Forklift Truck Driver

Bloor Homes; Binfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking an experienced Forklift Truck Driver to join their team in Binfield, England. The role involves moving materials safely, checking deliveries, and ensuring proper storage and distribution on site. Successful candidates will have a valid FLT Licence and experience as a Forklift Operator, as well as effective communication skills. Company benefits include a pension scheme, annual leave, and employee discounts on homes.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

23 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Group Staff Discount at Triumph Motorcycles

Competitive discount on homes

Qualifications

• Hold a valid FLT Licence.
• Experience in a previous role as a Forklift Truck Driver or similar.
• Effective communication and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure materials are moved safely on and around the site.
• Check the quality of materials delivered to site.
• Monitor safe access and walkways on the site.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Good time management

Self-motivated and proactive

Enthusiastic work ethic

Education

FLT Licence

Experience as Forklift Truck Driver

Job description

It takes many highly skilled people to build a house, but they all have one thing in common: the ability to work as a team. It is the single most important skill – nothing would get built at all, let alone to Bloor Homes’ exacting standards, without people working together smoothly, safely and efficiently. On a construction site, or in a storage facility, a Forklift Truck Driver is solely responsible for moving materials around – safely, quickly and efficiently. Nobody else could do their job without those materials being in the right place at the right time. The Forklift Driver is a key member of the team. The safe storage, movement and handling of deliveries and materials is at the heart of everything we do.

We are recruiting for an experienced Forklift Truck Driver / Telehandler / Forklift Operator to join our South West Region, to be site based on The Fairways Development in Binfield, Berkshire. The duties of a Forklift Truck Driver are to move materials safely around a site, check deliveries and ensure their correct storage and distribution around the site, all in a safe and timely manner. Safety is key – it is the driver’s responsibility to ensure safe access and walkways, to ensure skips are used correctly and waste materials are managed in line with our waste policies.

Main Duties

• Ensuring materials are moved safely on and around the site.
• Checking the quality of material delivered to site.
• The storage and distribution of materials on site.
• To monitor safe access and walkways.
• To ensure skips are used correctly and tipping skips are emptied in the correct skips to help with our waste management.
• To maintain a clean and safe site at all times.

Essential Skills / Attributes

• Hold a FLT Licence
• Experience in a previous role as a Forklift Truck Driver / Telehandler / Forklift Operator.
• Effective communication skills, and good time management
• Self-motivated and proactive with an enthusiastic work ethic.

Company Benefits

• Pension Scheme.
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Group Staff Discount at Triumph Motorcycles ltd.
• Competitive discount on our homes (dependent upon the property and location).

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