Overview
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Do you have a passion for working in the construction industry and would like to become a valuable member of the Highways Maintenance Service? City Highways are responsible for maintaining and repairing over 500 miles of road and 800 miles of footpaths within the City. We undertake construction and maintenance of highway, traffic and transport infrastructure projects, including major public realm schemes to improve the pedestrian and transport network within the City Centre. We also provide winter service and gully cleaning services in the city. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join us as a Resources Assistant. Working with a team of highway professionals, you\'ll support resource management and procurement functions, assist in the provision of a cost effective and responsive stores, purchasing and general resourcing service. This is a full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week.
Core working hours will typically be 7am to 3pm; however, you\'ll be required to work outside of normal office hours, including weekends, due to construction activities or to attend meetings and will be required to work on a regular out of hours standby rota. Based at 90 Leycroft Road however on occasion you\'ll be required to travel across the city to work from other locations.
Responsibilities
* As a Resources Assistant, you\'ll receive and issue goods and materials, store and handle materials, monitor stock levels and product quality.
* You\'ll assist with the daily management and operation of the stores, ensuring the stores and yard area are tidy and compliant with health, safety and environmental requirements.
* Using mechanical equipment, you\'ll handle and load/unload materials and equipment as well as drive around the city to provide a delivery service of consumable store items.
What you\'ll need
* Experience in quality check of stores goods as well as experience in ordering and supplying stores items and construction materials.
* Previous customer service experience with a professional approach to store\'s customers and with people at all levels from a variety of backgrounds.
* Proficient IT skills with the ability to process data, maintain spreadsheets and accurately input data into computerised databases.
* Experience and qualification in operating a forklift.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You\'ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We\'ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join us
We\'re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That\'s why we\'ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We\'ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the Our Approach to Recruitment page. For an informal discussion about this post please contact Wojtek Lorek on 01164544974.
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