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Yard Worker / Forklift Driver

Robert Price (Builders' Merchants) Ltd

Yard Worker / Forklift Driver

Salary Not Specified

Robert Price (Builders' Merchants) Ltd, Bulwark, Sir Fynwy - Monmouthshire

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 16 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: d7a20909f27346c097395d9da3163c44

Full Job Description

  • General warehouse duties and stock management

  • Picking orders, loading and unloading and related paperwork

  • Customer service - dealing with customers in person

  • Driving forklift

  • The role offers scope to develop selling skills, customer service and an understanding of materials, stock control, orders and deliveries.

    Counterbalance forklift licence

  • GCSE Maths (minimum grade C or a good understanding of metric and imperial measurements and basic mental arithmetic)

  • Good paperwork skills

  • Confident communicator

  • Proven teamwork skills

  • Naturally tidy and organised

  • Willingness to engage with customers and provide good customer service

  • Ability to follow instructions and work unsupervised once trained

  • Reliable, industrious, adaptable and quick to grasp new concepts

  • Manual handling up to 25kg


    • Desirable:
  • Good knowledge of building materials and their usage

  • An interest in sales and in the construction industry

    Robert Price Builders' Merchants Ltd is a family run independent business, with head office in Abergavenny. Founded in 1847, we are a substantial local employer, with the developments and progressions of a modern SME, and the grounding and values of a traditional family run business. We are the largest independent builders' merchant in South East Wales.


    • What is a builders' merchant?

    A builders' merchant is a company which supplies materials to the construction sector.

    Up to 85% of the built environment you see around you is supplied by Britain's builders' merchants. Merchants and the supply chain are crucial to the construction industry which contributes over £40 billion to the UK economy each year. A career in this essential commercial sector can be challenging, varied and rewarding.

    42.5 hours per week to be worked from Monday to Friday (7:30am - 16:30pm) and alternative Saturday mornings.

    Pay:

    Negotiable according to experience., Include death-in-service cover, NEST pension scheme membership, uniform and boot money allowance. 30 days holidays including bank holidays. Discretionary bonuses.