Yard Worker

**Yard Operative/Forklift Driver**

**Robert Price (Builders’ Merchants) Ltd.**

We have a permanent vacancy for a Yard Operative/Forklift Driver at our Bridgend Roofing branch.

**Who are Robert Price?**

Robert Price Builders’ Merchants Ltd is a family run independent business, with head office in Abergavenny. Founded in 1847, we are a substantial local employer, with the developments and progressions of a modern SME, and the grounding and values of a traditional family run business. We are the largest independent builders’ merchant in South East Wales.

**What is a builders’ merchant?**

A builders’ merchant is a company which supplies materials to the construction sector.

Up to 85% of the built environment you see around you is supplied by Britain’s builders’ merchants. Merchants and the supply chain are crucial to the construction industry which contributes over £40 billion to the UK economy each year. A career in this essential commercial sector can be challenging, varied and rewarding.

**Hours**:
45 hours per week average to be worked from Monday to Friday and to work one in three Saturday mornings.

**Pay**:
Negotiable according to experience.

**Benefits**:
Include death-in-service cover, NEST pension scheme membership, uniform and boot money allowance. 30 days holidays including bank holidays. Discretionary bonuses.

**Duties**:

- General warehouse duties and stock management
- Picking orders, loading and unloading and related paperwork
- Customer service - dealing with customers in person
- Driving forklift
- The role offers scope to develop selling skills, customer service and an understanding of materials, stock control, orders and deliveries.

**Essential skills**:

- Counterbalance forklift licence
- GCSE Maths (minimum grade C or a good understanding of metric and imperial measurements and basic mental arithmetic)
- Good paperwork skills
- Confident communicator
- Proven teamwork skills
- Naturally tidy and organised
- Willingness to engage with customers and provide good customer service
- Ability to follow instructions and work unsupervised once trained
- Reliable, industrious, adaptable and quick to grasp new concepts
- Manual handling up to 25kg

**Desirable**:

- Good knowledge of building materials and their usage
- An interest in sales and in the construction industry

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

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Licence/Certification:

- Forklift Licence & Experience (required)
- Builders merchant experience (required)

Work Location: In person