Flt Driver

The main purpose of this role is to safely, effectively and efficiently unload materials from delivery wagons, transport it to the relevant location for safe storage as well as safely and efficiently deliver materials to production lines.

Main responsibilities:

• Contribute to the upkeep of required housekeeping standards across all areas of the site, including the sweeping and gritting of the roadways as necessary.
• Manual handling.
• Forklift operation.
• Banks man duties.
• Safely, effectively and efficiently loading and unloading doors, IBCs, scrap pallets, bearers, etc.
• Repairing pallets in order that they can be reused on site.
• Checking and refilling spill kits across site to ensure that they are available for use in an emergency.
• Emptying skips and bins into the relevant waste areas.
• Replacing skips.
• Operating compactor.
• Bailing plastic for recycling.
• Pumping oil and/or wastewater from bund area as necessary.
• Dealing with all waste products safely and in the correct manner.
• Conduct stock counts on pallets as instructed.
• Deliver pallets to production areas as required.
• Delivering goods-in throughout the facility.
• Assist with the movement of materials between buildings as required.
• Unloading vehicles.
• Running materials into building.
• Running materials down to R3.
• Putting away stock into racking using bendi trucks.
• Picking stock out of racking full packs.
• Picking stock manually from A locations. This can be any number from 1 to 200. This is a manual process which involves physical work, bending and sliding materials.
• Reverse of the above, placing stock into A locations.
• Stripping packs down, flipping packs.
• Racking inspections.
• Housekeeping – sweeping, emptying skips which is a pull down motion when skips are on the forks.
• Running materials down from MA3 to R3/lines.
• Picking small amounts – bending and sliding.
• Placing packs on lines.
• Picking packs from racking either MA3 or canter lever racking at R3.

Qualifications & experience:

• A counterbalance forklift truck licence and/or VNA licence is essential.
• Experience of operating in a busy manufacturing environment.
• An excellent timekeeper.
• Trustworthy, open, honest and constructive.
• Flexible in your approach to duties and tasks; able to adapt to both current and future business needs.
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure/cost of poor quality.
• Able to assess weights and judge distances and heights.
• Able to work in varying temperatures, depending upon season.
• Diligent in following instructions for operating equipment and keeping records.
• Capable of completing tasks in an accurate, timely and safe manner.
• Positive, proactive, and have a ‘can do’ attitude.

Skills & attributes:

• Target Zero – regard safety as your personal responsibility.
• Results Hinge on Accountability – do what you say you will do; be reliable and deliver what is required.
• Integrity Under Pressure – be self-aware, maintain composure, do the right thing and make the right choices when no one is looking.
• People are Key – be kind, supportive, reliable and respectful.
• Hold the Door Open – communicate clearly, listen and be willing to participate as a team.
• Flexibility in Every Fibre – be flexible in the way you work, embrace change and the benefits it brings.
• Crossing the Threshold – commit to delivering quality for our customers.

Company Benefits:

• Shift Allowance provided for unsociable hours (2 or 3 Shift rotational Days Afternoons/Nights).
• 25 Days holiday with the possibility of 3 extra days for Christmas Holidays.
• Simply Health Benefit Plan.
• Pension (5% Employer and 3% Employee).
• Bonus Incentive Plan.
• Life Assurance x 2.
• Subsidised Canteen on Site.
• Free Meal every month from the Canteen.