Job Title: Banksman
Location: St. Albans
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
The Company:
This well-established privately owned company has an enviable reputation for providing top quality customer service to its broad range of commercial customers within both the private and public sectors. Experiencing continuous growth the company now wishes to appoint a bright and friendly person, with a flexible manner and working style, to join their growing team.
The Role:
Banksman will be responsible for ensuring the efficient management of the traffic area at the St Albans Depot under the Management of the Weighbridge and Yard supervisor. The banksman is in charge of helping manage the traffic flow, movement and direction of site vehicles. Ensuring deliveries are tipped in the correct areas and grading is completed as required. There are a large number of vehicles entering and leaving the Yard so the banksman is an essential part of the smooth flow of vehicles on the site.
You are required to have good communication skills verbally and when on 2 way radio, strong interpersonal and the ability to give good clear instructions as well as to undertake instructions from Management and supervisors.
Reporting directly to the Operations Manager on a daily basis, ensuring that all day to day issues are addressed and all prior days issues are resolved and updated if still outstanding.
Maintaining a Safe working environment at all times and an excellent Health and Safety Standard, through close monitoring of driving in and around the St Albans site.
Key Duties:
- Clearly direct vehicles and mobile plant at all times
- Minimise the amount of reversing where possible and be aware of the dangers caused by reversing
- Use practical techniques and agreed system of signalling and hand signals to assist drivers and operatives in all manoeuvres
- Be visible to drivers at all times whilst directing vehicles and plant
- Stand in a safe position, from which to guide all vehicles without being in the way
- Keep traffic areas free from pedestrians
- Be fully compliant with PPE requirements of the site
- Communicate clearly and effectively on the 2 way radio at all times
- Report all near miss incidents involving vehicle movements in the yard to the Operations Manager and complete associated paperwork
- Comply with all H&S, HR and Environmental policies and procedures
Key Skills & Experience:
- Good command of the English language
- Clear hand to eye coordination
Please click the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job title of; Parking Operations Co-ordinator, Guideman, Traffic Management, Site Traffic Coordinator, Heavy Vehicle Coordinator, Banks Man, Guide Man may also be considered for this role.
