Company Description Benefits:
- 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
- Plus your birthday off
- 3 volunteering days
- 3 days grandparent leave
- 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave
- Secondary career leave
- Wedding/commitment day leave
- Free meals on shift
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
- Pension and life insurance
- Discounts available on our HAPI app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
- Wellbeing hub
- Access to employee assistance programme
- Cycle to work scheme
Do you have a passion for providing genuine hospitality and impeccable service? Are you a collaborative team player? Are you friendly, professional and efficient? Yes? Then this is the role for you. At BaxterStorey, we believe that every interaction is an opportunity to create a lasting impression, that’s why we’re looking for an events porter who strives to exceed expectations at every turn. As a trailblazer in the hospitality industry, we are excited to open our doors to individuals who share our passion for delivering exceptional experiences and creating unforgettable moments.
We believe that it is our people that set us apart, that’s why as a member of our team, you will be supported in an inclusive environment that encourages growth and celebrates diversity. We will invest in your development with ongoing training, to ensure that you have the skills and knowledge to thrive in your role, and we guarantee a good work-life balance, because we believe that people excel when they are given the space to take care of themselves.
Job Description - Delivery and movement of stock and equipment between event spaces, including returning items back to designated storage areas.
- Support in the set up and break down of various event spaces, including layout changes.
- Delivery of ingredients, packaging, ready to eat products and consumable items to customers operational sites in accordance with the planned delivery schedule.
- To comply with all security, and H&S requirements at customer sites
- Ensure cleanliness of vehicle before commencing deliveries and record condition of the vehicle on the appropriate paperwork within required timescales
- Ensure vehicle refrigeration equipment is always working correctly and record the vehicle temperature when loading and at all delivery locations.
- Assist the Goods in Team where necessary.
- Ensure all items are loaded in good condition and safely secured in the vehicle before commencing the delivery round.
- Carry out before and after use checks in line with operational procedures.
- Complete defect reporting and driver run sheets as and when required.
- Report all accidents, near misses, incidents and damage to vehicles, property, and street furniture.
- Drop off and collect vehicles from various workshops and garages when required.
- Ensure all delivery documentation including sales invoices (when relevant) accompany with each delivery run.
- Check the product/vehicle temperature at the point of each delivery and record on the delivery documentation. Copies of refrigeration temperatures records to be handed over at the time of delivery
- Ensure customer signs for goods delivered in good condition or any issues recorded on the copy of delivery note returned to the distribution centre
- Inform company of any issues during each delivery round as soon as is reasonably practical.
- Collect and return any reusable transit packaging such as plastics trays for cleaning and sanitisation at the distribution centre.
- Pass on any feedback from customers as soon as is reasonably practical
Qualifications Full, clean UK driving licence is essential, held for minimum of 3 years. Must be eligible to drive short wheel base vans.
Previous experience desirable but not essential, the ideal candidate will be flexible, motivated and collaborative with a positive can do approach to tasks.
Additional Information For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.
We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.
Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.
Join us, and be part of the food revolution!
BaxterStorey Values:
ALWAYS VISIONARY
We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.
WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE
We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.
CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE
We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.
FOREVER CONSCIOUS
We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.
Interested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we’d like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.
BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.
Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.
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