Careers

• Maintain, repair and service all HGV vehicle fleet to a professional and high standard. Maybe required to repair and service plant equipment.
• Adherence to manufacturers specifications and ensure compliance in relation to vehicle serviceability.
• Attend any location or sites to maintain, repair and service vehicles in the event of breakdown if required.
• Maintain parts stock, advising Manager in relation to any required purchases.
• Identify and report any apparent vehicle misuse.
• Ensure personal knowledge of technological advances is up to date subject to training given and whenever necessary, provide supervision with an overview of such advances; this can be written or verbal, whatever is suitable and appropriate.
• Ensure the depot workshop area is clean, tidy and complies with all relative legislation.
  

Person Specification

• Full driving licence required. HGV Classes 1 & 2 a benefit.
• Highly experienced in vehicle inspection and repair. Ability to undertake fault diagnostic by any means.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A professional approach, requiring minimal training and an ability to operate without supervision and use own initiative. Team player.
• Flexible approach to overtime and tasks allocated.
• High regard to Health and safety and follow processes.
• Ability to learn about new products and understanding them to high level
• Works well under pressure.

45 hours a week

Salary: Up to £53,820pa plus overtime

• Test, maintain and service plant and hand tools.
• Site visits to repair equipment.
• May have to deliver /​collect equipment if required.
• Assisting with other tasks/​depots if required.
• Liaising with staff members, customers and suppliers.
• Partaking in training courses as necessary, possibly in own time.
• Clean all returned hire equipment.
• Maintain the workshop test and ancillary equipment.
• Assist customers with loading & unloading (if required).
• Maintain the appearance of the hire fleet with bodywork repairs & painting including updating the fleet numbers.
• Liaise with office staff regarding equipment required for future bookings.
• If required, assist the drivers with loading or unloading of vehicles.
• Keep the workshop and plant yard clean & tidy at all times.
• Lock the containers outside the plant yard at the end of each day.
• Show and apply competence to comply with all ISOs.
• Any other ad hoc duties as requested by Manager.

Person Specification
• Full driving licence required.
• Experience in plant engineering/​fitting/​testing as above and small power tools.
• Ability to learn about new products and understanding them to good level and be aware of competitor information.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Computer Literate.
• Flexible approach to overtime and tasks allocated.
• Good geographical area knowledge.
• High regard to Health and safety and follow processes.
• High regard to customer satisfaction
• Ability to learn about new products and understanding them to good level
• Must be a good team player or work well under own initiative.
• Demonstrate understanding and works to exceed customer expectations.
• Analytical in problem solving.
• Fit and active.

45 hours a week

Salary: £15.50 phr

• Sorting, loading and unloading waste skips as necessary, working with delivery vehicles both tipping and removing waste, loading of a conveyor belt for waste sorting.
General yard tidying and skip moving will also be required, among other duties.
• Loading screeners/​crushers. General Maintenance.
• Clean and maintain static plant (inc but not limited to basic checks, greasing, air filters, radiators, and basic health and safety checks).
• Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by Manager (including but not limited to general yard maintenance, washing vehicles).


Person Specification:
• Suitably certified for specific machinery.
• Effective and confident communication skills.
• Experience in working within Waste and recycling sector is desirable.
• Excellent relevant Health and Safety legislation and Shorts procedure knowledge.
• Safe working attitude (wearing PPE at all times).
• Be able to operate in a compliant manner in a challenging environment.
• Self-motivated and flexible.
• Punctual and reliable.
• Be approachable and professional.
• The ability to reason logically within tight and conflicting timeframes. • Willing to learn and take on new duties.
• Demonstrate understanding and works to exceed expectations.

