Fork Lift Truck Driver

Job Title: FLT Driver

Location: Sheffield

Mon-Fri 8am-4pm with half hour paid dinner break, total of 40 hours per week worked.

The basic salary is £28,033 plus a 0.75% attendance bonus, which gives an average salary of £28,243

Main Areas of Responsibility

• Receipt of stock to be inspected, receipted by use of barcode and put away and stacked safety to the appointed location.
• Assemble loads in readiness for despatch, checking pallets for cleanliness or damage when assembling. All pallets to be cleaned if appropriate or if damaged set aside for remedial action.
• Check status of pallets being assembled to ensure good ware. If QC stickers are present and ware is good stock check with distribution office.
• Check integrity and tautness of shrink wrap applied to pallets, any shrink wrap with holes to be re-bagged, non-fusion shrink wrap to be used only on PLM and D packed ware
• Pre-checks of trailer prior to loading to ensure that it meets the required company standard on cleanliness.
• Loading of lorries to be conducted in a timely manner from preassembled loads. Check driver paperwork corresponds with despatch pallets. Final check of load when loading to vehicle.
• Ensure driver straps the load to the prescribed standard in force at time.
• Housekeeping.
• Achievement of departmental targets as required.

Person Specification

• Use of an RF gun (desirable)
• 4 pallet handler (desirable)
• Working in a previous warehouse environment (preferably externally)
• Have a current valid fork truck license (essential)
• Numerate and literate (GCSE or equivalent)
• PC literate (desirable)
• Motivated and professional with a desire to achieve results with a commercial/customer focus
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise
• Self resilient
• Good interpersonal skills
• Dynamic and flexible approach to work
• Have basic problem solving ability
• Promotes and is passionate about the values and standards of the business.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Initiate, be open to and work with change (both cultural and technical)
• ‘Can Do’ attitude
• Logical approach to work
• Works in an inclusive way
• Willing to undertake additional tasks (within capabilities) to get the job done
• Willingness to take ownership
• Comfortable with a wide range of colleagues
• Take a critical approach to work practice and identify & suggest improvements
• Believes and promotes Health and Safety within workplace