Despatch Forklift Driver

Grow your future with Tenon

Are you ready to embark on a fulfilling and challenging career?

Enter Tenon, a pine product manufacturer sitting in the heart of the North Island’s adventure playground, the Great Lake Taupō.

Joining us means living the ultimate work life adventure balance. Hiking the Central Plateau? Check. Bagging a 12 pointer in the roar? Absolutely. Feel like a snow day up Turoa, Whakapapa or Tukino? Taupo and Tenon are synonymous with opportunity.

We know that success in our facility isn’t only driven by our operational excellence and commitment to premium outcomes. It's our team, our people showing up with 110% because they know we’ll pour that energy straight back into what makes them tick.

The Opportunity, should you choose to leap for it:

We are currently on the lookout for a Despatch Forklift Driver to join our team. This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday 5:30am to 2pm.

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Experienced forklift driving skills and current forklift licence
• High attention to detail
• Great literacy
• Problem solving skills
• Planning ability
• Able to reconcile product
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to give and follow instructions
• Experience / Knowledge around export and loading containers would be highly advantageous

We need a highly motivated self-starter who is reliable and physically fit. You must be quality and safety conscious, enjoy working in independently and alongside teams.

Feel like you tick these boxes? Ready to come at it with enthusiasm? Get in touch ASAP.

About Tenon Becoming a part of our team at Tenon, means joining an exciting, vibrant, and supportive work environment. We prioritize our staff, operational excellence, creating industry leading facilities and just to make it that much better, committing to sustainability for the planet.

By taking on this opportunity, you'll be involved in creating high quality products ready for international export. Joining our team means committing to excellence. Take on this challenge and we’ll make sure to pour that same excellence back into your perks. Speaking of, read on below:

The Perks Action is the best way to show our employees that we are serious about facilitating excellence in their work life balance. With this in mind we offer a competitive list of benefits to support your well-being, personal growth, professional development and most importantly flexibility to get you out in your dream state, whether that be on a mountain side or at the spa.

We offer:

• A genuinely great company culture
• Wellbeing initiatives such as flu vaccinations, mole mapping, and fitness incentives
• Fully equipped gym facilities
• Opportunities to attend guest speaker events and on-site education
• Access to education and development training funds
• Support for your children's extracurricular activities, such as swimming, music, and dance lessons
• Contribution to your spouse's education costs, reducing their student loan burden
• School grants for all school aged kids. Supporting costs toward devices, uniform and camps
• Tertiary grants for dependent children attending university
• On-site canteen for lunch

Interested?

If you're ready for a fresh challenge and eager to contribute to a company that will invest in you, then we can't wait to see your application.

Apply now…

Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of a company that values its people, the environment, and growth. Apply now and begin an incredible journey with Tenon.

Apply in writing to: Kate Pilkinton HR Coordinator Private Bag 2004 Taupo Kate.Pilkinton@tenonclearwood.co.nz

Tenon is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy work environment. As part of the selection process applicants will be required to pass an independently conducted pre-employment drug and medical assessment.