Yard Sales Assistant

Travis Perkins plc; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading civils partner in the construction industry, known for its strong reputation and commitment to customer care. In this customer-facing role, you'll be the friendly face of the branch, ensuring safe and efficient operations while providing excellent service. With a focus on training and development, this position offers a pathway to becoming a civils expert. Enjoy sociable working hours, competitive salary, and a range of perks that support your career growth and well-being. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a team that values inclusivity and personal development.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Annual Bonus Potential

22 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Forklift Licence Paid

Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Ongoing Development Opportunities

Employee Discount Programme

Family Friendly HR Policies

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic with great interpersonal skills is essential.
• Forklift licence desirable but training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Be the first customer contact in the branch and be helpful.
• Ensure the safe and correct movement of materials.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Customer Service

Forklift Operation

Safety Standards

Education

No specific education required

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Our yard colleagues are an integral part of our business and are responsible for maintaining our success and reputation for treating every customer with care. We give our best, to be the best.

Keyline Civils Specialist are the UK's leading Civils Partner in the construction industry. We've built a strong reputation for delivering products and project solutions since 1988. Our nationwide network of over 40 branches and dedicated colleagues are ready to support National, Regional and Local campaigns by offering value and outcome-focused solutions - with a huge range of materials held in stock, a civils specific fleet of FORS Gold vehicles and colleagues with expert civils product, project, technical and local knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Being the first customer contact in branch so the key thing is to be helpful and friendly.
• Ensuring the safe and correct movement of materials around the branch.
• Loading and unloading customer and company vehicles.
• Offloading supplier deliveries into stock.
• Picking orders and keeping the yard and warehouse clean and tidy.
• Safety is a priority and you’ll make sure that standards never slip.

What’s in it for me?

• A competitive basic salary dependent upon experience, with annual salary reviews recognising and rewarding committed colleagues and bonus earning potential (bonus is up to £1,500, annually).
• Sociable working hours. We operate Monday to Friday with no overnight stays, nights or late evenings.
• 22 days of holiday per annum + Bank Holidays.
• We’ll pay for your forklift licence and any additional licences required, ensuring you remain qualified to do your job to the best of its ability.
• myMoney - pension scheme with varying matched contributions based on length of service, Life Assurance, ShareScheme, etc.
• myColleagueDiscount - savings across TP Group including tool hire, ToolStation and more.
• myHealth - Aviva DigiCare, Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work, access to our online Wellbeing Centre plus more.
• myLife - myCar options (NovaLease/MotivaDirect), legal services and enhanced maternity pay for colleagues with 1 year service: 26 weeks at 100% average earnings.
• myCareer - Ongoing development and progression opportunities including award winning apprenticeships.
• PLUS a huge array of everyday savings via our employee discount programme and family friendly HR policies.

Don't just take our word for it, click here to listen to one of our yard colleagues talk about why they enjoy working for Keyline, and what a typical day looks like.

Am I right for the job?

This is a key customer-facing role, so you will need to be enthusiastic and have great interpersonal skills. A fork lift truck licence would be desirable, however not essential as training can be provided. No previous experience? No problem! We also offer a 12-month apprenticeship programme to provide you with the skills and tools to become a civils expert, supporting you to reach your potential. What we are looking for is someone with a friendly and flexible personality who is happy to communicate face to face with customers. All other skills for the job we will provide with training and development programmes.

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.