Fork Lift Truck Driver - Oldham

Northwood Hygiene Products; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in hygiene products is searching for an experienced Forklift Driver to join their team in Royton, Oldham. The role involves operating forklifts to manage stock effectively while ensuring safety and accuracy. This full-time position offers a rotating shift schedule from Monday to Friday, alongside various employee benefits including voluntary overtime and access to wellness programs.

Benefits

Voluntary overtime at enhanced rates

Company pension

Life assurance

Free early access to pay scheme

Employee referral scheme

Free company products

Free on-site parking

Retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts

Wellness programmes

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• FLT Counterbalance and Reach licence required.
• Experience in operating forklifts or as a Warehouse Operative.
• Ability to perform regular lifting, both light and heavy.

Responsibilities

• Loading and unloading deliveries and ensuring accurate records.
• Operating forklift/reach truck while following safety protocols.
• Performing daily pre-use safety checks and maintaining cleanliness.

Skills

FLT Counterbalance and Reach licence

Good communication skills

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

Team player

Ability to work to deadlines

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Forklift Driver to join our team based in Royton, Oldham.

We’re looking for someone with a FLT Counterbalance and Reach license that can move and record goods with a consistent level of accuracy, and a focus on safety. If this sounds like you, read on to find out more.

You will be working Monday to Friday on a rotating shift pattern of 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm.

About the Role

This Forklift Driver role involves moving goods around our site and warehouses, ensuring all safety requirements are met. You will be responsible for loading and unloading deliveries, and stacking, transporting, and recording various items and pallets for storage and delivery.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include:

• operating a forklift/reach truck to load, unload, move, and rearrange stock.
• basic operation of the palletiser system and conveyor.
• following all site safety rules to maintain a safe working environment, reporting any near misses, incidents, and injuries.
• carrying-out pre-use safety checks and ensuring accurate records are kept.
• ensuring 100% accuracy when loading and unloading by checking all products against paperwork.
• performing daily and weekly cleaning tasks.
• checking products are labelled correctly and put away in the correct locations and scanning pallets.
• achieving output targets set through effective teamworking.
• assisting with stocktakes.
• providing the correct pallet types required for production orders.

If you have a Counterbalance and Reach FLT licence and experience as a Warehouse Operative, Forklift Operator, Forklift Driver, Reach Truck Driver, or Counterbalance Forklift driver, (use of clamp attachment is desirable) apply for this role today and we will be in touch with the next steps.

Benefits

Company benefits:

• Voluntary overtime at enhanced rates
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Free early access to pay scheme
• Employee referral scheme
• Free company products
• Free on-site parking
• Retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
• Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
• Salary sacrifice schemes

Requirements

Essential skills:

• FLT Counterbalance and Reach licence
• Good communication, numeracy, and literacy skills
• A team player
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Duties involve regular repetitive light, medium, and heavy lifting

Desirable skills:?

• RPPT (Ride on Powered Pallet Truck) experience and/or license
• Experience of using handheld scanners and/or able to understand basic instructions displayed on handheld scanner screens