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Oldham Forklift Truck Driver

Job Posted: 18 days ago

Salary: £ 13.54 - 13.54 / Hour
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Oldham

Expire in: 10 days

Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Forklift Driver to join our team based in 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 RoleThis 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.
BenefitsCompany benefits:

Voluntary overtime at enhanced rates
Company pension
Sick pay
Life assurance
Free early access to pay scheme
Employee referral scheme
Free company products
Free on-site parking
Food, 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 liftingDesirable 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 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

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