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Forklift operator jobs in Dundee City
Dundee City has 350 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Dundee City
What the official data says about Dundee City
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 350 employee jobs in Dundee City, from 78,000 employee jobs across the area.
That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 1.24% of employment in Dundee City.
Median full-time pay in Dundee City was £36,219 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Dundee City at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 66.7%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Dundee City, 50 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Dundee City sits level with it, 14th of 31 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.
Two further counts round out the Dundee City picture: 200 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 415 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Dundee City ranks 13th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 430, against 965 in Dundee City. Next to Dundee City in that order sit Dumfries and Galloway at 1,380 and Moray at 815.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Dundee City ranks 13th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 10, against 15 in Dundee City. Next to Dundee City in that order sit Dumfries and Galloway at 15 and North Ayrshire at 15.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 350 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Dundee City, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 350
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 78,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £36,219
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 10
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 14.3%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 1.24%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Dundee City: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Dundee City?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 200 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Dundee City and 350 in warehousing and storage, spread across 125 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a forklift operator earn in Dundee City?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Dundee City: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 15 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Dundee City full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 14.3% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Dundee City, 50 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Dundee City?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Dundee City sets out what that employer asks for.