Material Handling Equipment Trainer

Vacancy - Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Trainer

Are you excited by the opportunity to join a thriving, forward-thinking business shaping the future of Port Operations! We’re seeking a passionate and skilled MHE Trainer to empower our workforce across various operational areas at the Port of Sheerness.

This role offers more than a job—it’s a stepping stone to a fulfilling career. We’ll invest in you, providing opportunities to sharpen your skills and progress within a growing company.

Your Role

Working collaboratively with Supervisors and Managers across the Port to ensure training meets operational needs, you’ll deliver on site, hands on, high impact training for new and existing teams across a range of material handling equipment ranging from 5-ton forklifts to 70-ton reach stackers—all in our dedicated specialist training area.

You’ll prepare training materials, maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with current legislation and accreditation standards.

You’ll also conduct incident investigations and support HSE initiatives.

Whilst the role is delivered Monday Friday, some flexibility may be required for early/late starts.

What you'll bring

You will have:

• Proven MHE training experience—ideally in a port or logistics setting.
• NPORS Instructor qualification.
• Deep knowledge of Health and Safety and safe systems of work.
• Exceptional communication and coaching abilities.
• Detail-orientation, with strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Confident stakeholder liaison skills across departments.
• Flexible, collaborative, and proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator.  We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers.  Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040.  Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.  Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Matched Contribution Pension Scheme up to 10%
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
• Commitment to learning and personal development 
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!