Plant Operator jobs in Kent

Live plant operator roles in Kent, with South East salary benchmarks.

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18 live roles in Kent

Telehandler

Kent

£23–£25/hr

Deploy are looking for a Telehandlerto start on Monday 12th Octoberthe projectwill be ongoing for 4months+.The project is based in Folkestone, Kent

Construction Contract
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Telehandler

Swanley, Kent

£14 - £19/hour holiday pay, pension, sick pay, training

Telehandler Swanley Pay: £14 - 19 ph 7:30 am - 4:15 pm MOnday - Friday I am currently looking for a Telehandler Yardman to work in a Highways depot…

Construction Full-time Permanent
21 hours ago Apply now

Plant Operative

Sittingbourne, Kent

£34000 - £36000/annum

We are supporting a Market Leading Product Manufacturer to recruit Plant Operative. As a market leader in their field, they are looking for…

Manufacturing & Production Full-time Permanent
3 days ago Apply now

Telehandler Opertaor

Ashford, Kent

£20 - £21/hour

Job Description: Candidate required: Telehandler Operator Job Type: Temporary Start date: Immediate Industry: Construction Trades Location: Ashford…

Construction Full-time
3 days ago Apply now

Telehandler

Margate, Kent

See advert for pay

CPCS / NPORS Forklift Driver Wanted | Margate, Kent Are you an experienced operator looking for steady site work? We are currently recruiting a…

Construction Full-time
1 week ago Apply now

Plant Operator

West Malling, Kent

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Job Title: Operator Location: Blaise Biogas, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN Salary: Competitive Job Type: Permanent, Full time Working Hours /…

Manufacturing & Production Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Telehandler

Paddock Wood, Kent

£21 - £22/hour

Telehandler Operator Required We are looking for a telehandler driver to work on a small commercial site in Paddock Wood. Driving a telehandler…

Construction Full-time
2 weeks ago Apply now

360 Excavator Operator

Margate, Kent

£20 - £22/hour

Candidate required: 360 Excavator Operator Job Type: Temporary Start date: Immediate Industry: Construction Trades Location: Margate, Kent Rate of…

Construction Full-time
2 weeks ago Apply now

Telehandler in Newington

Swale, Kent

£20 - £21.00/hour

Do currently work in Construction? Are you a Telehandler currently looking for work? Do you hold a valid CPCS/NPORS CSCS card? If the answers are…

Construction Full-time
2 weeks ago Apply now

Telehandler

Northfleet, Kent

£16/hour

Telehandler Operator – Days & Nights Location: Northfleet, Kent Pay Rate: £16.00 per hour Hours: 36 guaranteed hours per week Shift Pattern…

Driving & Logistics Full-time
3 weeks ago Apply now

Telehandler

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

£20/hour

3D Personnel are currently looking for a Telescopic Forklift Driver for a construction project in Tunbridge Wells. The day-to-day duties will…

Construction Full-time
3 weeks ago Apply now

Plant Operator hiring in Kent: the numbers

  • 18 live plant operator roles in Kent right now.
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: 3D Personnel LTD (1), Countrystyle Recycling (1), Deploy Limited (1), Envar (1), Fawkes & Reece London (1).
  • Newest advert posted 6 November 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Plant Operator salary in South East

£33,000 – £44,000 (indicative · midpoint £38,500)

How this figure was built. No live advertised salaries back this figure yet. It is the midpoint of our curated 2026 baseline range for the role and region.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. The ticket is the career: CPCS or NPORS categories determine what you can be booked for, and multi-ticket operators (telehandler + 360 + dumper) stay busiest. Infrastructure and rail possessions pay above general build, and long-shift weeks make real earnings strongly hours-driven.
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