Forklift Operator

  • Lower Hutt
  • $26 - $29 per hour
  • Contract/temp
  • Transport & Logistics
  • Posted 28 days ago

Job Description

  • $26-$29 depending on experience
  • Regular hours and opportunity to go full-time
  • Annual leave, Sick leave and KiwiSaver included

This is a Monday to Friday role, so you’ll get to enjoy your weekends!

Our client runs a busy yard with a strong focus on health and safety. They are looking for forklift operators with experience loading containers with materials for export, as well as unloading inwards materials from trucks. You will be kept busy with a range of duties including classifying material and distributing it in the correct area or accurately weighing products on commercial scales, to stacking and tidying the work area.

This is an opportunity to gain experience in other areas of the operation as well, including driving and operating other machinery- there will be an opportunity for the right candidates for further licences and training as well as the chance to go permanent. This is a foot in the door of a varied operation with plenty of scope for learning new skills.

Your duties will include :

  • Loading of product into containers using either forklifts or hand stacking
  • Using the forklift to load and unload product from trucks
  • Accurate weighing and grading of product onto commercial scales
  • Keep working areas clean and tidy
  • Other duties in all areas of the yard as required ensuring the effective operation of the business

What you will need:

  • A great awareness and attitude towards Health and Safety
  • Current OSH forklift certificate and F endorsement with at least 2 years’ experience
  • Must be able to operate reach and counterbalance
  • Loading and unloading experience
  • Clean criminal record
  • A clean drug screen

If this sounds like the role for you, call Lee-Tara Thoresen NOW on 021 243 1568 or apply online, Ref LT77150