Furniture Fitter / Driver

Location St Albans
Discipline: Operatives & Trades
Salary: £14.85 p/h plus merit
Contact name: Mrs Dorota Kolinska-Costa

Contact email: dorota.kolinska-costa@portakabin.com
Job ref: 010145
Published: 8 days ago

Portakabin is currently recruiting for a Furniture Fitter/Driver to join our progressive Interiors team in the Hire Division based in Merseyside.

In this role you will be responsible for travelling to various sites across the U.K where you will fit and assemble the full range of interiors products to include office desks, chairs and filing cabinets, tables, lockers and workbenches.

You will work effectively as part of a team to ensure timescales for completing work are achieved and quality standards reached. You will also be responsible in developing customer relationships in order to provide excellent levels of customer service.

Flexibility is required in this role due to the workload of projects and rectifications which are based on and off site.

Your working pattern will be 39 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 07:45 to 16:30 and finishing early on Friday at 15:30 (inclusive of lunch breaks).

Role Details

  • Hourly rate: £14.85 per hour
  • Opportunity to earn additional hourly rate between £0.25 - £4.38 based on skill set and behaviours
  • Overtime is regularly available
  • Role based: Merseyside, L34 9AB
  • Contract type: Permanent
  • 24 days annual leave + bank holidays

Role Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with relevant Health and Safety practices and all applicable legislation to encourage and maintain a zero harm environment and culture.

  • Prepare products to be installed or dismantled for safe transport
  • Undertake the installation or dismantle of Building Services products to agreed standards in the most efficient manner.
  • Carry out after hire inspections and report findings once the products are returned to the depot in order to prepare invoice for damages.
  • Liaise with stores to ensure correct materials are present for task in hand.
  • Ensure all product materials are stored in a safe & tidy manner.
  • Ensure company vehicles , tools and equipment are maintained to the highest possible standards to maximise their use and prolong life.
  • Undertake the preparation of Building Services

Benefits & Opportunities

  • Option to buy 5 days of annual leave
  • Contributory Pension including Life Assurance Scheme
  • Included in a merit rate scheme that increases base pay
  • A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
  • A chance to give back to your community with an annual Volunteering Day Off
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Refer a Friend Scheme
  • Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
  • Employee Assistance Program

There is also great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin. Roughly one third of our roles are filled by internal candidates!

Our Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for someone who has:

*       basic abilities to install and dismantle furniture as well as experience working in a warehouse environment,

*       full U.K Driving licence,

*       Excellent organisational and planning skills,

*       Experience gained with construction/related industry

Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

About Portakabin

As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.

Portakabin now employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com

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