Forklift / Telehandler Operative

Who We Are

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham’s transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change — creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

We’re at our brightest when we’re all together.

Our Club, our teams, our community.

There is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

The Role

The Club is seeking a Forklift and Telehandler Operative that will support the Logistics Manager with the day to day running of the service yard and delivery schedule.

The position will involve working irregular hours (e.g. evenings / Saturdays / Sundays / Bank Holidays) so a flexible candidate is sought.

Job Purpose

The job of the THFC forklift truck and telehandler operative is to operate powered industrial trucks to load and unload materials and deliveries and move them to and from storage areas, loading docks on a day-to-day basis, this will include event days and some bank holidays dependent on when the shift system falls onto the certain operative.

The Fork Lift and Telehandler operative will be responsible for deliveries arriving into the stadium service yard and the N17 yard based on Park Lane / Worcester Avenue for Internal Teams and also deliveries for any third party events.

Forklift and Telehandler Operators are responsible for optimizing loads to ensure operational efficiency, scheduling vehicles for maintenance and repairs alongside some other duties if required.

Forklift and Telehandler Operators will need to transport valuable items, requiring diligence and good hand-eye coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Loading, unloading, receiving warehouse/catering and brewery items.

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  Transporting materials to different locations within the campus.

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  Optimizing loads to ensure operational efficiency.

   

• Securing loads and working with the service delivery.

   

• Inspecting for damages to vehicles.

   

• Scheduling vehicles for maintenance and repairs.

   

• Operating and managing technical equipment to check delivery schedule.

   

• Picking and wrapping orders for shipment.

   

• Identifying workplace safety hazards.

   

• Adhering to safety management standards.

   

• Adhering to production schedules.

   

• Supporting the forklift drivers with deliveries into to the N17 Yard and the Service yard.

   

• Assisting the Logistics department as and when needed

   

• Covering the Forklift Operatives Annual Leave, Sickness and Lunchbreaks

   

• Flexibility to the Role and Hours is expected.

What you will bring

Personal Attributes

• Able to regularly sit on a powered industrial truck

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  Able to frequently lift up to 50 pounds and adjust body position to bend, stoop, stand, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for long periods of time

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  Have a good sense of balance

   

• Have good eye-hand-foot coordination

   

• Ability to assess weights and judge distances and heights

   

• Ability to work in varying temperatures, depending upon season

   

• Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas

   

• Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates

   

• Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility

   

• Team player that is willing to go above and beyond, not just for his/her department but for all members of Tottenham Hotspur Football club if needed

Skills & Experience

• Valid fork-lifting certificate.

   

• 2 years + in the same working environment

   

• Excellent hand-eye coordination.

   

• Proficiency operating technical machinery

   

• Good physical condition.

   

• Mathematical aptitude.

   

• Good organizational skills.

   

• Attention to detail.

   

• Good written and verbal communication.

   

• The use of IT software to command the service delivery

The Tottenham Hotspur Way

Is to push harder, rise higher and forge greater. We involve, inspire and elevate one another to be our best selves, to produce exceptional on and off the pitch. Every day brings us opportunities to improve and make the impossible, possible.

Our values that bind us

DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE – Impossible made possible when we think outside the box

DARE TO CHANGE THE GAME – Relentlessly strive for glory and leave our mark on the world

DO IT OUR WAY – Win the right way, never at all costs.

Our Responsibility to you

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS, and reference checks for this role. We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.