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Come and join our brilliant Barrett Steel Team
All About Us
Barrett Steel Limited are the UK's largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 26 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder.
All About the Role
Based at our Barrett Steel, Newbridge, Edinburgh site, the purpose of this role is to carry out multi-drop driving & related duties involved with the safe carriage of goods. The basic hours for this role are 50 per week, Monday to Friday and start and finish times can vary, plus essential overtime and nights away when necessary.
Specific tasks include:
* To oversee the safe unloading of vehicles at customer premises
* As required, & appropriately trained, work mobile equipment to load &/or unload vehicles
* Ensuring Proofs of Delivery are signed & returned without delay.
* To check the load security & weight distribution according to latest safe working practices at the beginning and end of each shift.
* To ensure that the delivery vehicles are always maintained to Company standards, reporting of any defects to the vehicle.
* Ensures vehicles are in safe condition, with daily checks correctly completed before use, & are operated in a safe manner.
* Uphold all exacting health and safety standards at site, on the road and at customer premises.
* Accurately update documentation relating to the carriage of products.
* Maintaining contact with the depot, ensuring any issues are communicated throughout the day.
* Be an ambassador for high quality customer service
* A willingness to work nights away when needed.
We offer you
* £37,700 plus overtime
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays,
* Barrett Steel Pension
* Life Assurance
* Discounts on Retail & leisure
* Access to health and wellbeing services
* Annual cycle to work scheme
All About You
Essential Skills for the role:
* To hold a valid HGV Class 1 Licence (with no more than 6 points).
* Own a Driver CPC & Digital Tachograph card.
* Knowledge of working time directive.
* Previous experience in a warehousing or distribution business, ideally multi-drop
* Understanding and experience of EHS requirements.
* The ability to stay away as and when the job requires it.
How it feels to work for us
We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK's leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a 'can-do' attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.