Forklift operator jobs in Redcar and Cleveland

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 900 employee jobs in Redcar and Cleveland, from 40,000 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 4.79% of employment in Redcar and Cleveland.

Median full-time pay in Redcar and Cleveland was £35,278 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 Redcar and Cleveland at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 5 of them, 33.3%, 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 Redcar and Cleveland, 200 are part time, 22.2% of the split. The middle across the North East is 21.7%, so Redcar and Cleveland sits level with it, 6th of 12 areas on this measure. A part-time share at this level usually means twilight and weekend shifts running alongside the main rota.

Two further counts round out the Redcar and Cleveland picture: 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 15 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Redcar and Cleveland ranks 7th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 2,085, against 1,915 in Redcar and Cleveland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Redcar and Cleveland in that order sit Northumberland at 2,255 and South Tyneside at 1,260.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Redcar and Cleveland ranks 9th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 18, against 15 in Redcar and Cleveland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Redcar and Cleveland in that order sit North Tyneside at 15 and Hartlepool at 10.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 900 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Redcar and Cleveland, and the live list above is what is open now.