Freight Assistant

**Salary**

£13.53 per hour

**Contractual hours**

40

**Basis**

Full time

**Package**
- A rewarding career - A competitive salary - Excellent training, development, and career progression - 37 days annual leave (pro-rata) - Staff travel pass for yourself, spouse/partner, and dependents - An industry leading pension

**Date posted**

10/03/2025

**Job reference**

REC000100605

**Two positions available on a temporary basis until December 2025**

**Role Overview**

As a member of the Port team, you will have a key role to play in ensuring that we deliver an amazing experience to all our customers, whether they are islanders, visitors from the UK or overseas or commercial customers.

You will also have key safety and security duties - assisting with maintenance of the store area, traffic management and any other duties as required by the Port Manager, as well as making sure out port meets our customers' expectations by undertaking various tidy up duties.

**Principal Accountabilities**

Stores, Freight & Waste Handling:

- Delivery of stores to vessel
- Waste handling and processing of vessel waste
- Organising special waste uplifts
- Receiving and logging freight deliveries
- Communicating with vessels and other departments

Maintenance and Cleaning:

- General upkeep and maintenance of the store area, including cleaning duties
- Report any maintenance issues or safety hazards to supervisors
- Maintaining food hygiene standards through compliance checks and accurate record keeping

Equipment Operation:

- Operating equipment such as forklifts and vans and carrying out compliance checks and pre-use checks

Security and Safety:

- Remaining vigilant and reporting concerns around the safety and security of personnel and property to the Port Manager
- Dealing with the marshalling of traffic into the Port area
- Any other duties as required by the Port Manager

**Qualifications, skills and experience**
- A passion for delivering excellent customer service
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- To be proactive when it comes to problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Basic IT skills
- To demonstrate our values on a day-to-day basis
- Have a good understanding of the CalMac services
- To be able to commute to and from the terminal on a daily basis
- Have a full UK driving license
- Be flexible to working, as shift and weekend work will be involved
- Be able to work with initiative as a self-starter, without supervision
- Be willing to be a team player in a dynamic, proactive, and fast-paced environment

**Extra Benefits**
- You will be provided with full uniform and PPE as well as excellent training, development, and good career progression.
- You will also receive unsociable hours payment of 12.5 percent for shifts which start before 08:00 and/or end after 19:00. The basic hourly rate will be paid at single time for every hour up to 40 hours per week, every hour above this will be paid at 1.75 times the basic hourly rate.