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Crest Nicholson have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Telescopic Forklift Driver to join our Eastern Division on a permanent basis, initially based on our Cringleford Heights Development in Cringleford, Norwich.

Key Responsibilities

• The unlocking of the site compound and allowing access to secure plots if required by sub-contractors.
• To ensure that the forklift is effectively maintained by regular inspections, recorded on a weekly basis.
• To be responsible for the unloading of materials and to ensure their safe and proper storage.
• To be responsible for the distribution and loading of materials for sub-contractors using agreed destination routes, ensuring materials are not damaged in transit.
• To be responsible for maintaining high levels of site presentation at all times.
• To be available for the cleaning of completed plots during forklift low demand periods.
• During high demand periods to ensure the distribution of materials is prioritised correctly.
• To actively look for ways to help Crest and its subcontractors reduce the amount of materials that are wasted and disposed of in skips.

To get ideas from subcontractors and the Crest site team and work together to try new ways of working which reduce wastage.

To ensure waste management considerations are evenly distributed into tipping skips to cover sub-contractor demands and to provide certain trades with tipping skips to allow waste segregation i.

e. bricklayer and roof tiler and that a designated waste management area is adequately secured using mesh fencing.

• To ensure that the tipping skips provided for sub-contractors are being filled with the correct material to aid segregation.
• To ensure that hardcore materials are stock-piled, preferably for re-use or prior to bulk disposal.
• To comply with the Company's Health, Safety and Environmental Procedures and ensure that all work on site is carried out in accordance with its recommendations.

Individuals must act to minimise danger and report all potential dangers and accidents to their immediate supervisor or designated Health, Safety

Experience / Qualifications :

• Must hold an up to date and recognized forklift driver qualification and be CSCS carded and be fully conversant with the Company's Health, Safety and Environmental Procedures.
• Must hold a full category B driving license
• A minimum of 3 year's experience in a similar capacity preferably on a building site.
• Must have an outgoing personality, be courteous and polite

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities.

We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings.

Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.

As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include :

• Competitive Salary
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Private pension up to 12.5%
• Private healthcare and cash plan options
• 28 days' annual leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share save scheme
• Gym membership discounts

We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles.

We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer.

If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application.

To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under 'Recruitment Privacy Policy'.

Last updated : 2024-05-14