Equipment Partner

Job description

About the role

The Equipment Partner provides vital support throughout the campus’s 24-seven operation, ensuring the site goods yards are maintained to high standards and meeting the operational needs of the business. This is achieved by delivering day to day core activities, product and equipment moves and Engineering reactive support across the sites in a safe and efficient way.

As an integrated part of the Campus Engineering Team, the Equipment Partner supports both operational and engineering teams by delivering reactive, planned and improvement tasks which are essential to the continually developing automated fast paced environment. The successful completion of these activities with talented Partners contributes towards the Campus Engineering business objectives.

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Salary - The pay rate for this role is £12.21 - £12.60 per hour, plus a shift premium of 25.5% due to the evening working (calculated on the hourly minimum of £12.21).

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Contract type - This position is a 6 month secondment/fixed term contract. 

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Working hours - Working hours for this role will be 37.5 hours per week, 14:00 - 22:00 Monday to Friday, with rest days on Saturday and Sunday.

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Location - This role will be based at our Magna Park National Distribution Centre.

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Please be aware that this is a physical role, which will require some manual handling.

Key responsibilities

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Goods yard ownership, maintaining high housekeeping standards across the Magna Park sites, ensuring outstanding presentation of the goods yards by having an eye for detail.

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Engineering support for seasonal requirements and operational needs of the business, which includes reactive maintenance of the goods yards and equipment moves.

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Maintain effective communication links with the Engineering Shift Managers.

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To sort and stack all pallets removed from the operation.

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To contact the appropriate company and arrange removal from site, while being mindful of operational needs.

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To arrange for stock of pallets to be replenished from other sites when the need arises.

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Manage the skips on site, ensuring that materials are correctly disposed of in the appropriate skips to maximise recycling possibilities.

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To liaise with transport planning to arrange and coordinate for regular trailer moves to be added/removed from the daily schedules as and when required.

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To liaise with Partners/Managers to keep the operation stocked with enough pallets to perform their duties.

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To manage and make arrangements for the collection and disposal of all recyclable goods such as cardboard, plastic and polystyrene.

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To control the standards to which all bales are prepared, making sure they are safe to stack. If not, return to the compactor to rework.

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To manage the standards for good practise when loading bales onto trailers for the safety of those dealing with them at the mill.

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To manage the upkeep of records (KPIs) for both collections ordered and quantity of product sent.

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To build good relationships with our customers within the business and external contractors.

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To identify and resolve any problems arising from miscommunication/errors during the booking process for disposal of all products.

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Liaise with the Biffa site manager to arrange for the exchange of skips for wood/metal.

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Use of the correct PPE.

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Ensure all vehicle checks are done and kept up to date, reporting any defects to the relevant party.

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Maintain good and accurate records of what, when and where products have been disposed of making them available for other interested parties.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

● Computer literate

Desirable skills/experience you may have

● Forklift/ROPT License

The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:   

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.   

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.   

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.  

 

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