Plant Operative

Holcim Ltd; Hertford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Family benefits (maternity/paternity)

Women Empowered mentoring program

Free 24/7 remote GP service

Job summary

Holcim Ltd's Hertford Asphalt operation is seeking a Plant Operative to join a fast-paced, varied team. You will welcome customers, process orders, and operate plant control systems and mobile equipment.

Responsibilities include pre-start checks, routine maintenance, weighbridge duties, and handling customer queries. The role requires strong communication, IT literacy, weekend flexibility and a drive to learn in a safety-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong IT literacy.
• Flexibility with work hours and weekend work.
• Desire for training and willingness to learn.
• Sound appreciation of Health & Safety, housekeeping and environmental regulations.

Responsibilities

• Welcomes customers, up-sells products and processes orders.
• Weighing vehicles at the weighbridge and producing documentation.
• Mixing material with the Plant Computer and operating plant controls.
• Handling internal and external queries and complaints professionally.
• Carrying out pre-start checks on fixed and mobile plant; ensuring safe operation.
• Carrying out routine maintenance including greasing and inspections.
• Operating the loading shovel with fork attachments.

Skills

Communication

IT literacy

Flexible hours

Willingness to learn

Health & Safety

Tools

Plant control system

Weightbridge

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Plant Operative to join our team at our Hertford Asphalt operation. This role is fast-paced, dynamic, extremely varied and challenging, however also very rewarding for someone who genuinely cares about customers and enjoys working with other like-minded, hard working people.

Key tasks range from welcoming customers, up-selling products, processing orders, operating the plants control system, operating mobile plants and undertaking light maintenance tasks including housekeeping duties. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is passionate about their work and is looking for employment with a company who, in return for their commitment and hard-work, genuinely cares about their safety, health, wellbeing, job satisfaction and career development.

• Upselling our range of Complimentary Products to customers.
• Receiving Customer Orders and processing them.
• Weighing vehicles in and out of our weighbridge and producing relevant documentation with correct order numbers in place
• Mixing consistently excellent material using the Plant Computer.
• Dealing professionally and effectively with internal & external customer requirements, queries and complaints
• Carry out pre-start checks on fixed and mobile plant and ensure that it is safe to operate
• To carry out routine maintenance including greasing / visual inspections as per the schedule
• Operating the Loading shovel inclusive of fork attachments

• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Strong IT literacy
• Flexibility with work hours and willing to work weekend
• The desire for training and willingness to learn
• You will need to develop a sound appreciation of Health & Safety, housekeeping and environmental regulations

We are committed to building a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

Since 1858, we've helped shape the UK; powering the construction of homes and hospitals, roads and railways, schools and cities alike.

Our mission is to make sustainable construction a reality, through purposeful action that tackles real carbon and climate challenges. We are dedicated to helping Britain grow and thrive - by doing the right thing, doing it together, and making a difference.

Company Benefits

• Competitive Salary, plus bonus, 25 days holiday + your local bank holidays (with options to increase) and other benefits - all recognising the contribution you bring
• Be valued and supported, working as part of a highly respected team in a business that has a huge focus on Health & Safety
• We care about you and your family. That's why we offer enhanced family benefits, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. We understand that your personal life and family well-being are just as important as your career, so we're committed to supporting you every step of the way.
• Be part of something bigger with our "Women Empowered - Stronger Together Mentor Program," designed to support, inspire, and uplift women across the business.
• Free 24/7 remote GP service for you and your household, offering medical advice, prescriptions, referrals, and same-day appointments.
• Opportunities for career progression both at home and abroad
• Join our affinity groups selected by and populated by our employees which bring together employees with similar backgrounds and interests to have powerful influence on the workplace
• Staff discounts including special rates for garden landscaping products