Company: REED
Job Type: Permanent, FullTime
Salary: £26,000 per annum, Inc benefits
Workshop Operative – Avonmouth
We’re looking for the very best people to join our team as we continue to strengthen our market-leading position and provide an even better customer experience. Would you like to be part of this and develop a long-term career with a successful and growing company? Please read on and find out more about our vacancy for a Workshop Operative.
About the Role As a Workshop Operative, you’ll play a key role in the smooth and efficient running of the depot. Your main responsibility will be to prepare equipment so it’s clean and ready for customers to hire.
Your duties will include:
- Cleaning and preparing equipment
- Checking and storing off-hired equipment
- Maintaining a clean and safe yard, workshop, and storage areas
- Liaising with customers during loading and unloading
- Building orders for customers within agreed deadlines
- Occasionally making deliveries and collections from customer sites
- Operating the depot Telehandler
What We Offer You’ll be joining a highly successful company, the UK’s largest equipment rental provider. We offer an industry-leading flexible rewards package including:
- Generous holiday allowance (with the option to buy/sell leave)
- Life assurance
- Retail discount scheme
- Employee recognition awards
- Excellent company pension scheme
About You If you join us, you’ll receive a comprehensive induction and training programme. We’ll work with you to identify your personal development needs and career progression plan.
What you’ll need from day one:
- Physical fitness to carry out daily tasks
- Ability to work as part of a team and meet deadlines
- Good customer service skills
- Willingness to undertake training and development
- Commitment to health and safety (knowledge of PPE and COSHH is an advantage)
- A valid driving licence
Our Values Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, providing equality of opportunity and a culture of fairness and respect.
Your health, safety, and wellbeing are important to us. We offer support through mental health awareness initiatives, first-aider programmes, a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, counselling services, and financial wellbeing support.