45 hours a week

Salary: £15 phr

• Opening new customer accounts, across the Shorts Group entity portfolio, according to the Shorts Group policies – using credit checking agencies and land registry information where necessary (with credit limits being agreed by Line Manager).
• Ensuring up to date credit reports are uploaded to customer records in Sage 200. All credit reports must be reviewed as a minimum of every 12 months.
• Processing of all monies received whether directly into the bank accounts or via cheque.
• Reconciliation of all credit card receipts from Sage pay or Cardnet.
• Taking credit card payments from customers and entering on Sage 200.
• Raising of invoices within Sage when required.
• Producing customer statements at month end and integrating with invoices from other accounting systems and distributing.
• Production of weekly on stop and over credit limit reports for review by Line manager.
• Processing of the direct debit report (ensuring full reconciliation to bank). Collect bounced DD’s by other means.
• Debt chasing and if necessary, progress (final demand letters). Legal proceedings to be approved by Line manager.
• Responding to customer queries and resolving any credits necessary.
• All other duties as reasonably required

Person Specification:
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must possess excellent organisational skills, meeting deadlines, plan and prioritise workloads.
• High level of accuracy is essential, seeking clarity when required and taking responsibility for own work. Analyse information correctly to resolve problems effectively.
• Have a good knowledge of accounting packages and Microsoft Excel/​Word.
• Must be a good team player or work we l under own initiative.
• Demonstrate understanding and works to exceed customer expectations.
• Must possess excellent negotiation skills and be effective at managing relationships at all levels.

• Maintain, repair and service all equipment as per manufacturer’s specifications.
• Attend breakdowns on all sites as required at any other designated site.
• Maintain parts stock or advise manager in relation to any required purchases.
• Ensure knowledge of technical advances is kept up to date and advise if additional training or equipment is required.
• Ensure depot workshop is kept clean, tidy and complies with all relative legislation.
• Make sure work is carried out in a safe manner and equipment and facilities supplied are used in a way to enable this

Person Specification

• Good communication skills.
• Flexible approach to overtime and allocated tasks.
• Ability to learn new products and understand them.
• High regard to health and safety and the correct process.
• Adaptable to different work situations.
• Fit and active

Salary: Up to £58,500pa plus overtime and Van

• Daily organisation of diaries/​meetings for Operations Managers.
• Conducting internal audits. Arrange third party H&S Audits and manage actions
• Create reports as required.
• Support accident/​injury/​near miss tracking and follow ups.
• Manage competency, training and development matrix. Booking training and CPD where required.
• Assist with communication across the business including but not limited to ISO compliance, Health and Safety and internal communications.
• Support procurement activities such as supplier vetting, maintaining approved supplier lists, and monitoring supplier compliance.
• Assist with resource planning, capacity tracking, and operational scheduling where required.
• Assist in preparing for external & internal audits, ensuring documentation and evidence are up to date including a compliance calendar showing audit schedules, policy review dates, statutory deadlines.
• Collate & distribute scheduled and ad-hoc reports as required.
• Onboarding of new starters including induction and familarisation
• Become ​‘superuser’ on main operating system providing guidance and training internally as well as feedback and development externally.
• Any other admin duties as required to ensure business continuity.

Person Specification:

• Ideally from Construction or Agricultural support background.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, meeting deadlines, plan and prioritise workloads.
• Good understanding of quote/​job process flow.
• Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy, seeking clarity when required.
• Strong computer literacy and knowledge of operating systems.
• Must be a good team player or work well in autonomy and under own initiative.
• Works to exceed customer expectations.
• Internal Auditing and/​or ISO knowledge/​experience and an interest in Health and Safety an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and managing conflicting priorities.
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement attitude.

For Plant and Tool ranges including but not limited to:
Access Platforms, Drilling & Breaking, Cleaning, Compaction, Decorating, Garden & Landscaping, Hand Tools & Power Tools, Material Lifting & Support, Plant Machinery & Attachments, Plumbing, Power Generation & Lighting, Pumping Heating & Drying, Site Works & Building, Surface Preparation and Concreting, Welding & Woodworking.
• Loading /​unloading vehicles
• Delivering /​collecting plant and tools
• Completing necessary paperwork
• Keep up to date with and follow health and safety and other procedures.
• Report any vehicle defaults.
• Assisting at other depots if required
• Assisting with non-driving jobs at depot if required including yard areas
• Partaking in training courses as necessary, possibly in own time
• Keeping necessary qualifications up to date
• Liaising with staff members and customers

Person Specification
• CPC & Full driving licence required. Tacho card.
• Mechanical aptitude
• Literate
• Customer friendly
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible approach to overtime and tasks allocated.
• Good geographical area knowledge.
• High regard to Health and safety and follow processes.
• High regard to customer satisfaction
• Ability to learn about new products and understanding them to good level
• Must be a good team player or work well under own initiative.

