Yard Apprenticeship

Travis Perkins; Widnes; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days holiday

Colleague bonus

Colleague discounts across Travis Perk

Job summary

Keyline Civils Specialists is offering a 12‑month Apprenticeship to develop you into a future leader within a nationally recognised group. You’ll gain hands-on experience across our branch operations, with coaching and training to build skills in customer service, sales and product knowledge.

You’ll work in a fast-paced environment, handling customer orders, loading and unloading materials, and using equipment such as a forklift.

Qualifications

• Interest in customer service and sales
• Willingness to learn and develop through apprenticeship
• Ability to handle physical tasks and lift materials
• Enjoy working across branches and with the team

Responsibilities

• Serve customers at the branch and assist with orders
• Process customer orders and load/unload orders and materials
• Move products in and out of the branch and assist vehicles
• Operate forklift and other manual handling equipment as needed

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Sales awareness

Communication

Forklift operation

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Are you looking to kick start your career or grow your career in a different industry? If you're passionate about customer service, teamwork and sales and want the opportunity to earn whilst you train for a nationally recognised qualification, we want to hear from you!

Keyline Civils Specialists is the UK's number one supplier of specialist civils and drainage solutions, and specialist rail and utilities materials. We’re part of the Travis Perkins Group, and proud to have been recognised as one of the UK’s top employers since 2010.

We’re looking for individuals with the potential to be future leaders within our business. You’ll be someone who is keen to immerse themselves and work across all areas of our business with the ambition and desire to build a long lasting, successful career with us.

Right from the start you’ll be supported in your development. You’ll join our Keyline Civils Specialist Certificate, a 12 month Apprenticeship that will give you the tools to be successful in your role. Over the length of your apprenticeship programme, you’ll explore:

• Our safety culture within branch
• The products we sell and the services we provide
• What makes us different and keeps us as the number one choice for our valued customer base

Our Apprenticeships are focused on your development and factor study time into your working week, so you can achieve your qualification without affecting your work-life balance. We provide you with a fantastic support network through; 1:1 coaching, mentoring and technical and skills training to enable you to progress your career with us. Along the way, our experienced team will provide you with plenty of support to ensure you get the best out of your Apprenticeship. And it doesn’t have to end here, as we have a suite of Apprenticeship programmes that can support you to continue to develop your career with us, all the way up to the Boardroom.

Our Apprenticeships are award winning. In 2022, we were voted as the 11th best employer of Apprentices by Rate My Apprenticeship and 33rd best employer of Apprentices by the Department of Education.

A day in the life of a Yard Operative

One minute you could be serving and assisting customers and the next, unloading our products into the branch. Being on the frontline of operations means you will deal with a diverse mix of customers as well as colleagues which will allow you to really expand your skill set and stand you in a great position to progress within the business.

You will be processing our customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles. This will also involve lifting heavy building materials and the use of manual handling equipment, such as a forklift (Applicants need to be 18years old to drive the forklift)

What’s in it for you?

A competitive salary and benefits which include 22 days holiday, colleague bonus and colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group businesses. We also have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from theme parks to eating out and cinemas. Our working hours also offer a great work life balance - most of our customers choose to enjoy their weekends and bank holidays which means you can too!

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.

You be you, it makes us, us.