Banksman - Tonbridge, Kent

4 weeks ago


Tonbridge, United Kingdom Churchill Retirement Living Full time

**Job title**: Banksman / Slinger / Lifting Supervisor
- ** Location**: High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BE
- ** Hours**:42.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, 07:30 to 17:00
- ** Package**: Permanent opportunity, competitive salary and company benefits

**We are Churchill Retirement PLC, the fastest growing company in the UK retirement house building sector and we’re looking for people like you.**

**About the role**

We are recruiting for an experienced Banksman / Slinger / Lifting Supervisor to work at our new development in Tonbridge, Kent.

The Banksman / Slinger takes responsibility for attaching and detaching loads, lifting, transferring and positioning loads using a variety of slings, cranes and lifting apparatus, whilst adhering to health and safety legislation.

The Banksman / Slinger will examine each item of equipment before it is used for safety reasons, ensuring that we conform with technical specifications, regulations and legislation. In addition, the Banksman / Slinger will be aware of other hazards and dangers within the workspace, adopting sound safety procedures at all times.

Teamwork and communication are important as you will take responsibility for notifying the Site Manager of any faults and provide clear and correct signals to the Crane Driver and other site colleagues to ensure the safe lifting and manoeuvre of materials.

Hours of work on site are 07:30 to 17:00, Monday to Friday, with occasional overtime opportunities.

This role is offered as a permanent opportunity and once the site is complete, there will be further developments in the pipeline to move on to, under the direction of the Construction Manager.

**About you**

You will demonstrate previous experience as a Banksman / Slinger / Lifting Supervisor working on busy construction sites, with a certification in Banksman / Slinger operations.

Due to the nature of the role you will need to have in depth knowledge of the HSE Act 1974, Construction (lifting operations) Regulations of 1961, Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.

You will be personable, with good teamworking skills and able to communicate using a high standard of spoken English.

**Your rewards**
- Competitive salary
- Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days + Bank Holidays
- Day off on your birthday
- Group Personal Pension Plan
- Life Assurance
- John Lewis vouchers - £200 to all expectant mums and dads
- Eye Care reimbursement
- Health Screening every 3 years
- Colleague, Client and Land referral schemes, with monetary incentives
- Employee Assistance programme - a confidential helpline for professional and personal support

**About us**

Churchill Retirement PLC is a family-run, privately-owned business and we’re going places. We’re proud of what we do, and the people we work with. We have ambitious growth plans for the future, now employing 700 people across the Churchill group and growing all the time.

We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality, purpose-built one and two bedroom apartments in desirable locations across the UK for those looking for an independent lifestyle in later life. Developments are designed to take away all the hassle and fears that can be experienced by older people and provide security, peace of mind and independence.

We’ve won a host of awards; most recently we were ranked in the Sunday Times Top 10 ‘Best Places to Work’ and we were the first ever retirement living specialist to have been named overall ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ by the WhatHouse? Awards.

**Location**

Site

**Department**

Construction

**Job Title**

Banksman / Slinger / Lifting Supervisor

**Experience**

Permanent

**City**

Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BE

**Country**

United Kingdom


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