Reach Truck Driver - Nights

Posted 04 Oct 2022

2 Sisters Food Group UK Poultry

Thetford (Food Manufacturing)


Job Type:permanentDuration:
Category:Food ManufacturingRecruiter Reference:2sfg/TP/10461/1377
URL for Applications:Apply HereSalary:£12.30 + 10% Night Shift Allowance between 10pm - 6am.

*** New Increased Pay Rates ***

We currently have opportunities for Reach Truck Drivers to join our Despatch team in Thetford.


The hours of work and shift patterns are: 18.00 - 06.00 - 4on 4off shift rotation

The rates of pay is: £12.30ph + 10% shift allowance for hours worked between 10pm and 6am. Plus overtime is available.

Package Description

*** New Increased Pay Rates ***

FREE BUS SERVICE from Norwich, Attleborough, Wymondham and Thetford Centre
20 Days Holiday
Opportunities for overtime
Free onsite parking
Hot food available on site plus free hot drinks and fruit
Exclusive 2 Sisters employee discount offering savings of up to 60% with brands including Asda, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Tesco.
£100 refer a friend scheme
Fantastic development opportunities available for promotion and career development
In-house training including L1 & 2 Health and Safety certification, and paid apprenticeship opportunities with fantastic career progression.
Fast Track Progression and Development Opportunities
Employee of the Month and ‘My Bright Idea’ awards
Employee assistance programme.
Grocery Aid - employees access to counselling
Wellbeing support on site
Death in service benefit, optional - linked to pension

Main Responsibilities

Working in close partnership with our Production Team our Reach Truck Drivers will manage stock rotation during stock landings and picking process.  

  • Lifting and landing goods;
  • FLT maintenance check; 
  • FLT pre-start up checks completion;
  • Collecting order to fulfill deliveries;
  • Picking out ordered items from storage location using barcodes, serial numbers, etc.
  • Securely shrink-wrapping items before dispatching;
  • Operating handling equipment according to H&S regulations;
  • Updating stock inventory after each item is retrieved;
  • Managing stock control (first in first out);
  • Performing general warehouse duties as necessary; 
  • Vehicle loading/unloading manually/with manual pump truck/powered pallet truck;
  • Ability to use out load plans.
  • You will also be very flexible, the role may need to be cross functional with Intake when needed, but only when full training provided.
The Ideal Candidate

Our ideal Reach Truck Driver will have a Reach Truck (RT) and Powered Pallet Truck (PPT) License.  You will have passion for delivering our customer orders whilst making sure our high Health and Safety, Food Safety and Product Quality standards are met.

You will be comfortable working in a chilled food processing environment.

We are a fast moving business so you need to enjoy working at pace and have determination to take action and achieve results.

Previous experience working in a factory or warehouse environment would be useful, but not essential, as full training will be provided.

About The Company

2Sisters Thetford is an added value site; designing, producing and packaging breaded products using best in class equipment, which enables the site to deliver significant environmental benefits. The low-energy building is the flagship development within the 2 Sisters group.

 

2 Sisters Food Group is one of the UK’s biggest food manufacturers providing great tasting products to the nation, from chicken to cookies and pizza to pies!

 

With 18 sites in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. We employ over 13,500 staff, all of whom have the opportunity to progress as we focus on promoting from within and you can be part of that too.

 

Knowing that our business is only as good as the people we employ, we ensure that we invest in people like you to enhance skills and professional development.

How to Apply

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