Logistics Chargehand

Are you ready for a new challenge within Construction Logistics?

Do you want to work for a business who genuinely values and empowers its employees?

Do you want to work for business that is committed to your development, progression, and well-being?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Logistics Chargehand (Blue hat) at Hinkley Point C.

As a** Logistics Chargehand**, you will play a key role in providing controlled receipt and issue of tools, materials and equipment from our stores and compounds. You will be reporting to the Logistics Manager for Stores and your main role will be to supervise stores operatives (Ratio 1:8) ensuring they are working safely in line with RAMS, DABS and HPC processes. You will be responsible for delivering familiarisation, competency training and toolbox talks and you will keep records for audit purposes. You will ensure that all compounds are set up correctly, have the relevant equipment, documentation and safe walkways. This will be a very busy role with conflicting priorities, and we are looking for someone who wants to join us who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has the ability to work with blue and white collar workforce. You will be part of a great team, who are supportive and friendly.

**What do you get from us**:

- **Role** - Full Time, Monday - Thursday, 39 hours per week
- **Salary**: £22.40 per hour.
- **Annual leave: 5.8 weeks per year (pro rata)**:

- **Company Pension Scheme**:

- **Life Assurance Scheme**:

- **Access **to an** Online GP Service **for you and your dependents
- **Learning & Development - **we actively encourage progression and offer various eLearning courses, progression, training whilst on site, apprenticeships, and in-house training courses.
- **Health and Wellbeing **Employee Assistance Programme and access to mental health support specialists
- **Reward & Recognition **Access to an industry leading Employee Benefits Platform offering lifestyle savings and discounts on most high street retailers, a Reward and Recognition programme.
- **Referral Scheme **Chance to earn £600 for referring a friend (conditions apply)
- On site medical facilities provided.

**A typical day in the life as a Logistics Operative**:

- To carry out the Daily Activity brief and set the team to work.
- To ensure the completion of daily checks sheets, report any defects to the manager and keep records for audit/data recording purposes.
- Deliver familiarisation/competency training and keep records for audit/data recording purposes.
- Ensure all PPE, equipment and consumables are stored, accounted for and records kept for audit/data recording purposes.
- Ensure all equipment and consumables are stored correctly and at the correct temperature and humidity.
- Ensure all equipment that requires certification is kept in date and reinspected as appropriate.
- To ensure all storage containers are secured when not manned.
- Set up/maintain exclusion zones when required.
- To ensure all stores containers are kept organised, clean, tidy and free from obstruction.
- Ensure all material that requires quarantine is secured promptly.
- To ensure all compounds are set up correctly, have the relevant equipment, documentation and safe walkways.
- To ensure all material deliveries are receipted correctly, ensuring receipt paperwork is completed, filed and relevant departments are updated.
- To inform all operatives of any changes related to site duties or site requirements - sign off POWRA where required.
- Give TBT's to operatives on a weekly basis and keep records.
- Any additional reasonable duties requested by the line manager.
- Ensure your team do not get tasked by others without authority.
- Ensure that HPC code of conduct is followed at all times.

**What are we looking for?**
- A CITB Supervisor H&S test (to be completed before the start date).
- SSSTS Certification (or working towards).
- Previous Supervisory experience.
- Experience working in a centralised construction logistics team.
- Demonstrate knowledge of material storage processes.
- Demonstrate the ability to think and act quickly in emergencies or under pressure.
- Provide evidence of the ability to deliver clear verbal instruction and provide written reports where necessary.
- Maintain a high standard of personal presentation.
- Demonstrate reliability and have strong time management skills in order to ensure team effectiveness and availability
- Demonstrate through experience, the qualities of a supervisor.
- Demonstrate a knowledge and experience of stores accounting.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the management of Calibration, P.A.T and thorough examination processes.
- An understanding of the principles of equality and diversity.
- An interest in and commitment to the work of Wilson James for its clients.

**Desirable**
- First aid at work
- HPC Incident Controller
- HPC TMIC
- Manual Handling trained
- Basic IT skills

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