About the role
Your contributions will help us create new opportunities and possibilities every day – for us, for the country’s infrastructure, and for yourself. Join our Rail UK team as a Store person (Holyhead) and open up new pathways you never dreamt possible.
The role Purpose:
To ensure optimum running of the Stores/ Yard and to be responsible for the issue and receipt of Materials, Specialist Plant & Components, Tools, Equipment, Consumables & PPE. Ensure that stock and plant levels are maintained in line with the business needs and deliver regular, comprehensive reports on stock levels together with early warnings on limited availability of strategic stock. Deliver/Manage the cataloguing of stock held at the project, segregation and grouping of materials and the safe disposal of redundant items.
What you'll be doing
- To co-ordinate and manage plant & stock ensuring all administration procedures are followed, and ensuring accurate stock management.
- Placing of Plant Orders (inc OTP) when assisting/deputising for the Plant & Logistics Manager
- Regularly review supply alternatives to ensure best value is always achieved
- Liaise with operational Staff to ensure materials required for site are arranged and accessible in line with operational extended hours working
- Unload & load delivery vehicles.
- Check deliveries against advice notes and for quality, quantities & damage.
- Liaise with suppliers on the replacement/return of faulty/damaged stock
- Ordering and Issue of materials, PPE, consumables, etc.
- Hiring, acceptance and off hiring of plant and equipment.
- Management of the calibration of tools & equipment (inc Lifting)
- Security of yard ensuring access is only permitted to authorised personnel.
- Ensuring compounds and stores are tidy at all times.
- Work collaboratively with Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Operational Staff and Support Functions
- Drive yourself and others to comply with all business policies, procedures and governance
- Support the Project Team with development of a high performance culture of one team
- Talk positively and listen actively across the business and the people within it
Who we're looking for
- Knowledge of the Rail industry is essential
- Full clean driving licence (Including being able to tow)
- Valid Telehandler licence
- Other plant tickets would be of benefit but not essential
- Must hold Personal Track Safety (PTS)
- Must hold Fire Marshal Ticket
- Must hold Vehicle Marshal Ticket
- Emergency First Aid
- Manual Handling
- IT Skills – MS Outlook, MSP & MS Word, Excel
- Ability to work in a team
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
About us
Our Rail business has an extensive legacy of rail expertise. Our teams safely deliver complex projects, from consultancy and design to all aspects of construction and maintenance. Using advanced plant and machinery, and unique innovations, we provide end-to-end solutions for our customers.
Our aim is to improve the passenger’s experience, and our teams create better journeys by increasing network capacity, improving reliability, and making our railways more efficient and sustainable.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
Job Reference: BBUK04796