Job Title: Hire Desk Assistant
Location: Avonmouth, Bristol
Salary: Circa £24,000 plus competitive benefits
Job type: Full Time (Monday to Friday)
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.
The role:
We are actively seeking a Hire Desk Assistant who can demonstrate a positive, “can-do” attitude with high attention to detail. This is a varied and busy role, so we are ideally seeking someone who is super organised with oodles of confidence and excellent computer skills including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- 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.
Working experience required:
Previous experience with the crane industry, plant hire, or a hire desk would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be given.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary dependent on your skills and experience
- Generous holiday allowance
- Company pension
- Life assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
Hours of work are Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.30pm. This is an office-based role so only applications will be considered from candidates who live within a commutable distance of Avonmouth.
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.
King Lifting is an equal opportunities employer.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
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