Yard Assistant - Bootle

Description:

Are you interested in working in an outdoor environment and using or building a knowledge of cars and car parts ?

Do you take pride in organising and ensuring things are clean, tidy and putting systems in place to keep things safe and well organised?

If so, a family run business, based in Bootle, is looking to recruit a Yard Assistant to support the team.

Working under the direction of the Receptionist/Site Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

• Ensuring the yard is kept clean and tidy by organising, cleaning and maintaining the yard, workshops and customer areas.
• Upholding that health and safety premises measures are in place to ensure the safety of customers and staff.
• Organising stock by ensuring appropriate labelling and storage parts.
• Assisting on site, customers requests for parts , retaining detail of the request and communicating with colleagues to support the sale.
• Collecting parts from the yard site from yard operatives and mechanics.
• Assisting mechanics where requested.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Hardworking and honest.
• Curious about cars and wants to learn more about car parts, dismantling and mechanics (car and parts knowledge an advantage).
• Happy to work in an outdoor environment.
• A team player with a friendly polite attitude and confident supportive approach when speaking to customers.
• Have excellent timekeeping and positive work ethic.
• Be self motivated and passionate about working to a high standard.
• Take initiative and proactive in assisting car operations and maintenance.
• Have an organised approach to storage and high standards of a clean and safe work environment.
• Be able to rely on memory and/or devise own system of recalling and finding storage of parts quickly.

Job Type:Full time; Monday to Friday.

Salary: From £19,000 per year.

Qualifications: GCSE or equivalent (preferred).

**To Apply:**If you are unemployed, please forward your CV to maria.platt@sefton.gov.uk or telephone Maria on 07815465609.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours of Work: FullTime

Expiration Date: 19/10/2022