• Demonstrate understanding and works to exceed customer expectations.
• Fit and active.

Pay dependant on experience (£16.50 to £18 phr – 45 hours per week)

Purchase Ledger Duties

• Processing invoices/​credits (received by email or post) for payment.

• Reconciling supplier statements.

• Resolving all invoices, credits and payments queries.

• Preparing weekly and monthly payment runs.

• Producing monthly CIS returns and submitting to HMRC on a timely basis as well as ensuring that all certificates are issued to contractors as required.

• Producing various reconciliation spreadsheets as required.

• Posting and reconciling all petty cash transactions.

• Posting payments from bank transactions for Small Companies on a daily basis.

General Duties

• Producing any ad-hoc reports required by Finance manager.

• Required to work as part of the accounts team and be able to provide cover for other staff as required.

• Any other ad hoc duties as required. This includes answering the phones.

Person Specification:

• Excellent Communication – both written and verbal.

• Good IT Skills.

• Ability to establish good working relationships.

• To work well under pressure and to be able to work with people from a variety of backgrounds.

• Must have a good telephone manner to deal with suppliers queries.

• Responsible for ensuring that refuse /​recycling material collections are completed effectively to and to the standard required thereby minimising missed collections.
• Complying with safe working practices in the accomplishment of the collection service both on the highway and within the disposal site.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is safe to take onto the highway, undertaking daily routine Checks of the vehicle as set down in Shorts procedures. Completing daily drivers PDA, highlighting any mechanical defect that has occurred during the working day.
• To assist (when available) in the loading of refuse and recycling vehicles..
• Collecting refuse /​recycling material in a safe manner in order to minimise disruption to the public/​other road users. Where possible reporting no collections where no refuse presented for collection
• Unloading the vehicle at the designated disposal point, retaining weighbridge tickets for return to office based staff at base Depot.
• Driving in safe and courteous manner, ensuring that the loaders are carried safely within the cab, obeying traffic regulations and speed restrictions, not overloading the vehicle.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is left in a clean state at the end of the working day with all refuse off loaded unless permission has been granted.
• To assist where trained to act as a revering assistant in line with Shorts Safe Working Procedure
• To learn the route planning, identify where bin locations are.
• To carry out the work in accordance with the Companies procedures in a safe manner with regard for members of the public and other members of staff.
• To familiarise yourself with all relevant Safe Methods of Operation relating to the particular tasks with which you have been assigned and to implement them accordingly.
• Be responsible for ensuring that the vehicle have hard hat, extinguisher and first aid kit are available within the vehicle each working day and report any missing/​defective items to your Supervisor/​Manager.
• To complete all assigned duties to the satisfaction of the Waste Service Manager
• Report all bins not presented, contamination, side refuse and overloaded bins or at the earliest opportunity to the Supervisor/​Manager.
• Reporting broken or damaged bins found on the rounds.
• To familiarise yourself and comply with all Site Safety Instructions relating to all Landfill sites, waste transfer stations and Recycling sites.
• To assist in the delivery of leaflets/​sacks etc. when directed.
• To comply fully with Shorts group Health and Safety policy.

Person Specification
• Good communication skills within team and with customers.
• Possesses can do attitude.
• Work effectively in teams and be able to work co-operatively.
• Physically able to perform manual tasks.
• Good safe working attitude.
• CPC & Full LSV driving licence required. Tacho card.
• Literate
• Customer friendly
• Flexible approach to overtime and tasks allocated.
• Good geographical area knowledge.
• High regard to Health and safety and follow processes.
• Fit and active.

