Foreman - Toilets

Location: Aberdeen
We are looking for a passionate, motivated, focused and excellent team leader with strong communication skills to join our Aberdeen Depot as Foreman of our Toilet division yard.

**Contract type**: Permanent
**Working Hours**: Full Time

**Nixon Hire Overview**:
Founded in 1967, Nixon Hire is a dynamic and professional family-run business employing almost 500 people across an ever-expanding Depot network. We draw on over 54 years of experience to deliver quality plant, tools, machinery, accommodation and portable toilet products and services that are second to none. We are passionate about what we do and work tirelessly to ensure we are continually improving.

We are proud of our people. Nixon Hire employ skilled, experienced and knowledgeable people. We employ people who live locally to the Depots we operate so we know the local areas we work in well. We understand the importance of training and developing our people and invest significant resources to ensure we are up-to-date with current requirements. We are extremely proud to have many members of staff celebrating over **4**0 YEARS** service with us, with the longest serving employee currently in their 47th year

Armed Forces Covenant - As part of our pledge, we support the employment of veterans, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process.

**Job Role**
- Supervising toilet service drivers ensuring that work is distributed equitably and efficiently to ensure product is cleaned or serviced to the required standard and is available to meet hire requirements
- Dealing with customers regarding breakdowns & maintaining daily breakdown sheet, monitoring breakdown response times as well as reporting to the Depot Manager
- Ensuring there is adequate staff resource in place to meet the companies objectives at all times, taking into consideration holiday and staff sickness
- Ensuring all units / toilets are returned from hire are carefully inspected to ensure all damages (including graffiti) are recorded
- Ensuring all delivery / collection / exchange paperwork is correctly completed, and all workshop paperwork is received upon job completion and passed to appropriate department or filed.
- Ensuring drivers carry out daily checks on their vehicles and report any defects
- Checking and processing parts requisitions when required, raising purchase requisitions to obtain the necessary goods, following up to ensure prompt delivery and minimizing downtime on items
- Noting low stock levels when issuing or receiving goods, and carrying out regular reviews of stock levels
- Packaging and sending goods out to customers, returns to suppliers, or stock to other depots when required
- Ensuring new units / toilets are tested before being booked into fleet in accordance with manufacturers recommendations, and records of such checks are maintained. Transferring items from stock into fleet, including processing all paperwork
- Ensuring the Toilet Yard is maintained and secured at all times, all required designated areas are clearly marked and units, toilets, and parts are stored in the appropriate areas. Ensuring the works office and yard areas are maintained in tidy, clean and hazard free condition.
Complying with, and ensuring all staff assigned to them are aware of, and complying with all Company procedures and in particular Health & Safety procedures, Health & Safety Directives and the Company’s P.P.E. requirements. This will include organising training or toolbox talks to address issues. Ensuring all staff assigned to him understand the health and safety issues with regard to their jobs and all work is carried out in a manner consistent with minimising any risk to themselves and others. Ensuring they are issued with appropriate P.P.E

**Essential Criteria**
- Strong organisation skills
- Previous experience in a supervisory role
- Digi Card holder
- Drivers CPC
- 7.5T Driving Licence

**Benefits**
- Salary of £30,724.20 per annum
- Enhanced overtime rates
- 23 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays on starting (increasing with length of service)
- Workplace pension and life assurance
- Cycle and Tech scheme
- High street discount scheme
- Option to purchase additional holiday days
- Christmas savings club
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Employee assistance program