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Careers

We’re Recruiting!

Shorts Group are always on the lookout for enthusiastic and hard working individuals to join the team. With a diverse range of roles across the business, we are looking for candidates with a variety of skills and experience. 

If you would like to apply for any of the jobs listed below, please send your CV and a covering letter to hr@​shorts-​group.​co.​uk quoting the job reference and job title you are applying for.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to the principle of equality in accordance with legislative provisions.

The recruitment and selection processes are crucially important to ensure equal opportunities, employee retention and satisfaction, as well as company performance.

We adopt a consistent, non-discriminatory approach to recruitment and selection.

Immigration and visa sponsorship are not available.
Agency submissions are by invitation only.

Available jobs:

  • Ensure full legal compliance in all activities undertaken.
  • Analyse and review vehicle routing to ensure maximum utilisation in conjunction with the Head of Transport, set and monitor KPIs around paying jobs, bins collected, percentage utilisation, vehicle accident rate, lead times, service delivery, sustainability. 
  • Monitor vehicle accident rates across the area of responsibility and ensure a consistent approach when dealing with individuals when performance in this area falls below acceptable standards.
  • Drive efficiency through leadership and proactive communication within the team.
  • Regularly challenge the norm’ in order to strive for success
  • Ensure all accidents or incidents are fully investigated and passed on for further action as required.
  • Implement and deliver training and succession plans for the immediate team
  • Strive for a fleet of multi modal trained drivers.
  • Liaise with workshop manager to ensure all vehicle checks are complete and defect reporting is being carried out
  • Encourage a culture of safety and reporting of near misses
  • Download, report, monitor and act on all tacho or legislative infringements.
  • Deliver TBTs to the team obtaining signatures for understanding
  • Liaise with lead driver regarding training post-accident and the onboarding of new drivers.
  • Complete regular 1 – 21s /​performance reviews with the whole team identifying needs and actioning as required. 
  • Liaise with customers in respect of issue or complaint striving to resolve at the earliest opportunity.
  • Ensure that detailed and accurate information is provided to the driver team including any specific customer demands and any potential hazards.
  • Accompanying sales colleagues on site visits where deliveries or collections require particular attention from a transport professional.
  • Take a positive lead in embracing training opportunities, new technologies and work practices, and ensuring the team have the aptitude and positive attitude to embrace in the same way.
  • Continually identify and diagnose where changes are required to increase effectiveness, efficiencies and standards in general.
  • Any other duties as requested by the Commercial Director or SMT member that are within the skills and capabilities of the job holder.

Personal requirements:

  • Educated to GCSE or NVQ standard with high grades in English and Math.
  • Full driving license with Class 2 entitlement.
  • ADR Certificate.
  • Transport Manager CPC.
  • At least 3 years’ experience within a similar role ideally within the waste or construction sector.
  • Excellent delegation skills.
  • Excellent local geographical knowledge.
  • Strong people management skills with the ability to motivate and act upon any issues in a timely manner.
  • Ability to take initiative and anticipate needs
  • Strong leadership, development and coaching skills.
  • A talented and concise communicator in writing and in person.
  • Strong IT skills and a knowledge of Office 365 suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint and Teams) as a minimum.
  • Professional and effective relationship-building skills.
  • A high level of accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of the role but with particular attention to H&S and any other regulatory compliance.
  • Ability to work well within a diverse business and use your own initiative.

• General support of the Demolition department commercially 

• Speaking with clients via phone and email on a daily basis.

• Providing estimates and quotes. 

• Follow up previous quotes and try to win new business.

• As assistant Quantity surveyor, assist in managing costs relating to projects (costing, tender submission, cost-strategy, sub-contract procurement). Minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality.

• Liaison with Site teams and Contracts Manager.

• Help customers with any technical product queries.

• Site visits with client during project and final site sign off (Certificate of Practical Completion).

• Adherence to Health and Safety rules and regulations. 

• Ensure information has been checked in accordance with company procedure.

• Any other job-related duties as required.

Person Specification:

• Knowledge of relevant demolition/​health and safety policies and procedures. (desired)

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated. 

• University degree in surveying or estimating (desired)

• Previous experience in estimating (desired)

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Be approachable and professional.

• Must possess excellent organisational skills, meeting deadlines, plan and prioritise workloads. 

• Prior experience in a sales or administration role in construction or demolition industry.

• Excellent communication and IT skills. Working knowledge with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

Seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor/​Estimator with experience in Demolition projects, or interest in progressing [construction] career into Demolition.

• Develop strong relationships with external clients, consultants, and other specialists.

• Develop and maintain market awareness on materials and sub-contractor prices.

• Manage and complete PQQ‘s including the technical and quality aspects for tender return. (Calculating material quantities/​costs, labour costs and achievable timeframe.

• Maintain database of standard cost allowances and work closely with the commercial department to ensure cost assumptions are current and effective.

• Responsible for taking off quantities, procuring competitive quotations, analysing the results, and producing finalisation documents.

• Consider drawings and employers requirements, understand the requirements of the tender documentation.

• Meeting clients to determine their needs and discuss any areas that need revising for price or feasibility. Visit site to establish site constraints etc, that may affect pricing strategy.

• Consider/​negotiate sub-contract quotes and attendances to incorporate into estimates.

• Be technically competent of the demolition process, or desire to develop if from construction background.

• Explore and present innovative techniques to reduce cost. 

• Value engineer specifications and materials to enhance cost effectiveness.

• Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by Manager.

Person Specification

• Estimator /​QS experience.

• Prior experience in a construction or demolition industry.

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated.

• Be approachable and professional.

• Must possess excellent organisational skills, meeting deadlines, plan and prioritise workloads.

• Excellent communication and IT skills. Good ability with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

• Knowledge of relevant demolition (or construction, with a view to developing demolition) health and safety policies and procedures.

  • Communicating with customers in the shop, on the phone and via email.
  • Proactive in learning about new products.
  • Taking and processing hire orders and sales for tools and plant hires.
  • Stocking and maintaining sales goods.
  • Delivering equipment at busy times.
  • Keeping work environment clean and tidy
  • Partaking in promotional events
  • To prepare daily work schedule for drivers. To accommodate additional customer orders efficiently daily.
  • To ensure that the performance of drivers is effectively managed.
  • To manage holiday schedules and time keeping of all drivers.
  • To ensure activities within operations are carried out with the highest regard to health and safety and wellbeing of all in accordance with legal, environmental and company policies.
  • To ensure all vehicles attend the scheduled service intervals and M.O.T’s.
  • K.P.I objectives to be maintained and improved.

Person Specification

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Familiar with logistic/​transport planning.
  • Must be a good team player and work well under own initiative.
  • Accountable for results and long-term business objectives.
  • Ability to learn about new products and be aware of competitor information.
  • Must possess excellent organisational skills, plan and prioritise workloads.
  • A high level of accuracy is essential, seeking clarity when required and taking responsibility for own work. Resolve problems effectively.
  • Have a good knowledge of IT systems.
  • Demonstrate understanding and works to exceed customer expectations.

• Head sales initiatives to support Sales Reps in achieving /​exceeding targets/​growth. Drive and shape development and understand opportunities and threats to grow the business.

• Develop and analyse sales reports presenting findings to Head of Sales

• Establish account relationships and develop an account management strategy to ensure this customer base is supported and maintained.

• Build strong relationships with customers to ensure repeat business.

• Attend regular Waste Services meetings to work in partnership with colleagues to create cost effective operational solutions to commercial offerings/​sales.

• Monitor, focus and record figures on customer retention and reasons for cancellation.

• Understand customer requirements and find suitable solutions to meet those needs.

• Direct interface with clients to assist with the resolution of customer concerns.

• Resolves issues with contracts and commercial operations.

• Coaches employees on best practices for managing contract issues and handling daily issues and tasks.

• Assesses risks and makes recommendations based on a thorough analysis of all factors involved in a business situation

• Collate and improve database of information regarding contacts/​sales leads etc.

• Regularly benchmark competitors to assess our competitiveness within the market.

• Engage in and evaluate customer feedback to ensure service meets/​exceeds expectations.

• Assist with the marketing strategy for the department and any planned marketing campaigns.

• Assist customers in achieving their waste management goals and endorse for industry rewards where applicable.

• Represent the company at relevant trade /​industry events.

• Prepare and produce presentations to promote the company’s services.

• Ensure that detailed and accurate information if provided to the transport team including any specific customer demands and any potential hazards.

• Any other duties as requested by the Head of Sales or SMT

Person Specification:

• Educated to GCSE or NVQ standard with high grades in English and Maths.

• Full driving license.

• At least 3 years’ experience within a similar role ideally within the waste or construction sector.

• Previous experience of successfully selling into the industry with strong skillset in negotiation and closing.

• Excellent local geographical knowledge.

• Strong people management skills with the ability to motivate and act upon any issues in a timely manner.

• Ability to take initiative and anticipate needs.

• A talented and concise communicator in writing and in person.

• Strong IT skills and a knowledge of Office 365 suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint and Teams) as a minimum.

• Strong financial/​commercial acumen.

• Professional and effective relationship-building skills.

• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of the role but with particular attention to H&S and any other regulatory compliance.

• Ability to work well within a diverse business and use your own initiative.

Responsibility for daily planning and management/​smooth running of projects

• Daily inspections of vehicles and plant

o Also perform occasional maintenance and repair work (i.e. oil check, parts changing)

• Timely employee resource allocation to begin daily tasks

• Daily allocation of tasks to staff (ensuring methods followed)

• Complete site set up including

o Scheduling booking of materials, plant, vehicles, tools etc

o Induction (focus on Health and Safety)

o Completion of relevant paperwork/​diary

o Hand Demolition, isolation work, bat mitigation work, roof stripping, machine/​plant operation, delivery of plant and materials to site, and asbestos removal.

o Diversify/​delegate to other departments when needed.

• Operate min 13ton 360 excavator when required for demolition and clearing

• As required, be flexible in working on other foremen’s sites as a demolition labourer.

• Unload scrap metal from that day per procedure and reclaim all materials where possible from site, and prepare materials/​load in advance of next day.

• Understanding, awareness and application of ISO standards.

• Any other ad hoc duties as required

Person Specification:

• Qualifications/​requirements include: holding CPCS or equivalent and DVLC, with knowledge of relevant demolition/​health and safety policies and procedures. 

CCDO Demolition Supervisor Gold Card

• Self-motivated as well as a good motivator

• Confident, positive and effective people management skills. Working effectively in teams and be able to work co-operatively. Be open to learning opportunities.

• Physically able to perform manual demolition tasks.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills within team/​management, and with customers, contractors etc.

• Be open to and encourage change.

• Be proactive and constructive in problem solving and conflict management.

• Must possess excellent organisational skills, meeting deadlines, plan and prioritise workloads. The ability to reason logically within tight and conflicting timeframes. Be adaptable and flexible in disaster planning. 

• Demonstrate understanding and works to exceed customer expectations.

• Good project management skills within demolition.

• To provide exceptional, pro-active account management to our new and existing clients. 

• Achieve and exceed sales targets/​revenue within waste management services.

• Identifying, targeting and converting new business opportunities. 

• Proactively generate customer meetings. 

• Build strong relationships with customers to ensure repeat business.

• Produce and maintain a pipeline of prospective clients. 

• Produce calendar of confirmed future meetings with targeted accounts.

• Core understanding of services to be able to present a total waste package. 

• Direct interface with clients to assist with the resolution of customer concerns. 

• Ensure smooth implementation of new business up to delivery of services. 

• Attend customer site waste awareness days to promote the company and recycling advise. 

• Present detailed presentations to new and existing accounts on waste services. 

• Fully aware of and promote health and safety. 

• Any other ad hoc duties as required 

Person Specification

• Strong commercial understanding of waste recycling. 

• Strong financial/​commercial acumen 

• Be able to operate in a compliant manner in a challenging environment. 

• Strong business development and sales experience. Driven and enthusiastic with ability to understand needs. 

• Excellent negotiation and closing skills. 

• Strong presentation skills. 

• Self-motivated as well as a good motivator 

• Be proactive and constructive in problem solving. 

• Be approachable and professional. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

IT literate 

• Must possess excellent organisational skills, meeting deadlines, plan and prioritise workloads. • Demonstrate understanding and works to exceed customer expectations. 

• Fully compliant with laws and regulations


• Maize Drilling
• Hedge cutting (Must be able to cut hedges to high standard for non-agricultural customers)
• Digestate fertiliser and slurry spreading/​injection (using Joskin Tanker with application mapping software).
• Operating JCB Tele-handlers for materials handling rolls.
• Fertiliser, CropKare and Lime Spreading including variable rate application using KRM and Kuhn spreaders.
• Hay and haylage making cutting, tedding and baling wrapping then transporting/​stacking the bales.
• Grassland Maintenance.
• Operating JCB Telehandlers for materials handling rolls.
• Repair and maintenance to machinery.


Additional duties and experience would be beneficial
• Spraying Experience
• Experience with loader tractor for bale handling etc
• Muck and compost spreading
• Cultivation Knowledge including ploughing
• Drilling (cereals, grassland and maize)
• Transporting diggers and machinery with tractors and low loader trailers
• Operation of 3 to 14 ton digger
• Any other ad-hoc duties as directed by management
• Chainsaw certificate
• Log Processing

Person Specification:
• Qualifications/​requirements include: Tele-handler with knowledge of relevant agricultural health and safety policies and procedures.
• Experience Using JD Greenstar for mapping Auto track and variable rate applications
• Experienced in all operations and tractor work
• Self-motivated.
• Possesses can do attitude. Be flexible and adaptable including to seasonal variations to hours worked. Willing to work long unsociable hours at busy periods during the year as and when required.
• Good communication skills within team and with customers, contractors etc.
• Work effectively in teams and be able to work co-operatively.
• Physically able to perform manual work.


• 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.