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

· Delivery and collecting of portable toilets.

· Servicing, emptying and cleaning of portable toilets and restocking consumables.

· Daily checking of your van and equipment. Remain vigilant and challenge anything that may result in service failure or complaints from the customer. Raise issues asap.

· To comply ISO and Health and Safety policies.

· To ensure that each day all completed work is detailed on your daily worksheet.

· To wear the correct safety equipment (PPE) and 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 company 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 direct Supervisor/​Manager.

Person specification:

· You should hold a valid DVLC, plus towing, tacho and have a fully valid Driver CPC.

· 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.

• Operate and maintain the loading shovel
• Carry out daily machine checks
• Maintain and keep tidy slock levels on site
• Blending of products when requested
• Clear segregated waste bays frequently around site
• Loading of materials into vehicles & trailers
• Operate a tele handler when needed
• Operate a 360 excavator when needed
• Work within the site and company H&S rules
• Maintain valid in date machine tickets by attending refresher courses when needed
• Any other adhoc duties as requested by a manager

Person Specification:
• Suitably certified in specific machinery
• Strong communication skills
• Previous experience working in a waste or construction environments
• Excellent relevant health and safety legislation experience
• Safe working attitude (correct PPE)
• Work effectively in a team or solo
• Possesses a can do attitude at all times

45 hours a week

Salary: £17phr

• 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

• Picking recyclable materials such as metals, plastics, and cardboard from a moving conveyor belt.
• Ensuring quality and recovery rates are maximized.
  
• Cleaning conveyor belts to ensure they are free of dust and debris.
  
• Working with onsite staff to clean heavy duty machinery and equipment.
• Housekeeping of the operator cabins and site as requested.

Person Specification:

• Health and safety conscious approach and familiar with procedures.
• Honest, and reliable.
• Self-motivated.
• Possesses can do/​flexible attitude.
  
• Good communication skills within team.
  
• Work effectively in teams or alone and be able to work co-operatively.
• A good eye for detail and work well under instruction.

• 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)