About the role
Due to continued growth and investment, we have a new and exciting opportunity for a Weighbridge Operator to join our Team at our Longhoughton Quarry on a full time and permanent basis. Hours of work typically involve Monday to Friday working and Saturdays when required. Good rates of pay, regular overtime and benefits offered with immediate start available.
As a member of MGL Group, you will be committed to ensuring safe working conditions and adherence with all company principles, procedures, and regulations relevant to your role.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.
Role requirements
- Accurately produce tickets for materials coming both into and out of our depot / yard Ensuring vehicle, customer, material, delivery and tonnage details are all correct
- Ensure phone calls are answered in a professional manner and handled correctly
- Have a polite and professional approach with customers collecting materials and informing production staff of the customers’ tonnage and material requirements prior to loading
- Liaising with the transport manager and the sales and production team to maximise the revenue of the transport, keeping idle time and dead miles of our vehicles to a minimum
- Liaising with our other weighbridges when required
- Reporting any concerns with regard to delivery times, materials quality, material availability, health & safety, transport problems, production delays and plant breakdowns to sales/management
- Ensure customer credit limit warnings are highlighted and discussed with head office / line manager before supplying materials to the customer
- Monitor wagons using the vehicle tracking system to highlight any site issues and challenge drivers as and when required, taking into account driver’s hours and the working time directive
- Ensure adequate stationary and tickets are available and reordered through head office as required
- Handling our customer accounts and maintaining appropriate records
- Ensure weighbridge is clean and tidy
The ideal candidate
- Reliable, friendly, flexible and approachable, with excellent communicate skills to deal with customers and hauliers
- This is a busy position and previous experience in a similar role is preferred
- All applicants should be fully computer literate, ideally with knowledge of weighbridge operating software.
MGL Group fully supports Equality in Employment. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.
