Sawmill Operative

**Are you a customer focused, enthusiastic individual who enjoys working in a busy trade environment?**

We have an exciting opportunity for a **Sawmill Operative **to join our team in **Huddersfield **on a **temporary to permanent, full-time **basis.

The aim of this role as a key member of the **Myers Timber Supplies** team, is to undertake yard duties, provide excellent customer service and help to maintain operational effectiveness. In doing so, this position plays vital role in achieving sales budgets and profit growth.

**The successful Sawmill Operative will receive a competitive rate of pay plus fantastic benefits including;**
- Excellent Holiday Allowance (including day off on your birthday) which increases with length of service.
- Pension Scheme
- Training & Development Programs to help meet your career ambitions
- Staff Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
**Applications for this Sawmill Operative role are invited from individuals who**:

- Are enthusiastic with a positive attitude
- Enjoy working with customers in a busy trade environment
- Have a desire to progress further with their careers
- Are adaptable with a desire to learn and develop with the business
- Have knowledge of building products or timber sales or related trades
- Are customer focused
- Enjoy working as part of a team
- Forklift truck experience would be an advantage although training will be provided
**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Contribute to the delivery of the Myers Timber Supplies sales and margin targets whilst maintaining a value proposition for the customer
- Contribute to a proactive culture of H&S, ensuring everyone in the team complies with the Company HSE policies and procedures
- Take direction from the Sawmill Supervisor on all matters relating to yard activities and keep them informed of any matters that may impact the branch
- Maintain stock in the yard ensuring all paperwork is completed accurately and in full
- Maintain safe and efficient yard operations to ensure a consistent high standard of appearance, safety and security:

- Flow of traffic
- Unloading, loading and despatch
- Equipment and plant inspections
- Housekeeping
- Maintain display areas in the yard in order to maximise customer engagement and sales
- Liaise proactively with customers on a day to day basis and undertake relevant yard duties in order to fulfil customers’ needs
- Identify and act on opportunities for increasing sales, reducing costs and increasing efficiency
- Communicate efficiently with all members of the team
- Seek and continuously develop product knowledge
- Any other reasonable duties which may be required by the Company from time to time, as instructed by or under the direction of your line manager
**Skills and Attributes**
- Must be PC literate
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight schedules
- A professional attitude, demeanour and experience in customer service
- Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Must be self-motivated, with a ‘Can Do’ attitude
- Must have strong interpersonal skills and can solve problems at source
- Must possess excellent organisational skills and good time management
- Must be self-driven, genuine with a positive attitude and clear focus
- Must be sufficiently mobile and flexible to work beyond the call of duty to achieve results
- Ability of operate mobile plant as required
- Have a suitable health and fitness level to conduct work appropriately

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temp to perm

**Salary**: £10.20 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift