Counterbalance Fork Lift Driver - RTITB/ ITSAAR/ AITT only

Randstad Inhouse Services; Essex; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency seeks experienced FLT Drivers for a prominent client in Essex. You'll operate trucks in a fast-paced distribution center, ensuring compliance with safety standards & maintaining delivery targets. The role offers a competitive hourly rate of £14.92, long-term opportunities, and beneficial perks like discounts through the company's app. Applicants must hold an RTITB licence and demonstrate proactive teamwork skills.

Benefits

Competitive pay rate

Equivalent to 32 days holiday

Free on site parking

Canteen facilities

Discounts via benefits app

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• RTITB accredited licence in either Reach or Counterbalance.
• Experience operating FLT within a FMCG environment.
• Energetic and proactive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Operate a truck to load/unload palletised products.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety measures.
• Deliver and maintain team targets to satisfy customer demand.

Skills

RTITB accredited licence

FLT experience in FMCG

Teamwork

Health & Safety compliance

Communication skills

Tools

Counterbalance truck

Reach truck

Job description

Overview

We are pleased to be recruiting FLT Drivers (Counterbalance) on behalf of our industry leading client, who manufactures world famous consumer household brands & personal hygiene products.

• Do you want to influence the future of a global organisation whose brands are trusted in millions of living rooms, kitchens, utility rooms and bathrooms across the world?
• Do you have an RTITB accredited licence in either Reach or Counterbalance?
• Do you have FLT experience working within a FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) environment?
• Do you want more job security and career opportunities working at our client's London plant, which is their largest distribution centre in Europe?
• Are you able to work in a fast paced environment that produces a wide range of top brand products that are distributed to 95% of the UK customers?

If you answered yes to the above, we really want to hear from you, because jobs like these don't come around very often.

What you will be doing:

• You will be working as part of a team on a fast paced distribution centre
• Operate a truck to load/unload palletised product e.g Counterbalance or Reach
• Play a pivotal role in our clients operation to deliver product to the market
• Using a hand held tracking monitor, you will check documentation to ensure that product is packed in line with customer specifications
• Following safe operating procedures you will comply with Health & Safety measures and reporting any safety issues if they arise
• Identifying, highlighting and escalating any product quality issues by following the site procedures
• Ensuring safe working practises at all times
• Delivering and maintaining both individual and team targets to satisfy customer demand
• Be part of a high performance team

The role

FLT

Relay shift pattern

Week 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday & Thursday 20:00 to 06:00

Week 2

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday & Friday 06:00 to 16:00

Salary and Benefits

Salary: 14.92 per hour - Inclusive of shift allowance

Benefits package includes:

• Competitive pay rate
• Equivalent to 32 days per holiday year, inclusive of Bank holidays
• Long term, ongoing assignment with temp to perm opportunities
• Free on site parking
• Canteen facilities
• Randstad benefits App - Discounts include: Leading supermarket brands, high street retailers, restaurants, cinemas, holidays, hair/beauty, sports/outdoors + many more
• Temp to perm opportunities
• Set shift patterns
• Employee assistance programme

About you

• You will have an energetic, can-do-attitude
• A naturally proactive, confident and self-motivated individual
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to follow instructions and processes
• Results driven
• Able to work in a faced paced team environment
• Self-motivated, able to initiate and follow tasks through to completion