Materials Team Leader - Painter Brothers

About the role

Are you an experienced materials professional who knows how to keep a busy production site moving safely and efficiently?

Painter Brothers is looking for a proactive Materials Team Leader to coordinate incoming materials, support day-to-day operations and lead a team to deliver high standards of safety, quality and performance.

What you'll be doing

• Lead setting-to-work briefings under the direction of the General Foreman and allocate tasks at the start of each shift.
• Coordinate the safe unloading, recording, organisation and distribution of materials across the site.
• Load and unload trailers using appropriate materials-handling equipment.
• Ensure strict compliance with UK health and safety requirements and promote a safe, clean working environment.
• Train, mentor and develop team members to improve individual performance and team flexibility.
• Build a culture of continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to improve safety, quality, output and efficiency.
• Ensure non-conforming or rejected materials are clearly identified, segregated and tracked.
• Report operational issues promptly to Team Leaders and management.

Who we're looking for

About you

• You bring a positive, enthusiastic and practical “can-do” approach.
• You are reliable, self-motivated and enjoy working collaboratively as part of a team.
• You are confident using telehandlers and forklifts.
• You can read, understand and complete workplace process documentation accurately.
• You have a good understanding of health and safety and take pride in maintaining a safe, organised workplace.
• You are willing to learn, embrace new ideas and support continuous improvement.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience in a steel fabrication environment.
• Experience handling, recording and accounting for materials.
• Experience operating overhead cranes and other plant.
• Practical experience operating forklift trucks and telehandlers.
• Basic computer skills, including the ability to read and work from stock sheets.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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