We're on the hunt for some gun forky's to assist our agile production team in Kalbar.
Kalfresh is an innovative, fast-growing Queensland horticultural company, focused on farming, processing and marketing fresh conventional and certified organic vegetables across Australia and select export markets. We're a diverse, skilled team united by our passion for fresh, healthy nutrient-rich produce. We are creating a better farming future for our people, community, consumer and the environment. Our head office is situated in Kalbar, just 1 hour's drive from Brisbane in the beautiful Scenic Rim, with remote operations in Bowen, North Queensland.
The Opportunity
We have an exciting new opportunity to join our business as a Forklift Operator.
Reporting to our Production Manager, you will join of the production team and will be a key part of day-to-day production.
Key responsibilities & tasks include:
- Coordinate with production to ensure the packing lines have the product or packaging required to maintain productivity and efficiency.
- Align with Production and Dispatch teams to ensure packed product meets logistic timelines.
- Loading and unloading of packaged or raw materials when required.
- Ensuring required standards of hygiene are at their highest level within the facility.
About You
This role would suit those who are passionate about fresh produce, continuous improvement, and being a part of a diverse team environment who are energised about what we do and where we are heading.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Experience operating a High Reach forklift in a warehouse environment loading and unloading trucks.
- Adaptability to varied work hours if required.
- Ability to demonstrate high level of safety awareness.
- The ability to work under pressure in a high volume, fast paced, cold room environment.
- Capability to perform repetitious tasks efficiently, correctly and systematically.
- RF scanning experience.
- Basic familiarity with RF scanning systems is required.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Current driver's license, LF forklift license and full Australian working rights. A HC Truck License would also be desirable.
- A current LF forklift licence is required at the time of application.
This casual position is based at our Kalbar facility, so would ideally suit someone who lives locally or wanting a tree-change to the Scenic Rim region.
Positions Available
We're seeking to hire multiple forklift drivers to join our team at Kalfresh – based at our Kalbar HQ!
Please note we are a farming and fresh food business and have peak seasonal supply periods where we move to a six-day-a-week roster.
Interested? Apply now!
If you have a vision of becoming a major contributor to the growth of a leading Australian Horticultural company, we look forward to hearing from you.
If you have any questions or want further information, please email *******@kalfresh.com.au