Forklift Operative

Role overview

• ID: 2024-6721
• Entity: Vistry Works
• Region: Vistry Works East Midlands
• Department: Manufacturing
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Bardon
• Date Posted: 08.01.2025

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.

This role will operate from Monday to Friday on a 2pm to 10pm shift.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave 
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and 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 build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empowerus to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation,â¯and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

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.