Yard & Stores Operative – Asset & Stock Controller

Eastlight Community Homes Limited; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 30 days

Pension plan

Wellbeing grant

Family leave

Professional membership

Job summary

Eastlight Community Homes in Colchester is seeking a reliable Yard Operative to support our trades teams by keeping the yard and stores clean, safe and well organised. You will help ensure materials, tools, stock and vehicles are available and ready for use, enabling our teams to deliver services to customers.

The role requires a clean UK driving licence, a permanent contract, 37 hours per week, and a competitive package including a wellbeing grant and pension.

Qualifications

• Clean UK Driving Licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of housekeeping across the yard and stores.
• Manage waste and skip exchanges, ensuring correct waste segregation.
• Carry out PAT testing and ladder inspections.
• Issue, track and audit tools, ladders and other assets.
• Complete deliveries, collections and van stock replenishment.
• Monitor stock levels and raise purchase orders when required.
• Support vehicle checks and preparation.
• Act as a site keyholder, opening and closing the premises.
• Follow all health and safety procedures and contribute to safe working practices.
• Assist customers and colleagues with enquiries.
• Support continuous improvement of yard and store operations.
• Maintain the re-use shop and special orders register.

Skills

Reliable

Proactive

Clean UK Driving Licence

Job description

Eastlight Community Homes in Colchester is seeking a reliable Yard Operative to support our trades teams by keeping the yard and stores clean, safe and well organised. You will help ensure materials, tools, stock and vehicles are available and ready for use, enabling our teams to deliver services to customers.

The role requires a clean UK driving licence, a permanent contract, 37 hours per week, and a competitive package including a wellbeing grant and pension.