Yard Operative/handy Person

6 months ago

Gateshead, United Kingdom Wernick Hire Full time

**About Wernick Hire**:
Wernick Hire is the UK's largest and longest-standing national provider of permanent and temporary modular buildings and site accommodation. Established in 1934, The Wernick Group remains a family-run and owned company. Over the past five years, we have more than doubled our profits, a testament to the quality and dedication of our workforce. Our team is composed of individuals with enthusiasm, vision, friendliness, and a real can-do spirit.

**Position Summary**:
The **Yard Operative/Handy Person (Joiner)** will work under the guidance of the Yard Foreman, ensuring tasks are completed with a focus on quality, safety, security, and efficiency. This role involves a mix of joinery, plumbing, and electrical work, alongside general maintenance duties.

**About The Role**

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Cleaning, painting, and general maintenance of cabins/buildings as instructed
- Conduct site visits to carry out repairs as required
- Check all furniture upon return to the yard, remove it from cabins, and store it appropriately
- Maintain the forklift truck in good and serviceable condition
- Minimise material wastage
- Assist in the safe loading and unloading of cabins/buildings and materials
- Maintain good housekeeping in the yard and workshop at all times
- Adhere to current health and safety legislation

**Skills and Experience**:

- Essential: Experience in Joinery
- Advantageous: Experience in plumbing and basic electrics
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise a busy workload
- Forklift Truck (FLT) driving skills or willingness to learn
- Advantageous: Possession of a CSCS card

**Key Attributes**:

- Committed to offering first-class customer service
- Enthusiastic team player
- Motivated self-starter
- Thorough, methodical approach
- Displays integrity in all interactions
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Proactive
- Expert time manager
- Highly professional with a positive attitude

**What You Will Get in Return**:

- Competitive salary and bonus scheme
- Generous holiday allowance (increasing with service)
- Option to buy extra holidays
- Option to sell or carry over up to 5 days holiday
- Group pension
- Christmas Shutdown
- Overtime available
- Annual salary review (each January)
- Life Assurance (2x annual salary)
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Free onsite parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Training and progression opportunities
- Secure employment in a family-run, well-established company (trading over 80 years)
- Open door policy
- Employee referral scheme
- Benefits scheme (discounted retailers’ scheme)
- Corporate Eyecare Scheme through Specsavers
- Direct communication with the MD/CEO and regular staff satisfaction surveys

**Equal Opportunity Employer**:
Thank you for your interest in working for Wernick Hire

**Required Criteria**
- Experience in joinery is essential
- Full UK driving license

**Desired Criteria**

Basic plumbing and electrics

**Skills Needed**

**About The Company**

**Why Build Your Career with Wernick Group?**

**Rich Heritage, Progressive Future**:As a family-owned and operated business since our inception, we blend traditional values with a forward-looking approach. This unique combination ensures a work environment that respects legacy while embracing the future.

**Diverse Opportunities**: Our expansive operations, with 40 centres across 36 UK locations, offer a vast array of roles and career paths in the public and private sectors. From modular building solutions to off-grid power, your professional journey can be as dynamic and varied as our services.

**Commitment to Excellence**:At Wernick, excellence isn’t just a goal; it's our way of life. We pride ourselves on providing outstanding product quality and service, creating an environment where your work directly contributes to customer satisfaction and business success.

**Continuous Investment in People**:We believe in nurturing talent from within. Through ongoing training and development opportunities, we invest in your future, ensuring that your career at Wernick is not just a job, but a journey of growth and learning.

**Simplicity and Efficiency**: Our business model is streamlined to reduce bureaucracy, enabling you to work in an environment that values decisiveness and efficiency. This approach allows you to focus on what you do best, without unnecessary complications.

**Environmental and Social Responsibility**: We're committed to reducing our carbon footprint and ensuring a safe, positive working environment. Working with us means being part of a team that cares for the planet and its people.

**Company Culture**

**Clear path to progression**:We believe everyone should have a clear path on how they can progress. That’s why we have developed the Wernick Way Forward, a personal development plan catered to each employee.

With the Wernick Way Forward, we provide a roadmap that outlines clear and achievable steps for employees to follo

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