Yard Operative

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

We are a leading temporary works specialist and at the forefront of our industry for over 60 years, with a reputation built on engineering and service excellence. This enables us to deliver the right temporary works solution for our customers, whatever the scale or complexity of the project. Our customers include civil engineering and construction contractors, asset owners, and consulting engineering firms through to small builders.

We are currently looking for a Yard Operative in our Ireland depot to support our growing operations team, this is a fantastic role which will allow the successful candidate to up skill and develop through the company, you will find more details below.

Benefits:

• A competitive basic salary
• Company bonus
• Great health and well-being packages
• A great pension scheme

Key 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.
• Possibility to train to use plasma cutter, and hydraulic test equipment.

Preferred requirements:

• 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