Location: Preston

Hours: 42.75 Monday - Friday per week

Salary: Competitive

Overview of the company and role: Global Ardour Recycling Limited are a national recycling and waste management business, operating sites nationwide to offer services to recycle scrap metal, scrap cars and much more. We’re industry leaders, developing ground-breaking Energy from Waste technologies. We’re also one of the country’s largest scrap car recyclers, processing up to 10,000 every month across our sites. At the heart of our business are our employees and to support the growth and development of everybody who works for us, we have developed a dedicated training facility that caters for all learning styles and supports the development of all employees.

As demonstration of our commitment to our employees and their families, we proud to pay no less than a living wage to any employee and offer enhanced maternity and paternity benefit.

Key duties/responsibilities:

• Removing engines from accident damaged and recovered vehicles safely and to ensure that they are suitable for re-sale to the trade and public
• Dismantling cars and removing panels
• Carrying out quality control checks prior to and after removing parts to ensure fit for purpose
• Compliance with manual handling guidelines
• Achieving agreed dismantling targets for removal of engines
• Ensuring machinery and equipment is safe and maintained in working order - preventative maintenance
• Ensuring compliance with environmental and health and safety policy and rules
• Maintaining good housekeeping practices ensuring area is always clean and tidy
• Ensure high standards of Health & Safety
• Load & unload vehicles with a forklift
• General yard operations & housekeeping duties
• Provide cover for other roles on site as required

Skills required:

• Enjoys working in a busy team and able to work effectively on your own
• Enjoy working outdoors
• Has mechanical interests
• Experience in vehicle mechanics - (Desirable)
• Must work well under pressure
• Demonstrate a positive and determined attitude towards Health and Safety
• Good communication skills (Essential)
• Previous experience within the Recycling sector (Desirable)
• Experience of operating a forklift truck/mobile plant (Desirable)
• Be well organised with structured approach to work
• Be able to understand and follow safe systems of work and structured processes

Benefits include:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Closing date: N/A

Contact: [email protected] OR apply via Indeed: https://uk.indeed.com/job/export-yard-operative-3203ceb0580162c0