High-Reach Forklift Operator

Inghams Chickens; Lytton; Hybrid; AUD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite Parking

Product discounts

Novated leasing

Travel discounts

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Inghams Chickens is seeking experienced High-Reach Forklift Operators to join our Lytton Distribution Centre. You will work across Afternoon and Night Dispatch shifts, using RF scanners and forklifts in a chillers/freezers environment, with opportunities for permanent employment.

You must hold a current LF/LO licence with at least 12 months’ experience and demonstrate High Reach and Counterbalance forklift skills. Onsite parking and a range of employee benefits are available.

Qualifications

• Currently hold a LF/LO license with at least 12 months of forklift experience.
• Proficient in High Reach and Counterbalance forklift operation.
• Able to work in a chilled environment and follow safety procedures.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Physically fit for repetitive lifting up to 20 kg.

Responsibilities

• Operate High Reach and Counterbalance forklifts to load and unload stock.
• Use RF scanners for picking and packing tasks.
• Move stock and stack pallets, ensuring accuracy and safety.
• Assist with quality checks and report variances.
• Adhere to PPE, safety rules and company policies in a cold environment.

Skills

LF/LO license

High Reach forklift

Counterbalance forklift

Teamwork

Safety conscious

Tools

RF scanners

Forklift operation

Job description

We've been proudly bringing joy to tables and smiles to faces with the delicious food we've been crafting for over 100 years.

A large part of our strong growth and success is because we're always looking for new ways to do things and thinking about how we can create a better, more sustainable future world together.

Our success as an industry leader in providing deliciously good food means we can continue to invest in our future as we work towards becoming Australia and New Zealand's first choice for poultry.

Job Description

Your Opportunity to Join our Team

In this role you will be supporting our Lytton Distribution Centre, picking and packing using RF scanners with all roles requiring the use of forklifts and working within a chiller/freezer environment.

We are seeking experienced High-Reach Forklift Operators to work on our various shifts - you will be entitled to Afternoon/Night shift loading:

• Afternoon Dispatch(Tues-Fri 13:45pm to 22:06pm, Sat 8:00am-4:21pm)
• Night Dispatch(Mon-Fri 10:00pm to 6:21am)
• Immediate Start
• Onsite Parking
• Great employee benefits including: product discounts, novated leasing, travel discounts + more!
• Opportunity for future permanent employment
• Opportunity to be part of a growing team with career development opportunities
• ASX listed company through Australia and NZ
• The health, safety and wellbeing of our people is our highest priority

Daily Tasks:

• High Reach/LO stock-picker/Counterbalance forklift driving
• Unloading/loading inbound and outbound stock and efficiently stacking pallets
• Quality control: Ensuring shipment accuracy, checking and reporting quality variances
• Picking and packing using RF scanners with all roles requiring the use of forklifts
• Completing manual handling duties - lifting, pulling, pushing, bending and reaching
• Identifying and escalating, Food Safety & Quality issues, hazards and risks

You Will Bring to this Role:

• A Current LF/LO license (at least 12 months of experience)
• High Reach and Counterbalance experience (Required)
• Understand and follow instructions and procedures
• Work well within a team environment
• Communicate well both written and verbally
• Showing commitment, reliability and motivation
• Work in a chiller/freezer environment
• Physically fit and repetitively liftup to 20kg

We’re looking for people who are curious, caring, courageous and committed to join us. People who want to contribute their best work every single day and continue delivering delicious food that’s... Always Good.