General Operative

uniphar; Ireland; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniphar is looking for a reliable Forklift Driver to operate forklifts and move goods within our warehouse in Ireland. You will unload deliveries, stack pallets, and transport items to storage or loading areas, ensuring safe handling and compliance with procedures.

The role requires previous warehouse experience, the ability to work flexible hours, strong organization, attention to detail, and the initiative to work independently while supporting colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a warehouse environment.
• Ability to provide flexibility, including extra hours.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Supportive of colleagues in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Manoeuvring forklifts safely in busy industrial environments
• Safely stacking and unstacking large quantities of goods onto shelves or pallets
• Moving goods from storage areas to loading areas for transport
• Unloading deliveries and relocating goods to designated storage areas
• Ensuring forklift driving areas are free from spills or obstructions
• Regularly checking forklift equipment for faults or damages
• Using industrial plastic wraps and wooden pallets to stack and package goods for transport
• Keeping up to date on health and safety requirements and forklift operating procedures
• Consolidating partial pallets for incoming goods
• Housekeeping - ensuring a clean and safe work environment

Skills

Warehouse experience

Flexibility

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Team player

Job description

The Role:

A Forklift Driver, or Forklift Operator is responsible for operating forklifts and moving goods around warehouses and other industrial sites. Their duties include using forklifts to unload deliveries, stacking boxes for storage and moving wooden pallets around the warehouse.

Responsibilities:

• Manoeuvring forklifts safely in busy industrial environments
• Safely stacking and unstacking large quantities of goods onto shelves or pallets
• Moving goods from storage areas to loading areas for transport
• Unloading deliveries and safely relocating the goods to their designated storage areas
• Ensuring that forklift driving areas are free from spills or obstructions
• Regularly checking forklift equipment for faults or damages
• Using industrial plastic wraps and wooden pallets to safely stack and package goods for transport
• Keeping up to date on health and safety requirements and forklift operating procedures
• Consolidating partial pallets for incoming goods
• Housekeeping - ensuring a clean and safe work environment

Candidate Requirements :

• Experience working in a warehouse environment
• Flexibility: It is essential that the candidate be able to provide flexibility to the function. Specifically, this may require extra hours during busy periods.
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy of work
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Be supportive of colleagues in a team environment