Forklift Operator

Key responsibilities and accountabilities: 

• Ensure production lines are cleared in an effective and timely manner 

• Transporting finished product to relevant storage areas when necessary or loading directly on to trailers 

• Unloading stock from trailers and delivering to relevant area 

• Creating delivery notes through SAP system and issuing batches 

• Issuing and returning packaging, trays, pots and labels to production lines 

• Delivering chemicals to dispensary teams  

• Disposing of any non-confirming material as directed 

• Emptying bins from around the site and transporting to designated refuse areas 

• Transport rework to or from the production lines as required by production team leaders 

• Work closely with all departments to ensure production lines efficiency is maximised and that any issues are highlighted and resolved in timely fashion 

• Completing change of shift handovers to a good quality, communicating effectively with other team members 

• Follow all Safety, Health and Environmental procedures (ISO, SOP’s) that relate to this role 

• Carry out and document when required, all equipment pre-use safety checks, reporting any issues identified 

• Seek ways to improve any duties that require to be carried out to make safer, cleaner and more cost-effective ways of working 

• To be proactive with waste/recycling separation 

• Ensuring waste bins are clean & to the site standard before accepting delivery 

• checking and sorting bin contents before removing from factory 

• working with TLs and operators to improve initial segregation 

• covering the recycling area when operator is off 

• Carry out any ad hoc duties that may be required by the business from time to time