FORKLIFT TRUCK DRIVER, Radnor Hills, Knighton

MID WALES MANUFACTURING GROUP; Knighton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Radnor in Knighton hires an experienced Forklift Truck Driver to join our production team. You will move materials and finished goods safely, store pallets on racking, operate palletiser equipment and load/unload HGVs, while keeping accurate paperwork.

We value reliability, flexibility and teamwork. A full Forklift licence is required; training on shunting duties and AisleMaster trucks is available. A fast-paced environment with deadlines awaits a hardworking, safety-conscious candidate.

Qualifications

• Experience required with a full Forklift Truck licence.
• Willing to train in shunting duties and AisleMaster trucks.
• Reliable, flexible and a good team player.
• Hard working, enthusiastic and eager to develop.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Safety conscious.
• Basic IT skills and a good standard of English and Maths.

Responsibilities

• Move materials and finished goods around site safely and efficiently driving a counterbalance FLT.
• Store pallets on elevated racking in the correct locations.
• Operate palletiser equipment.
• Load and unload HGVs.
• Accurately updating company documentation as required.

Skills

Forklift licence

Team player

Safety conscious

Basic IT skills

English & Maths

Tools

Palletiser equipment

AisleMaster trucks

Job description

Independent and family owned, Radnor is one of the UK’s leading soft drinks manufacturers and sells over 400 million drinks a year.

Based in beautiful countryside in the heart of Powys, Wales, environmental sustainability is at the forefront of our company and we are committed to minimising our impact. We are proud to be a zero to landfill site. We are also supporting a circular economy, sending any waste, including our plastic, back to the source to be reused and recycled. All of our plastic bottles are 100% recyclable and also made up of 30% recycled material.

We will soon open our own £1.2 million solar farm to power our manufacturing site. This will produce 21% of the company’s energy and will support our pledge to the planet to become more sustainable and to protect the environment around us.

For over 30 years, our award-winning drinks have been made using a pure spring water source running just metres from our site. We manufacture bottled, canned and TetraPak soft drinks and our customers include schools, stores and supermarkets nationwide. We’re looking for exceptional people to join our team and contribute to the future success of the business.

The Role

We are searching for experienced Forklift Truck Drivers to work in our Production. Main duties will include:

• Moving materials and finished goods around our site safely and efficiently driving a counterbalance FLT.
• Storing pallets on elevated racking in the correct locations.
• Operating palletiser equipment.
• Load and unload HGV’s.
• Accurately updating company documentation as required.

Candidate Requirements

Experience required with a full Forklift Truck licence.

• Willing to train in shunting duties and AisleMaster trucks.
• Reliable, flexible and a good team player.
• Hard working, enthusiastic and eager to develop.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Safety conscious.
• Basic IT skills and a good standard of English and Maths.

Hours and Location

Our factory is based in Knighton and you will work a 12-hour continental shift pattern of rotating days and nights (0600-1800 and 1800-0600), working an average of 42 hours per week.