Cargo Handling Operatives (all genders)

8. July 2026

Your duties

  • Operating technical equipment in our ports to handle general and bulk cargo
    (including cranes, construction machinery, conveyor systems and heavy transport vehicles)
  • Preparing cargo handling operations, such as attaching lifting gear and securing loads on lorries and vessels
  • Handling heavy cargo, including road transport
  • When required, handling containers at the Westhafen container terminal and operating container gantry cranes, reach stackers and empty container handlers

Your profile

  • Completed vocational training in a field related to cargo handling (practical trades are also welcome)
  • Qualifications and experience in operating large technical equipment (cranes, excavators and wheel loaders)
  • Reliability, flexibility and the ability to work in a team
  • Technical understanding
  • Willingness to work a two- or three-shift system, including weekends and public holidays
  • Category B/BE and C/CE driving licences
  • Desirable: BF3 escort vehicle qualification
  • Desirable: experience in handling heavy cargo

We offer secure, permanent employment with pay under the TVöD VKA collective agreement, including an annual special payment, allowances and a performance bonus, plus further benefits.

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