Port Operative

2 weeks ago


Humberside, United Kingdom Precision Stevedores Full time

**About us**
- **We offer safe, reliable and flexible resourcing solutions to the ports and portcentric businesses**_
- Our aim is to offer the very best services in our field. Our people are our most important asset and their safety is at the forefront of everything we do. As a flexible labour provider we do more to ensure our people and our service are the first choice for our customers. A professional and effective partnership is what you can expect from Precision._
- It’s who we are and we are proud of it._

We are looking for committed individuals with a flexible attitude to work and a reliable nature to join our Operations team working in the Humber region to help support the safe, efficient and successful running of the ports. You will be a proactive and safety conscious individual who will work with multiple cargo types, plant and machinery to agreed targets and deadlines. Following a period of initial training your day-to-day operational activities could include:

- Slinging and Banking
- General Stevedoring
- Chocking/timbering
- Various plant operations
- Tallying

This is a great opportunity to develop your career, and you will receive hands-on training to develop your skills and knowledge in port operations and compliance. This will equip you to operate plant and equipment (including pre-start checks), during vessel loading /discharging and cargo storage operations.

**Essential Requirements**
- Pro-active attitude to Health and Safety and a willingness to contribute to/improve Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work.
- Experience of working in a busy & fast paced environment with the ability to work towards set targets.
- Strong team working abilities and a can-do attitude.
- Good communication skills.
- Able to reliably commute to place of work (or pick up point)
- Able to work outdoors in all conditions
- Full UK driving license (car or motorbike) and ideally, with own transport.

**Desirable Requirements**
- Numeracy and Literacy skills.
- Previous experience of contributing to Risk Assessment and Safe Systems of Work.
- Experience of operating plant and equipment in a similar industrial environment (Crane driving and Cargo Lashing would be particularly advantageous).
- HGV license / Haulage experience
- Terminal tractor / Tug operator
- Container / Bulk experience

**General Information**
- We expect the role-holder to be able to work at a variety of terminals and ports within the Humber region to ensure adequate cover at all times.
- Cleaning of equipment and site and assisting in various other port duties some of which may be of a physical nature and may include working at height.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

**Salary**: From £11.29 per hour

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Application question(s):

- Are you able to reliably commute to your required place of work?

**Experience**:

- Stevedoring: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- IOSH Cargo Handling in Ports (preferred)
- Slinging and Banksman (preferred)
- Driving Licence (required)

Willingness to travel:

- 100% (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Hull PO