Equipment Centre Supervisor — Lead Yard & Projects

Workdry International; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Medicash Scheme

25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Employee discount scheme

EAP & Mental Health first aiders

Job summary

Selwood in the UK is seeking a proactive Specialist Equipment Centre Supervisor to assist the Centre Manager with day-to-day yard operations, building pumps, preparing orders, and coordinating stock for large projects. You will help ensure safe, tidy, and efficient work areas and meet project timelines.

Essential: mechanical background, supervisory and logistics experience, strong communication, attention to detail, and a full UK driving licence with no more than 6 points.

Qualifications

• Mechanical background with practical experience using hand and power tools.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Logistics experience, ideally within water, construction or haulage industries.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with a proactive, positive and team-focused approach.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate records and work in an organised manner.
• Ability to use initiative, exercise good judgement and resolve problems effectively.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to meet changing business needs.
• Reliable, punctual and well organised, with good time management skills.
• Good IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Good level of physical fitness, as the role involves manual handling and physically demanding tasks.
• Valid forklift truck licence.
• Full UK driving licence ( no more than 6 points).

Responsibilities

• Assist the Specialist Equipment Centre Manager to plan, organise, store, maintain and deliver pumps, accessories, and equipment from supercentre for large/complex/special projects, safely, effectively, and efficiently.
• Maintain an organised and tidy yard workplace within area of responsibility, coordinating with other site yard supervisor/teams as necessary to support this.
• Have a clear understanding of project timelines and job specifications from job tasks issued by the Specialist Equipment Centre Manager and be able to identify the right fittings, adaptors, flanges, and equipment, to ensure everything is in place to optimally meet all requirements.
• Effectively and safely organise pipework and fitting storage, to include conducting stock checks to agreed frequencies, and maintaining effective, timely communication with the ASM regarding low stock levels and scrap stock for disposal.
• Assist with the loading and unloading of vehicles, checking items against paperwork, to ensure deliveries and collections are correct, recording and promptly reporting discrepancies to the Specialist Equipment Centre Manager.
• Prepare and assemble orders accurately, including fitting submersible pumps into the correct configurations, ready for the timely dispatch to meet project delivery timelines
• In the absence of the Specialist Equipment Centre Manager, attend pre-start meetings when required to help minimise the risk of errors in the proposals before the solutions team agree a plan with the client
• Lead by example at all times in promoting and complying with company and site-specific regulations, safe systems of work, policies, procedures, and standards, helping to ensure other personnel in the yard also promote and comply with these.
• Assist all other colleagues of the depot and projects for other branches when required, including working overtime and participating in an on-call rota which may include evenings and weekends, if required by the branch to meet business deliverables.

Skills

Mechanical background

Supervisory experience

Logistics experience

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Flexibility

Reliability

IT skills

Forklift licence

UK driving licence

Job description

Selwood in the UK is seeking a proactive Specialist Equipment Centre Supervisor to assist the Centre Manager with day-to-day yard operations, building pumps, preparing orders, and coordinating stock for large projects. You will help ensure safe, tidy, and efficient work areas and meet project timelines.

Essential: mechanical background, supervisory and logistics experience, strong communication, attention to detail, and a full UK driving licence with no more than 6 points.