Forklift Truck Driver
Posted on May 21st, 2026
Staffline is now recruiting Forklift Truck Drivers for our client in Sittingbourne.
The rate of pay is:
- Days £16.65 per hour
- Nights £18.45 per hour
This is a full-time role working on a 4 on 4 off rotating shift pattern.
Experience in a similar role is required.
Your Time at Work
As a Fork Lift Driver, your duties would include:
- Operating a forklift safely to run production operations and service haulers.
- Working consistently to quality standards in a fast-paced production environment.
- Having a key contact for all haulers on-site
- Vacuuming Lift Operation to sort CHEP pallets to specific standards
- Ensuring trucks and equipment are well maintained and report operational problems, including damage to trucks or other property.
- Safely and efficiently direct visiting vehicles whilst loading and offloading goods.
- Carefully handle and store the company's hire stock while following required stock rotations
Our Perfect Worker
Our perfect worker will show good communication and interpersonal skills while showing you are approachable, adaptable, and flexible approach to match the needs of the operation. You need to be physically fit as manual pallet handling is part of daily tasks.
You will have a strong safety mindset and have the ability to plan and manage time effectively.
Experience Required:
- Working within a fast-paced warehouse yard (or similar) environment
- Communicating with Haulers
- Counterbalance Forklift operation experience - minimum 2 years
- Basic understanding of warehouse management systems
- Beginner-level CI and Problem-Solving Skills
- Ability to use technology and systems for processing vehicles
- Operating MHE
Key Information and Benefits
- Earn £16.65 - £18.45 per hour
- Full-time
- Temp to perm opportunity
- Canteen on site
- Free car parking on site
- PPE provided
- Full training provided
Job Ref: 1CHSI
About Staffline
Staffline is the UK's largest recruitment solutions partner, enabling over 35,000 people into good work every week. We operate at more than 420 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales.
As one of the most established recruitment agencies in Nottingham with operations across the UK, we specialise in connecting businesses with temporary and permanent jobs across warehouse & logistics, food and drink, aviation, driving, technical & engineering, manufacturing & automotive and security.
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