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Yard Operative
Location: Gloucester GL2 5HY
Salary: £27,040
Are you passionate about vehicles and looking to kick-start an exciting career in the automotive industry? If so, we want to hear from you!
Join our dynamic team as a Yard Operative and play a vital role in ensuring our vehicles are prepared and managed efficiently for deliveries, collections, marketing, and storage.
This is a fantastic opportunity to build a rewarding career in a fast-paced and growing industry.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
Yard Duties
- Day-to-day yard duties with a focus on vehicle movement and organisation ensuring vehicles are processed along company pathway for deliveries, collections, marketing, and storage
- Clean vehicles as necessary to ensure high quality images
- Processing of logbooks, doc pack and keys that are either filed safely or disposed of correctly following GDPR rules
- Supporting GDPR & Salvage Personal Belongings Team with GDPR compliance & contractual SLA’s
- Ensuring quality control every step of the way with no damage to vehicles or parts
- Liaising with customers or our drivers loading and offloading vehicles
- Meet and greet customers coming to site, organise them for loading and help with their outstanding payments ensuring they all enter site appropriately dressed with the correct PPE etc.
- Maintain and take ownership of general housekeeping within your area and manage to a high standard to create a safe and streamline environment
- Supporting with processing stock inventory
- Destickering (taking stickers off vehicles) in line with client agreements and compliance
- Maintaining the highest health & safety standards within work environment
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Here's what you bring:
- Suitable candidates must have a full driving license
- Experience of working outside in all weathers
- The ability to accurately record the damage of vehicles, onto our system in a clear and concise manner
- Experience of using a forklift would be an advantage but not essential (onsite Forklift training with a reputable provider will be funded by the company)
- Able to work as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent attention to detail
- Basic IT skills
- Previous experience working in a salvage site and knowledge and/or an interest in motor vehicles would also be desirable but not essential
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What we offer:
- Day shift, Monday to Friday 08.30am - 5pm
- Fortnightly pay
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Free onsite parking
- Uniform and PPE provided
- Telus Health
- Discounted parts and non-auction vehicles
- Employee discount on Vodafone
- Paid day to volunteer for a charity of your choice
- 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Pension plan with 3.5% employer contribution
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once a suitable candidate has been found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
IAA is an equal opportunity employer and ensures non-discrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located.
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