Reach Truck Driver

The exciting stuff: Supporting the manufacturing & fulfillment facility here at Rudie’s Kitchen in order to ensure that stock movements around the whole site run smoothly, and working with some of the best people in the area. In return for your tail-wagging dedication, we offer a competitive wage of £12.84 per hour plus a shift premium of 20% (£15.41 per hour). Base salary is £27,468, with 20% (£32,961).

A bit about the role: While this is primarily a Reach Truck role within our warehouse, we are looking for a multiskilled operator who also holds a Class 1 license to perform shunting duties as required.

• Primary Duty: Operate mechanical handling equipment: Reach Truck (essential), counterbalance, and ride-on forklift trucks. Our chillers and freezers are 10m fully racked warehouses.
• Shunting Duty: Responsible for the safe movement of vehicles and trailers at Rudie’s Kitchen, Ace’s Pantry, and the adjoining public road. This includes maneuvering LGVs or trailer units into storage or loading bays.
• Work in a safe way following all appropriate safety procedures and wearing protective equipment correctly at all times.
• Conduct quality checks ensuring that we meet product specifications.
• Stock count and systems transactions.
• General facility hygiene - floors, walls and conveyors etc. and working in a manner that epitomises 'clean as you go'.
• Other general tasks: waste processing, order packing etc.
• Work to relevant standards and Key Performance Indicators.
• Occasional attendance and contribution at daily review meetings and regular attendance/contribution at warehouse performance reviews.

A bit about us: At Butternut, our mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a hard-working team. Located in Doncaster, Rudie’s Kitchen is where our Butternut meals will be gently cooked, using human-quality ingredients. Rudie’s is also where we will be packaging our meals and boxing them for our customers all over the UK. We are a close-knit team, with a family feel, looking to welcome more like-minded people to our lovely team and keep work life fun and enjoyable.

This is a full-time permanent contract, you will be working a rolling average of 41 hours per week on a shift rotation with a mixture of days/nights and some weekend working. The working shifts consist of:

• 4 on/4 off = 2 days, 2 nights
• 5 on, 5 off = 3 days, 2 nights
• 5 on, 5 off = 2 days, 3 nights

A bit about you:

• Essential: Valid Reach Truck license and significant experience (this is the main focus of the role).
• Essential: Valid Class 1 (HGV Category C+E) license for shunting duties.
• Previous experience with Counterbalance, PPT, or LLOP is highly desirable.
• Confident in the use of warehouse IT equipment.
• Comfortable working in temperatures as low as -40 degrees and outside yard work (changing weather conditions).
• Able to be adaptable to an ever-changing work environment with varied roles and responsibilities that can differ day to day.
• Working level of speaking English.
• Ability to read English.
• Numerate (able to understand and work with numbers).
• Good attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a chilled environment.
• Comfortable working in an environment that processes raw protein.
• Committed to food quality & safety.
• A supportive & helpful team member.

What’s In It For You?

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an extra 8 hours for each year of service (up to 40 hours).
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self-care.
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance and dental cover.
• Discounted Gym membership helping you stay fit and healthy.
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza.
• Butternut branded uniform provided (fleece, footwear, hi-vis).
• Enrolment into the company pension scheme and sick pay.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Private showers, changing facilities and dedicated locker space.
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Comfy, bright and airy kitchen space with lunch making facilities and large screen TVs.
• Free tea, coffee, and fruit (and pay day pizzas).
• Opportunity to grow, develop and learn with internal training programmes.
• Be part of an energetic and high performing team.
• Team socials & events.
• Refer a friend bonus of up to £500.
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.

A few things to note: This role is 100% based in our kitchen in Blyth, Doncaster. We don’t use external recruitment agencies for assistance on roles. We aim to respond to all applicants personally; however, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are sometimes unable to respond to everyone. We’re not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities.