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Stores Person

On-site in Penrith·Full-time·Added 14 days ago (last checked 26 Oct)

Balfour Beatty

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Our summary

Work mode
On-site, Penrith
Contract
Permanent, full-time hours
Holiday
25 days holiday

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Knowledge of the Construction industry is essential
  • Full clean driving licence
  • IT Skills – MS Outlook, MSP & MS Word, Excel
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • CSCS Qualification

Nice to have

  • Emergency First Aid At Work
  • COSHH Coordinator Qualification
  • Loadmaster qualification
  • Telehandler competency

The role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a fantastic opportunity for a Stores Person to join our team on the Highways A66 NTP Scheme, this role will be based at Penrith, Cumbria

Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage, and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.

We provide high quality asset strategy, management, and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable, and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

What you'll do

  • To ensure optimum running of the Stores and to be responsible for the issue and receipt of stock, equipment and fleet. Ensure that stock and plant levels are maintained in line with the business needs and deliver regular, comprehensive reports on stock levels, together with early warnings on limited availability of strategic stock.
  • Ensure the workforce have the tools and equipment they need to deliver the project, whilst maintaining an efficient control of stores stock. Deliver/manage the cataloguing of stock held at the project, segregation and grouping of materials and the safe disposal of redundant items.
  • To co-ordinate and manage plant and stock ensuring all administration procedures are
    followed, and ensuring accurate stock management.
  • Liaise with operational staff to ensure materials required for site are arranged and accessible in line with operational programme.
  • Unload & load delivery vehicles.
  • Check deliveries against advice notes and for quality, quantities & damage.
  • Liaise with suppliers on the replacement/return of faulty/damaged stock.
  • Order and issue materials, PPE, consumables, etc.
  • Hire, accept and off-hire plant and equipment.
  • Manage the calibration of tools & equipment (inc Lifting).
  • Ensure the store is tidy at all times.

Who we're looking for

  • Ensure Balfour Beatty’s Code of Conduct, behaviours and values is thoroughly
    understood, adhered to and promoted across the business to ensure safe, compliant
    and consistent working practices.
  • To operate in an open manner with all personnel across the business. Treat all who we
    interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing
    differences. Encourage everyone to achieve maximum potential.
  • To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working. To listen to each
    other and share knowledge enabling us to willingly combine expertise across the
    business and with our clients and supply chain.
  • Behaving with integrity and demonstrating professional image at all times. To always
    do what is right.
  • To take personal responsibility & accountability for actions, constantly striving to
    improve and exceed expectations ensuring safety and quality are never compromised.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

About Balfour Beatty

Industry
Construction

In their own words

About the company & team

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Additional information

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: How to sign up to the Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

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