Outdoor Yard Operative - Hands-On, Skill-Building

Mabey Hire; Portlaoise; On-site; EUR 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company bonus

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension scheme

Job summary

Mabey Hire in Ireland is seeking a Yard Operative to join our depot team outdoors. You will load stock onto lorries, unload equipment, and ensure accurate handling of hire and non-hire items while maintaining safety procedures.

This role offers training, potential for progression, and a supportive environment. You will work with basic IT tablets, use small tools, and may learn to operate plasma cutters and hydraulic test equipment through on‑the‑job training.

Qualifications

• Experience in an operative position.
• FLT Licence – preferred but not essential as training will be given.
• LOLER or PUWER qualifications – not essential but preferred.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills to accurately record and interpret data.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• IT skills – we use tablets in the yard.
• Basic welding/ fabrication skills

Responsibilities

• Load product onto lorries and stack against picking lists and other authorised documentation ensuring accuracy of delivery of stock
• Unload, segregate and arrange identification of incoming equipment (both non-hire and hire equipment) to ensure accuracy of picking
• Record receipt of loads following return from hire or goods received from supplier to enable accurate records to be maintained
• Comply with Health and Safety requirements in depot to ensure loading, unloading and moving stock is carried out in a safe and secure environment
• Inspect equipment for any damage in accordance with the quality manual and ensure kit is fit for future use
• Drive or use work equipment to enable daily routines to be completed within timescales
• The role is outdoors
• Cleaning equipment using a high pressure jet wash and repairing / painting to a high standard
• Use of small tools e.g. ratchet gun, angle grinder.

Skills

Experience in operative role

FLT Licence

LOLER/PUWER qualifications

Literacy & numeracy

Communication skills

IT skills (tablets)

Welding/fabrication basics

Tools

Ratchet gun

Angle grinder

Tablets in yard

Job description

Mabey Hire in Ireland is seeking a Yard Operative to join our depot team outdoors. You will load stock onto lorries, unload equipment, and ensure accurate handling of hire and non-hire items while maintaining safety procedures.

This role offers training, potential for progression, and a supportive environment. You will work with basic IT tablets, use small tools, and may learn to operate plasma cutters and hydraulic test equipment through on‑the‑job training.