers also assist where required to load tipper trucks and push up stock piles using wheel loader equipment.

Inventory Management:Verifying inventory counts, scanning stock using digital equipment, and documenting material movements to ensure records are accurate.

Safety Compliance:Conducting daily “pre-start” checks on brakes, steering, and fluid levels to ensure the machine is safe for use. Operators must adhere to strict site traffic plans and exclusion zones to protect pedestrians.

Maintenance:Performing minor repairs and adjustments to forklifts, such as refuelling or changing batteries, and reporting major issues to supervisors.

Key Skills and Qualifications

• Licensing:In Australia, a validLF high-risk work licenceis typically a legal requirement. May require a Conduct civil construction wheeled front end loader operations licence.
• Precision and Spatial Awareness:Ability to navigate narrow aisles and judge distances and heights accurately when stacking loads on high racking.
• Physical Stamina:Capacity to lift heavy items (often 10–25kg) and work on your feet for extended periods.
• Attention to Detail:Vigilance in monitoring load stability and identifying potential workplace hazards.
• Environment:Drivers work in various conditions, from indoor warehouses to outdoor concrete loading areas.

If you tick the boxes and want to be part of a great team, we’d love to hear from you.