Job Title: Hire desk assistant
Location: Southampton
Salary: £21,000 – £23,000 per annum, plus benefits.
Job type: Full Time – Permanent.
King Lifting is a recognised provider of crane hire to the construction industry and plant, machinery movement solutions from depots across the UK. We are a family owned business and proud of our name and success within our industry.
Introduction:
We are actively seeking a Hire Desk Assistant who can demonstrate a positive, “can-do” attitude and high attention to detail.
General Duties will include:
- Managing the arrangement of resources required for each order
- Using IT systems and administrative processes, including filing and processing documents
Raising contracts, job sheets, operator tickets and inputting customer timesheets - Organising site visits
- Dealing with daily sales calls to new and existing customers
- Chasing debtors and overdue payments
- Dealing with local authorities and traffic management companies managing road closures and permits
- Promotion of Health & Safety culture: incident reporting, PPE requirements, etc.
Personal Profile:
- Excellent experience of working with Microsoft Office and strong organisational skills are essential. We are ideally seeking a confident and professional individual who has the capability of working effectively as part of a busy team based around different geographical locations. Previous experience with the crane industry or plant hire would be an advantage.
In return you will receive:
- Competitive salary dependent on your skills and experience.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Company pension.
- Life assurance.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
Important information about this role;
Hours of work are Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.30pm. Applications will only be considered from candidates who live within a commutable distance of Southampton.
To apply, please note:
To apply, you must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Please note that if you do not receive a response within 14 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful, we thank you for your interest.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
King Lifting is an equal opportunities employer, for our full policy, please visit our website
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Senior Administrator, Contracts Administrator, Commercial Support, Administrator, Admin, Sales Support, Commercial Administrator, Technical Admin Assistant, Office Administrator, Office Assistant, Office Support, General Admin and Team Administrator will also be considered for this role.
