Forklift Operative

4 weeks ago


Coalville, United Kingdom Vistry Group PLC Full time

Role overview

  • ID: 2024-6354
  • Entity: Vistry Works
  • Region: Vistry Works East Midlands
  • Department: Manufacturing
  • Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
  • Job Location: Bardon, Leicestershire
  • Date Posted: 22.10.2024

We have a new opportunity for a Forklift Operative to join our team within Vistry Works East Midlands, at our factory in Coalville, Leicestershire. As our Forklift Operative you will be responsible for assisting in facilitating the accurate and efficient flow of goods throughout VWEM facility, while ensuring that all actions comply with the Company’s Health, Safety and Environmental policy.

  • Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
    • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
    • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
    • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
    • Private Healthcare
    • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
    • Competitive contributory pension scheme
    • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
    • Share incentive schemes
    • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
  • In return, what we would like from you...
    • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
    • Trained C/B FLT Operator
    • Full UK driving license
    • Extensive, proven experience as a Forklift Operator within a manufacturing facility
    • Be able to demonstrate genuine interest in working in the manufacturing industry
    • Resourceful and capable of using own initiative
    • Excellent time keeping and attendance record
    • Able to work effectively and safely under pressure
    • Able to represent the Company professionally at all times
    • Attention to detail
    • Customer focused
    • Able to multitask
    • A commitment to work as required to meet the needs of the business
    • A willingness to attend site out of hours to deal with emergency situations
    • Able to travel to different sites on a regular basis

    Desirable –

    • Trained Combi lift Operator
    • Trained PPT Operator
    • Experience in using MRP/WMS
  • More about the Forklift Operative role...
    • Unloading vehicles carrying inbound goods.
    • Locating goods into cantilever racking.
    • Consolidating goods to create space within the racking.
    • Picking raw materials for production lines.
    • Wrapping finished goods and preparing for despatch.
    • Picking finished goods for dispatching.
    • Loading finished pallets on outbound vehicles.
    • Moving materials within the facility as and when required.
    • Accurately completing all relevant movement paperwork.
    • Maintain high standards of hygiene and housekeeping.
    • Reporting near misses and unsafe activities/incidents.
    • Carry out all other required logistic duties.
    • Ensure health & safety standards are maintained.
    • Maintain facility presentation including tidiness and organisation of storage areas, clearing general debris and ensure compliance with the housekeeping policy.
    • Distribute tipping skips to working areas and collect when full.
    • Ensuring all logistic activities are carried out efficiently and safely.
    • Ensuring all required warehouse duties are performed and recorded accurately.
    • Maintain high standards of hygiene and housekeeping.
    • Maintain stock accuracy - 99%.
    • Ensuring all required warehouse duties are performed and recorded accurately.
    • Maintain high standards of hygiene and housekeeping.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We’re Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they’re needed most.

You’re probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there’s nowhere better to build your career. We’re proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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Benefits

Agile Working

Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.


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