Loading Dock Supervisor

Job Title: Loading Dock Supervisor Salary: £33,195 (inclusive of shift allowance) Location: East London Hours: Monday - Friday with 2 shift patterns: 5am-3pm / 12pm-10pm Suitable applicants will be required to participate in a 1st stage telephone interview, with a 2nd stage Skype/Webex video interview to follow. Your New Employer: We are recruiting for an organisation that is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (in terms of 2014 revenue). Our client has more than 70,000 employees and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 400 offices worldwide. This organisation is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. Your New Job as a Loading Dock Supervisor: To ensure that the loading dock/car parking and goods lifts facilities provide a safe, secure and efficient service for the building, tenants and other legitimate users. Main Responsibilities To be responsible for the “day-to–day” operation of the loading dock areas and adjacent areas and to ensure that all activities are carried out in a well disciplined, efficient and co-operative manner for the benefit of all legitimate users of the loading dock facilities. To ensure that all tenants and other authorised persons using the loading dock facilities comply with the agreed regulations and procedures. To ensure the proper admittance of authorised vehicles and to ensure that the drivers are directed to the appropriate bays/ delivery areas. To record all tenant deliveries in accordance with the agreed procedures and to supervise vehicle unloading and goods clearance from the dock area to ensure rapid turnaround. To control and supervise the operation of the goods lifts in accordance with the agreed procedures and use the associated computer software programme to co-ordinate and schedule this activity. To arrange porterage as appropriate. To check all deliveries (quantity, size, etc.) against the delivery advice note before accepting or signing off. All shortages or damage must be reported and recorded on the delivery advice note. To ensure that the loading dock/car park areas are kept clean and tidy at all times, and that the proper cleaning procedures in the vicinity of the waste compactor/containers are carried out to ensure that hygienic conditions are maintained. To ensure that only authorised and trained personnel use the equipment and machinery located in the car park/loading dock areas. All faults and defects to be reported to the building “Help Desk”. To arrange for the delivery and collection of waste compactors/containers to ensure that an efficient service is maintained for the removal of waste from the building. To maintain good working relations with tenant representatives and suppliers/ contractors using the facilities and to use the e-mail facility as required to confirm bookings and delivery activity. To supervise the arrangements in respect of the collection/delivery of uniforms and overalls for building staff as required. What You’ll Need to Succeed as a Loading Dock Supervisor : Previous experience in supervising/operating a busy loading bay of a large warehouse, logistics or distribution site is essential. The duties will include some form of heavy lifting and strenuous physical activity. Therefore, the incumbent must have the ability to undertake such duties. Possess IT skills and be computer literate. Must be able to drive a forklift truck and be in possession of a current licence. Possess hand signalling skills. The incumbent must have an appreciation of the importance of customer service and how this is applied throughout the business. We are acting as an employment business for this role. Unfortunately, we cannot respond to every candidate however, we may retain your CV for future vacancies. If you have not received a response from us within 7 days after applying, your application is unfortunately unsuccessful. As this is a full-time opportunity, you will need to be eligible to work in the UK and have all necessary documents to demonstrate this, as well as qualifications appropriate to the role. We’ll use your data to process your application, to allow us to assess your suitability for a role and improve our sites. We may share your data with third parties to achieve these purposes. We will not share your data for marketing purposes. We will keep your data safe in accordance with data protection legislation. If you would like further information on how your data may be used please visit http://www.london-works.com/privacy-policy If you are unhappy with the use of your data, you can change your mind at any time by emailing info-at-london-works.com