Telehandler

Job Vacancy: Telehandler Operator

Location: Linmere (LU5)

Pay Rate: £20.00 per hour (CIS)

Hours: 45 hours per week

Contract Type: Ongoing

Key Responsibilities

As a Telehandler Operator, your day-to-day duties will include:

• Machine Operation: Safely and efficiently operating the telescopic forklift to maneuver around a busy residential site.

• Material Distribution: Unloading lorries and delivering materials (such as bricks, blocks, mortar, and timber) to various trades and loading bays across the site.

• Daily Checks: Carrying out routine daily plant checks (oil, water, tires, and safety mechanisms) and reporting any defects to site management immediately.

• Site Safety: Navigating the site with high awareness of pedestrians, exclusion zones, and site speed limits.

• Team Support: Being willing to step out of the cab and assist with general site duties or traffic marshalling during quiet periods when the machine is not required.

What You Need to Apply (Requirements)

• Tickets: A valid CPCS (A17) or NPORS Telehandler ticket is strictly required.

• Experience: Proven experience operating a telehandler on busy residential housing sites.

• PPE: Your own standard Personal Protective Equipment (hard hat, high-vis vest, and steel-toe safety boots).

• License: A valid UK Driving License.

• Right to Work: Must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

skills

ability to follow job and safety instructions

qualifications

CPCS