Yard Team Leader

KDM Hire Ltd.; Antrim and Newtownabbey District; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

KDM Hire Ltd. is seeking an experienced Yard Team Leader for our Mallusk yard. This hands-on role oversees daily yard operations, ensures equipment inspections and maintenance meet safety standards, and provides leadership to the yard team.

You will supervise inspections, manage workloads, train staff, and ensure compliance with H&S regulations while maintaining an organized, efficient yard and reliable equipment availability.

Qualifications

• Experience in a yard or equipment rental environment.
• Supervisory experience with a focus on team leadership.
• Strong understanding of health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to conduct inspections and tests on equipment.
• Proactive approach with strong customer service and quality.

Responsibilities

• Oversee thorough inspections, cleaning and function testing of hire equipment to ensure safety and quality before hire.
• Maintain an efficient yard with well-organised workflows for availability of quality product.
• Assist with loading and unloading of vehicles and maintain a safe, clean area.
• Provide guidance and training to the yard team, leading by example.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental legislation and company policies.
• Maintain inventory with proper storage, labelling and accessibility.
• Allocate daily tasks to the yard team and ensure timely completion.

Skills

Team leadership

Organization

Communication

Health & safety awareness

Inspections

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Yard Team Leader to join our team at Mallusk. This is a hands-on role responsible for overseeing daily yard operations, ensuring equipment is inspected and maintained to a high standard, and providing leadership and support to the yard team.

What you will do:

• Oversee and carry out thorough inspections, cleaning and function testing of hire equipment, ensuring all equipment meets the required safety and quality standards before going out on hire
• Maintain an efficient yard ensuring workflows are well organised resulting in optimum availability of quality product.
• Assist with loading and unloading of vehicles, maintaining a safe, clean and organised working area.
• Provide guidance and training to the yard team, leading by example in terms of attitude and action.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental legislation, regulations, and company policies and procedures.
• Maintain inventory, ensuring proper storage, labelling, and accessibility of materials as required.
• Allocate daily tasks to the yard team, ensuring work is completed efficiently and to the required standards.

What you will need:

• Previous experience in a yard or equipment rental environment.
• Supervisory experience with a focus on team leadership.
• Strong understanding of health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to conduct inspections and tests on equipment.
• A proactive approach with a strong commitment to customer service and quality.

KDM Hire is a professional and dynamic business which has grown to become one of the UK and Ireland’s leading equipment rental companies. With over 35 years of experience within the industry, our passion remains the same to simply do ‘whatever it takes’ to deliver quality equipment and services to our customers.

We take PRIDE in our work, our customers and our company and we look for people that share our values: Positivity, Responsibility, Integrity, Determination, Energy.

Hours of work: Monday – Thursday 7.30am – 5pm & Friday 7.30am – 4pm, 41.5 hrs per week