Forklift Driver/Warehouse Operative

Position : FLT Driver - Nights Contract Type : Permanent Location : Pall-Ex House, Victoria Road, Ellistown, Leicestershire, LE67 1FH Shift : Monday to Friday – Variable (40 hours per week - Nights) Starting Salary: £32,217.41 pa Starting Hourly Rate: £15.48 per hour Opportunities to earn more: Performance Bonus: Up to £1,040 pa on the achievement of excellent performanceSummer / Winter Bonus – Up to £1,200 paOperational Excellence (Op-Ex) Bonus: Learn more skills – Earn more money! We want our employees to learn new skills and to further support our success. We reward excellence by giving additional bonus payments of up to £1.50 per hourAn annual salary review to ensure we are highly competitive and attractiveWhy choose Pall-Ex? Want to work for an award winning, market leading and successful business? We are an ambitious, innovative and growing Pallet Network providing excellent service to our customers. We have a unrelenting focus on being an employer of choice, to ensure our employees love coming to work and enjoy: competitive pay ratesrange of useful benefitspensionenhanced annual leave – increased with length of service milestoneslife coversupportive employee assistance programme with 24/7 GP service, Dental App & Mental Health AppWe give you job security, working within a growing profitable business. We operate a busy warehouse so there's always all the work you need. We want you to stay with us long term, so we surround you with a friendly supportive team, award winning training and upskilling opportunities. We listen, continuously improve and provide benefits that grow with your length of service and dedication. About the role: The duties will include safe loading and unloading of goods, stacking goods, checking loads are secure, stacking empty pallets, accurate picking and performing daily equipment checks. Keeping the warehouse clean and tidy is paramount along with adhering to our strict health and safety policies. There is a requirement to work outside on an ad hoc basis. The ideal candidate will have: Hold a valid FLT counter-balance license (essential)Previous pallet network experience would be an advantageExperience in using scanning equipmentAttention to detail especially with regard to Health and Safety practicesGood communication skillsTeam playerYour career development? We take every employee's career and development seriously. If you want to be the very best FLT Driver long term, or you have a vision to progress to other roles over time, we have dedicated learning and development pathways that are open to every employee. All employees are offered career discussions, so there is always opportunities to plan your next career move within Pall-Ex. Diversity and Inclusion We believe the diversity of our employees as critical to our on-going success. By our employees feeling that they can bring their authentic selves to work every day will ensure we achieve excellence. Proud to support Awarded the Gold Armed Forces Covenant and therefore we encourage veterans to apply for our roles and if the essential criteria is met then we will endeavour to offer an interview We are a Disability Confident Employer If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. What will you need to do next? If you meet the requirements for this role please apply with your CV Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Pay: £32,217.41 per year Benefits: Company pensionFree parkingLife insuranceOn-site parkingAbility to commute/relocate: Coalville LE67 1FH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)Application question(s): Mandatory drug & alcohol testing are part of recruitment process for safety reasonsExperience: Palletised network: 1 year (required)Licence/Certification: Drivers licence (required)Counterbalance licence (required)Work authorisation: United Kingdom (required)Work Location: In person