Job Description
Banner Plant is part of Henry Boot, one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses. Together, we are where great places start.
Banner Plant is one of the leading plant hire specialists for construction, infrastructure and industry. We offer a wide range of products and services for sale and hire, and continually
refresh our hire fleet, transport and service facilities.
Operating from seven regional depots in the north of England, we have supplied the most modern, technically acceptable and competitive construction products and services for over 65 years.
Due to continued success and business growth, we are looking for a Yard Operative to join our friendly team in Dronfield.
The Role
You will be responsible for the maintenance of the yard, supporting with the safe preparation, loading, and unloading of equipment; whilst at the same time adhering to the company’s health, safety, and compliance requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- You will ensure that the yard is maintained, kept tidy, clean and in accordance with company presentation standards and legal requirements
- Operate the necessary and appropriate machinery as required to satisfy the effective running of the yard
- Utilise equipment and materials as advised under manufacturer instructions and within the legal and compliance requirements
- Maintain stock levels in the yard and support with stock takes
- Receive equipment on the return to yard and complete collection notes; recording any damage and fuel required
- Ensure the refuse bins are emptied
- Clean equipment internally and externally
- Refuel equipment and record any fuel used
- Work in close partnership with the Hire Manager / Workshop Manager to ensure work is prioritised in line with hire schedules
About You
As part of our successful depot team, the successful applicant will demonstrate:
- Experience of working on general construction plant equipment, desired however not essential.
- The ability to communicate well within a team
- A strong commitment towards safe working practices
- An ability to create a climate conducive to high motivation and productivity whilst maintaining effective working relationships
We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our learning and development team, and we encourage you to consider your own training desires and make suggestions. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you to undertake training and education to achieve your goals and objectives.
Our offer:
We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives.
We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.
- We pay you a competitive salary – we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
- We will provide you with access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
- We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;
- We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
- We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
- We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our Digital GP app;
- We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
- We give you 24 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
- We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
- We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however you become a parent;
- We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
- We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
- We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work.
We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please contact our people team (people@henryboot.co.uk)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date.
We are unable to accept applications from agencies who have not been directly instructed to act on our behalf, this includes communications shared with hiring managers, for more information, see the recruitment agency disclaimer on our Careers home page.