Forklift Training jobs in West Midlands Region

Site Operative

£13.00/hr + night premium + overtime + training + career growth

Looking for a practical job where you’re active, learning new skills and working with real equipment? Want to be part of a team that values safety, teamwork and getting the job done right?

If that sounds like your kind of work, you’ll feel right at home here.

What’s in it for you?

Joining our team means stepping into a role where your development and wellbeing matter. You will benefit from:

• Secure, steady employment with structured hours
• On‑the‑job training and recognised equipment certifications
• Overtime earning potential, especially at weekends
• A varied, hands‑on role that keeps your day interesting
• A strong safety culture and supportive colleagues
• Opportunities to build long‑term industry experience
• Work that contributes directly to safe and responsible waste processing
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing support (HSF)
• Retail discounts
• Referral scheme
• Life insurance (after qualifying period)

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be part of a busy, physical and hands-on operational team working across our inspection bays, storage areas and Bulking Bay. Your responsibilities will include:

• Unload and move palletised incoming waste for Chemist inspection
• Complete all pre‑use FLT inspections and PUWER safety checks
• Safely operate a counterbalance FLT under the company’s P.A.S.S. policy
• Weigh incoming loads on the site weighbridge
• Control vehicle movements on site (if trained as a banksman)
• Assist Chemists during inspections (removing clips/lids, re‑stacking pallets, etc.)
• Weigh individual items on pallet scales when required
• Sort, segregate and correctly store inspected waste
• Ensure compliance with HSG 71 guidelines and permit conditions
• Repalletise materials for safe double or top stacking
• Complete general housekeeping duties — sweeping, litter picking, drum crushing
• Repack materials into new containers as needed
• Carry out Bulking Bay operations under direction of a Technically Competent Person
• Complete batch sheets/lists for full traceability of processed waste
• Prepare outgoing loads and pick pallets from storage
• Load outgoing vehicles, including hook loaders
• Actively promote a strong safety culture — report at least one near miss per month
• Support other teams as required
• Undertake any other duties reasonably required by the business

This role is hands on, physical and sometimes outdoors — perfect if you like variety and staying active.

Overtime opportunities available:

· Weekdays: x1.25 hourly rate

· Saturdays: x1.5 hourly rate

Who We’re Looking For:

· Safety‑first, reliable, ready to get stuck in

· Comfortable working outdoors and with waste materials

· Able to follow instructions and complete simple paperwork

· Basic literacy and numeracy

· Experience in waste or warehousing helpful — not essential

· Strong understanding of H&S, COSHH, manual handling, LOLER, RIDDOR (advantage)

· Willing, flexible, eager to learn and progress

· Valid Counterbalance FLT licence (required)

What Happens Next

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a realistic job preview at our Brownhills site. You’ll get to see the plant, equipment, work areas and meet the team — so you know exactly what the job involves before joining us.

Need an interview outside normal hours? Just let us know when you apply.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £13.00 per hour

Application question(s):

• Have you ever been responsible of Health and Safety in a previous role?
• Have you ever worked on a Waste Transfer station?
• Have you ever supervised or managed a Waste Transfer Station?

Licence/Certification:

• Forklift Licence (required)
• IOSH Managing safely or IOSH Working Safely Certificate? (preferred)

Work Location: In person