Yard & Inventory Specialist — Stock, Safety & Ops

Thames Water; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

24 days holiday increasing to 28

Pension scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Thames Water is seeking a Yard Person for our Kidlington Depot in Oxfordshire. You will support the Inventory and Supply team with storage, stock control, and safe yard operations.

The role involves handling equipment, ensuring proper labeling and documentation, and collaborating with front-line teams to issue and return stock. A forklift/Tele-handler aptitude is desirable, with a strong focus on health and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience in manual handling, stock control, depot & yard management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, safe, and tidy working environment within the yard.
• Ensure that all plant, equipment, and materials are correctly stored, secured, maintained, and always accounted for.
• Ensure that all plant, equipment, barriers/signing & guarding (S&G) and materials are clearly labelled and readily available.
• Engaging with the front-line operational teams to ensure that the issuing and returning of Thames Water stock is by our process.
• All waste is disposed of in accordance with Thames Waters Waste Management process.
• Carry out regular monitoring and reporting (including stock take, inspections and audits) on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Ensure that all vehicles within the yard and depot adhere to agreed Thames Water site safety and traffic management plan.
• Record and report any Health & Safety discrepancies.
• To engage and be part of team meetings, to maintain safe working practices, work towards achieving site pride and develop continuous improvement processes

Skills

Manual handling

Stock control

Depot management

Yard management

Health & safety awareness

Tools

Forklift

Tele-handler

Job description

Thames Water is seeking a Yard Person for our Kidlington Depot in Oxfordshire. You will support the Inventory and Supply team with storage, stock control, and safe yard operations.

The role involves handling equipment, ensuring proper labeling and documentation, and collaborating with front-line teams to issue and return stock. A forklift/Tele-handler aptitude is desirable, with a strong focus on health and safety.