FLT Driver

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Job Title: FLT Driver

Salary: £13.50 per hour

Hours: Monday - Friday, 07:00 – 17:00

Your role:

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an FLT Driver to join our Manufacturing team at our York site.

This role will be responsible for operating industrial forklifts trucks to move both raw materials and finish products around the site, including the loading and unloading of vehicles and kilns (if required). You will operate your forklift truck in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.

You will be responsible for completing daily pre-operating checks before using your truck, recording and reporting all faults on a Defect Report and ensure timber, pallets and packaging are available as required to maximise production and ensure quality and customer standards are met.

You will play a key role in representing the company professionally when dealing with all internal and external stakeholders and treat all fellow colleagues with respect and behave in a way that allows all staff to complete their work without disruption.

As an experienced FLT Driver you will hold a current counterbalance FLT licence or site-specific counterbalance licence, demonstrate high level of Health and Safety awareness whilst having great attention to detail. A can-do attitude and excellent communication skills are key to success.

Who we are:

BSW Group is the largest timber and forestry business in the UK, with operating divisions spanning the whole supply chain, from tree nurseries and woodland management to sawmilling and pallets.

We market 35 million saplings annually through the country’s leading commercial tree nursery, have planted a billion trees through Tilhill Forestry, supply sustainable timber products to an array of industries as BSW Timber, and manufacture millions of pallets a year as Scott Pallets. We work to keep industry moving and aim to be the most technically advanced timber business in the country.

BSW operates as a collection of experts – an interconnected circle, where everyone and everything works together, allowing the business to constantly innovate as our people thrive.

With an ethos to use everything and waste nothing, we leverage technology and cutting-edge practices to supply the diverse demands of the UK, helping to build sustainable worlds.

What you will receive in return:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Employee Discount Hub
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free fruit provided on site

Think you have what it takes? If so, we want to hear from you.