Forklift operator jobs in Hartlepool

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 450 employee jobs in Hartlepool, from 31,000 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 2.23% of employment in Hartlepool.

Median full-time pay in Hartlepool was £32,302 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 10 warehousing and storage sites in Hartlepool at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 5 of them, 50%, 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 Hartlepool, 125 are part time, 26.3% of the split. The middle across the North East is 21.7%, so Hartlepool sits above it, 2nd 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 Hartlepool picture: 225 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, Hartlepool ranks 11th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 2,085, against 690 in Hartlepool. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Hartlepool in that order sit Middlesbrough at 950 and Newcastle upon Tyne at 395.

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

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 450 jobs across 10 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Hartlepool, and the live list above is what is open now.