Night Flexible Skilled Operator (Forklift Driver) in Liverpool

About The Company

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award‑winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering. Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values – Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

About The Role

Shift pattern: Hybrid 5 on 3 off. The purpose of this role is to load and unload vehicles of live news, pallets, magazines and support across all of NewCo Loading and distribution operations. To support all aspects of pallet and product management, keeping palletisers filled with pallets, recording incoming pallets and controlling pallet/product quality. To work flexibly as part of a team to meet NewCo business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all pre‑run checks are carried out on the FLTs.
• Record all faults on keypad and inform supervisors.
• Remove all cage stock and waste from previous night’s run.
• Liaise with supervisor for correct loading of each vehicle with live news and magazines.
• Load and unload live news vehicles.
• Collect paperwork from traffic office when required.
• Load palletisers with pallets for night and day runs.
• Reset palletiser if and when sensors trip out.
• Remove and dispose of waste as and when required.
• Replace batteries and sign the sheet at battery station.
• Report any problems to the supervisor.
• Top up spare pallets in the mailroom.
• Unloading and safe storage of empty pallets brought in by hauliers.
• All tickets received as receipt of empty pallets unloaded from trailers must be handed to the Vanway Supervisor or Checker.
• Store or load all day production.
• Step up to Checker duties when required.
• Keep Vanway and other relevant areas clean and tidy; bins to be emptied when required.
• Weekly cage stock, waste and cage stock magazines and sections to be emptied into skips at the beginning of each week.
• Support NewCo operations and teams as and where required.
• Assist across all areas where trained and capable to do so, including any inserting requirements.
• Adhere to relevant Health and Safety requirements (safety wear, PPE, manual handling guidelines).
• Report any Health and Safety concerns to the appropriate point of escalation and/or NewCo help‑desk; report shall be covered in an incident/near‑miss document.
• Follow the safe systems of working as dictated in your training information guides and risk assessments.
• Conduct all pre and post run checks of associated equipment in line with NewCo standards; report any equipment defect appropriately.

Skills Required

• Flexibility – ability to move between areas to meet the needs of the business.
• Willingness to train in other departments.
• Ability to understand and complete reasonable requests and tasks set by management.
• Responsibility and ownership for the task of unloading incoming newsprint vehicles.
• Ability to assist colleagues in other operations/departments as required.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Ability to learn and understand the internal operating systems and processes.
• Work on own initiative.
• Demonstrate good communication skills.
• Good problem‑solving skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to work unsupervised.
• Mechanical appreciation of equipment and moving parts.
• Ability to work safely.
• Fork Lift Truck Licence.
• Desirable Stocklin & Clamp Truck experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.