Job Description
C.Fulton Pty Ltd
n Location: Hawthorn East
n Full-time position / Offering $77,000-$85,000 salary
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Melbourne's leading Garden and Building Supplies business, C Fulton, is currently looking for a skilled Forklift Driver to join our team based in Hawthorn.
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About the Role
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As a Forklift Driver, you'll play a key part in keeping our operations running smoothly. You'll be responsible for safely moving bulk materials, timber, palletised goods, and landscaping supplies across our site – helping ensure customers and deliveries are handled efficiently.
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Key Responsibilities
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Core Duties and Responsibilities
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Operates a forklift to move bulk materials, containers, crates, palletised goods, cartons and bales.
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Operating controls to align forklifts and raise and lower forks to stack and unstack items in warehouses, factories, timber yards and shipping terminals.
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Transporting goods to designated areas in warehouses, factories, timber yards and shipping terminals.
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Ensuring goods are stored in correct areas so that they can be easily located when orders are made up.
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Monitoring equipment operation visually through gauges and instruments and through computerised monitoring equipment.
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Inspecting and controlling equipment to identify wear and damage.
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Servicing and performing minor repairs and adjustments to forklifts.
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May operate specialised trucks to carry items beneath elevated frames.
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Skill & Experience
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Material Transportation: Operating controls to align forklifts and raise/lower forks to stack and unstack items. This includes moving goods between receiving, storage, and dispatch zones.



This also involves loading bulker bags and loading/unloading of transport vehicles.
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Loading and Unloading: Safely removing goods from delivery trucks and loading outgoing freight. Fulton's forklift drivers also assist where required to load tipper trucks and push up stock piles using wheel loader equipment.
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Inventory Management: Verifying inventory counts, scanning stock using digital equipment, and documenting material movements to ensure records are accurate.
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Safety Compliance: Conducting daily "pre-start" checks on brakes, steering, and fluid levels to ensure the machine is safe for use. Operators must adhere to strict site traffic plans and exclusion zones to protect pedestrians.
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Maintenance: Performing minor repairs and adjustments to forklifts, such as refuelling or changing batteries, and reporting major issues to supervisors.
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Key Skills and Qualifications
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Licensing:In Australia, a validLF high-risk work licenceis typically a legal requirement. May require a Conduct civil construction wheeled front end loader operations licence.
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Precision and Spatial Awareness:Ability to navigate narrow aisles and judge distances and heights accurately when stacking loads on high racking.
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Physical Stamina:Capacity to lift heavy items (often *****kg) and work on your feet for extended periods.
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Attention to Detail:Vigilance in monitoring load stability and identifying potential workplace hazards.
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Environment:Drivers
work in various conditions, from indoor warehouses to outdoor concrete loading areas.
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If you tick the boxes and want to be part of a outstanding team, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Forklift Driver (Victoria)
🏢 C.Fulton
📍 Victoria