Vacancies

UPTONSTEEL are looking to recruit Professional HGV Drivers to deliver palletised sheet steel to locations within the UK on a daily basis.

The Role is to:-

• Promote a positive image of the Company to all our Customers
• Ensure driving is carried out in a safe & efficient manner, in full compliance with road traffic regulations including Working Time, Driver Hours.
• Ensure vehicle is in a safe condition, with daily checks correctly completed before use and any defects reported using the system provided.
• Oversee the safe unloading of vehicles at customer premises, ensuring Proof of Delivery notes are signed & returned without delay.
• Check the load security & weight distribution according to latest safe working practices and risk assessments before setting out & after each drop.
• Actively take responsibility for keeping vehicle clean & tidy.  Vehicles are allocated to one driver.

Requirements:

• Minimum of one years’ driving experience
• Must be prepared to do night outs (depending on the needs of business could be up to 4 per week)
  A clean driving licence /CPC up to date
• Excellent customer service skills
• Experience of load restraint using chains/strapping
• Used to working in a flexible team environment

Benefits include working for a business with 46 years in the industry, competitive weekly pay, good working conditions, on site gym, pension, car parking, uniform, well maintained vehicles and trailers.

OVERHEAD GANTRY CRANE OPERATOR – MUST HAVE CURRENT LICENCE AND HELD FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR  

• Unwrapping of all steel coils and ensuring allocated to correct storage bays
• Allocation of material to specified jobs
• Responsible for the feeding of the coils to the Decoiling lines
• Ensuring that all necessary paperwork is carried out
• Completing the necessary information on I Metal systems /Stock control

FLT / LOADER – MUST HAVE CURRENT COUNTERBALANCE LICENCE AND HAVE HELD FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS                       

• Must have experience of load planning goods onto vehicles ensuring the weights are correct and loaded safely reading for Driver to secure.
• Ensuring that the Decoiling Lines are cleared of product and in a timely manner
• Ensuring that product is prepared as per order instructions ready for despatch
• Ensuring that machines are kept stocked of the correct pallets for the job
• Ensuring that all necessary paperwork is carried out
• Order Picking
• Loading/Off loading of vehicles

MUST:

• Have experience of planning and loading HGV's to ensure safe and complies with loading policy.
• Understand Quality Management System IS09001
• Have Health and Safety awareness and knowledge of working in a heavy industrial environment.
• Able to work to target and schedules
• Be used to working in a Manual Handling working environment
• Eye for detail and responsibility for quality.
• Health and Safety Awareness.
• Team Player
• Flexible
• Excellent Time Keeping

  Shift Patterns are currently 12 hour days and nights with a Saturday morning rota.

Enquiries to: [email protected]