Forklift Operator - Press

Other

Brussels

Job description

Context

Les Petits Riens is a social economy enterprise active in the collection, sorting and sale of second-hand goods. These activities are also platforms for support and socio-professional integration for people who have moved away from the job market or who want to invest their time in our mission to fight poverty and social exclusion.

The textile sorting department processes nearly 6000 tonnes of textiles every year. About fifty people sort the collected clothes in order to either sell them (in our stores or in B2B) or send them for recycling.

To complete this team, we are looking for a forklift operator – press worker for a replacement contract. 📆

👉 Your missions
Ensure the handling, internal transport, loading/unloading of goods and baling of garments using adapted equipment (Clark, presses), in compliance with safety, productivity and quality instructions.

👉 Main tasks

Drive the forklift (Clark) for moving, loading and unloading goods
Organize the flow of goods and plan the sequence of tasks
Weighing, encoding and recording goods
Press and bale garments for shipping
Identify, mark and store bales according to internal procedures
Follow safety instructions related to Clark driving and presses
Participate in multi-purpose tasks (triage) as needed

This job description is not exhaustive and may evolve according to the needs and realities of the field.

Profile

👩 🏫 Formation:

Certificate of basic and/or secondary vocational/lower education
Forklift operator's certificate (Clark)

🔨 Technical skills:

Proficiency in Clark and Press Driving
Ability to organize and rationally arrange goods

😊 Personal Skills:

Good physical constitution, stamina and sustained attention
Compliance with productivity standards and internal procedures
Courtesy, self-control and teamwork skills
Punctuality, regularity and adaptability
No medical contraindication to dust (second-hand goods)
Versatility

Why apply?

📌 Our offer

The opportunity to join a close-knit team mobilized around a project with a social and societal impact!
Full-time replacement contract (38h45/week)
Schedule: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday ⏰
Salary defined according to the scales of Les Petits Riens.
Meal vouchers of €8 per day of service
Clothing allowance of €1.72 per day of service
6 days of extra-legal leave per year
Hospitalisation insurance after one year of service
The reimbursement of 100% of public transport or a sectoral flat rate if you come by car (home-work) or €0.35/km if you come by bike/scooter.

Conduct of interviews

👀 Interested?

Please send us your application before 21/09/2025.

We reserve the right to close this job opening before the due date, if we meet the ideal candidate.

Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities are important to us. Applicants are therefore selected on the basis of their qualities and skills, without distinction as to age, religion, origin, disability, sex or gender.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or illness and would like to benefit from reasonable accommodation as part of the selection procedure, please mention this on your application. Just say so in your application. The conditions will be adapted as best we can so that you can apply in the best possible circumstances.