The work is varied and includes driving a 3.5tonne vehicle and should complete all operational duties within guidelines ensuring that wherever possible performance targets are met or exceeded. Complete work instructions, ensuring all relevant information (inc tablet), is completed/​filled in.
• Remain vigilant and challenge anything that may result in service failure or complaints from the customer. Raise issues asap.
• To comply fully with Shorts group ISO and Health and Safety policies. Comply with all traffic laws and legislation as well as safe working practices within the disposal site with relation to your duties including the security and weight of loads.
• Comply with details laid out in Shorts driver manual (once received and signed for).
• To ensure that each day all completed work is detailed on your Tablet along with the daily vehicle check sheets. Fuel receipts and Weighbridge tickets are to be handed in daily.
• To wear the correct safety equipment (PPE) and Shorts Group uniform at all times.
• Responsible for ensuring that refuse /​recycling material collections are completed.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is safe to take onto the highway, undertaking daily routine checks of the vehicle as set down in Shorts procedures and VOSA.
• Collecting recycling material in a safe manner and unloading the vehicle at the designated disposal point.
• Collecting/​delivering recycling and waste containers.
• To collect animal faeces waste from bins and transport to disposal site.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is left in a clean state at the end of the working day.
• Reporting of any incidents or accidents regardless of location.
• To assist new and existing team members in sharing experience and ideas
• To take part in any training that is supplied/​given.
• Any other duties designated by your direct Supervisor/​Manager.
Person specification:
• You should hold a minimum of a CatB Licence.
• Multi-skilled driver ideally with experience of the waste industry and of Industrial and Commercial Collections.
• Good time keeping.
• Conscientious & possesses can do attitude.
• Good communication skills within team and with customers.
• Work effectively in teams and be able to work co-operatively.
• Physically able to perform manual tasks.
• Customer friendly.
• Flexible approach to overtime and tasks allocated.
• Good geographical area knowledge.
• High regard to Health and safety and following procedures. Good safe working attitude.

• HGV 2 RORO Driver c(also overs Skips, Tippers, RCVs (once appropriate level of training is provided) and should complete all operational duties within guidelines ensuring that wherever possible performance targets are met or exceeded.)
• Remain vigilant and challenge anything that may result in service failure or complaints from the customer.
• To comply fully with Shorts group ISO and Health and Safety policies.
• Comply with all traffic laws and legislation as well as safe working practices within the disposal site with relation to your duties including the security and weight of loads.
• Comply with details laid out in Shorts driver manual.
• To wear the correct safety equipment (PPE) and Shorts Group uniform at all times.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is safe to take onto the highway, undertaking daily routine checks of the vehicle as set down in Shorts procedures and VOSA.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is left in a clean state at the end of the working day.
• Reporting of any incidents or accidents regardless of location.
• To take part in any training that is supplied/​given.
• Any other duties designated by your manager.

Person Specification

• You should hold a minimum of a Class 2 Licence.
• You must have a fully valid Driver CPC.
• Multi-skilled driver ideally with experience of the waste industry.
• Good time keeping.
• Conscientious & possesses can do attitude.
• Good communication skills within team and with customers.
• Work effectively in teams and be able to work co-operatively.
• Physically able to perform manual tasks.
• Customer friendly.
• Flexible approach to overtime and tasks allocated.
• Good geographical area knowledge.
• High regard to Health and safety and following procedures.

45 Hours per week. £17 phr

• HGV Tipper Driver also covers Skips, RoRo’s, RCVs and should complete all operational duties within guidelines ensuring that wherever possible performance targets are met or exceeded.
• Remain vigilant and challenge anything that may result in service failure or complaints from the customer.
• To comply fully with Shorts group ISO and Health and Safety policies.
• Comply with all traffic laws and legislation as well as safe working practices within the disposal site with relation to your duties including the security and weight of loads.
• Comply with details laid out in Shorts driver manual.
• To wear the correct safety equipment (PPE) and Shorts Group uniform at all times.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is safe to take onto the highway, undertaking daily routine checks of the vehicle as set down in Shorts procedures and VOSA.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is left in a clean state at the end of the working day.
• Reporting of any incidents or accidents regardless of location.
• To take part in any training that is supplied/​given.
• Any other duties designated by your manager.

Person Specification

• You should hold a minimum of a Class 2 Licence.
• You must have a fully valid Driver CPC, crane licence with clamshell ticket. Valid ALMI card.
• Multi-skilled driver ideally with experience of the waste industry.
• Good time keeping.
• Conscientious & possesses can do attitude.
• Good communication skills within team and with customers.
• Work effectively in teams and be able to work co-operatively.
• Physically able to perform manual tasks.
• Customer friendly.
• Flexible approach to overtime and tasks allocated.
• Good geographical area knowledge.
• High regard to Health and safety and following procedures.

£16.64 p/​hr 45 hours pw