Yard Operative

**Job Title: Yard Operative**

**Location: Grimsby, DN31**

**Salary: £23,286.19 per annum / approx. £11.09 per hour**

**Working Hours: 4 days on, 4 days off (6am-6pm)**

**Job Status: Permanent**

**The Role**

**Due to the current growth of BCA, we are looking to recruit a Yard Operative to work at our site based at Grimsby.**

Within this role, you will be working as a part of Yard Operations Team, assisting with the daily operations of a busy site through driving and parking various types of vehicles around the yard. You will be reporting to the Yard Team Leader and Supervisor. The yard and halls activities will be predominantly undertaken outdoors, this means that you will spend a significant proportion of their time exposed to all weather conditions throughout the year.

**Responsibilities**
- **Store and park all vehicles on site** within the fleet yard, via agreed valet/wash services, so that vehicles enter and leave the site in accordance with the daily program
- **Barcode all new vehicles** on arrival and tag keys
- **Log and remove** any valuable items left in vehicle
- Be responsible for **jump starting vehicles** when needed (training provided)
- Politely refer any issues, queries, or complaints to the relevant manager.
- Undertake any other tasks in the yard department to ensure that operational requirements are met within the agreed deadlines.

**Skills and expertise**
- Full UK Driving Licence (essential) - you need to be comfortable to drive manual and automatic cars
- You will be passionate to work within the motor industry and take pride in their work, to the highest standards of work set by customers
- You will need the ability to work independently and as a part of the team
- Excellent attention to detail

**Who we are**

We’re the biggest name in Europe’s vehicle remarketing industry, selling 1.3m vehicles per annum, across 60 locations and with a turnover of £2billion. We believe our people are the best in the business, they are friendly, expert and professional.

BCA is so much more than selling cars, from the dock to defleet and beyond, BCA touches over 3.5m vehicles a year, working with OEMs, fleet operators and dealers to provide the backbone of the UK's automotive supply chain. From technical and logistics services for new vehicles, refurbishment, storage and logistics for the growing used sector and the core remarketing and auction operation, BCA offers the economies of scale and diversity of services to meet the needs of an impressive portfolio of customers.

**Why work for BCA**

We are always interested in talented people to join our team. Because our employees are so important, we treat them properly. We try to make working for BCA rewarding in every sense, including a positive work environment, training and development opportunities as well as exciting career options.

As a company we are very charity focused with regular events taking place throughout the year to support various charitable organisations.

We offer plenty of benefits to our staff including:

- Discounts in the onsite canteen
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care scheme
- Access to BCA Rewards which provides online and store discounts with a range of retailers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Training/apprenticeship offering
- Discounts in AA memberships
- Deals on new cars
- Company pension scheme

**Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.