TRAFFIC
Gauteng
Cold Storage Reach Truck Driver
University of Fort Hare
Job Description
FMCG / Retail / Wholesale / Supply Chain / Warehousing
Warehousing / Logistics / Manufacturing
Our client based in Centurion is looking for a Cold Storage Reach Truck Driver. The role involves operating specialized equipment to move, stack, and pick stock within sub-zero freezer environments.
Key Responsibilities- Operating: Safely driving a reach truck to load, offload, and transfer pallets in high-density, sub-zero warehouse racking.
- Cold Chain Logistics: Handling stock in freezer rooms, ensuring product integrity and minimizing exposure time, with specialized experience in cold store environments preferred.
- Safety & Maintenance: Conducting daily, mandatory pre-operational checks on the reach truck, reporting defects immediately, and adhering to strict health and safety regulations.
- Stock Control: Accurate scanning, picking, and packing based on warehouse management systems and pick slips.
- Housekeeping: Ensuring tidy warehouse aisles, often adhering to high-density, precise storage systems.
- Education: Matric/Grade 12.
- Licensing: (F5 License) Valid Reach Truck license is mandatory.
- Experience: 2-3 years of experience operating reach trucks, with preference for previous cold chain industry experience.
- Environment: Must be physically fit and willing to work in extreme sub-zero temperatures (freezer environments).
- Flexibility: Willingness to work overtime, shifts, and weekends.
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$35,420/year
Source: O*NET (USD)
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This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.
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