Material Handling Operative
- liverpool, england, United Kingdom
Job Description
Location: Liverpool, GB, L21 1LA
Your Role
As a Material Handling Operative, you will operate the company’s plant and equipment in a safe and efficient manner, supporting the movement of steel and metal products across the terminal, ensuring activities are completed accurately and on time. You will inspect company plant and equipment for damage, reporting any incidents, accidents, dangerous occurrences or damage without delay, ensuring all machinery and working areas are kept clean and in line with agreed standards.
You will proactively focus on operating a safe working environment, identifying any hazards and taking action to remedy these immediately within agreed guidelines. Working in a physically demanding environment, you will predominantly be based in one area but may be required to use your skills across General Cargo and Bulk Terminal dependent upon business needs.
This role is classified as safety critical. Your duties in this role may include driving on site; working at height and/or in confined spaces; operating/driving plant; manual handling; lone working; night work. If successful in your application, you will be required to attend a pre-placement medical assessment to confirm your fitness for work in this role.
What you'll bring
You will have:
- previous experience working within an industrial general cargo/bulk handling, logistics or warehouse environment, with the ability to operate fork lift trucks (5 – 32MT);
- experience of operating payloaders, skid steers and cranes (gantry, ship and shore) would also be beneficial as well as experience driving mobile harbour cranes;
- excellent communication skills and experience working as part of a team;
- the ability to multi-task, prioritise your workload effectively and be adaptable to change in a fast-paced environment;
- a commitment to maintaining Health and Safety standards, as well as demonstrating compliance to safety policies and procedures is key;
- a full valid driving licence.
Who are we?
Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.
What we can offer you
In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:
- Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
- Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
- Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required