Forklift Truck Driver

Bloor Homes; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

23 days holiday entitlement (plus bank

Group Staff Discount at Triumph Motorb

Competitive discount on our homes

Job summary

Bloor Homes is seeking an experienced Forklift Truck Driver to join our Midlands region, based on-site in Spondon. The role focuses on moving materials safely, checking deliveries, and ensuring correct storage and distribution across the site.

Key requirements include holding a FLT licence and prior forklift experience, with strong communication and time-management skills. The role emphasizes safety, waste management, and adherence to company policies.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Move materials safely around the site.
• Check deliveries and ensure correct storage and distribution.
• Maintain a clean and safe site and monitor walkways.
• Ensure skips are used correctly and waste is managed per policy.
• Support site safety and comply with company procedures.
• Undertake additional tasks as required.

Skills

FLT Licence

Forklift Driver Experience

Communication

Time Management

Self-motivated

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 Midlands Region, to be site based in Spondon. 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.
• Comply with and uphold company policies and procedures.
• Undertake any additional tasks as may reasonably be required from time to time.

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 holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays).
• Group Staff Discount at Triumph Motorcycles ltd.
• Competitive discount on our homes (dependent upon the property and location).