Yard Person / Relief Driver

FTH Hire Group is one of the largest and fastest growing independent plant and tool hire companies in the UK, with nineteen depots across the South of England, Wales and Scotland. As a result of our ambitious growth plans, we are looking to add additional high calibre people to our growing business.

Our plant hire fleet is replaced every 12 – 18 months, ensuring customers are always hiring machines that are modern, efficient, and reliable. At FTH Hire Group we want our wealth of experience to work for our customers and we provide a personal service, backed by detailed technical and safety advice.

The primary responsibility of the Yard Person/Relief Driver is to be responsible for the safe efficient and smooth running of the yard operation.

Yard Person duties and responsibilities:

• Ensuring the yard and warehouse is always swept and clean

• Wash area is regularly pressure cleaned and free from mud deposits

• Helping load and unload vehicles for both colleagues, customers, and suppliers

• Support of trade counter staff in ferrying on and off hires to and from workshop and yard

• Safe storage of spares, Hire and Sales Stock

• Health & Safety

• Security

• To perform a walk around every evening ensuring all keys are removed from plant and any small items of equipment are removed from the yard and secured inside the depot

• Relief 3.5T Driving/towing a trailer on rare occasions

Other Duties

• Non – Mechanical service inspections of Ladders, Steps, staging’s, Tower Components, Accrows, Bandstands, Chapter 8 Barriers, Site Fencing, Block Grabs, Plant Attachments etc….

Yard Person requirements:

• Ideally possess Counterbalance forklift licence

• Knowledge of tool and plant is an advantage

• Friendly and professional manner

• Ability to take instruction from senior staff and lead by example

• High standards of Customer Service

Benefits

• 32 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)

• Pension - auto enrolment

• Group Life assurance - x3 salary (once out of probation)

• Sales and loyalty bonus scheme

• Perk Box

• Birthday gift

Working hours: 07:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday