Job description
Airlock Colleague/Drivers Mate
Hours - zero hours contract
Salary - £109.44 per shift worked
This is a fantastic opportunity to come and work for a company voted 5th in the Great Place to Work (Best Large Workplaces) awards 2018, and Number 15 in Europe in 2017! We have over 450 stores and over 310 Groom Rooms and are the UK's number one pet care retailer. Our business is fast-paced, innovative and fun and it's our people that make the difference.
We are recruiting for a zero hours Airlock Colleague to be responsible for the delivery runs based in the South West. Along with the driver, you will make product deliveries into stores and assume full responsibility for ensuring that the stores are securely locked, following the documented store requirements for pallet positioning etc.
The successful candidate will cover delivery runs for our Bristol, Taunton and Liskeard reps
Working days will be pre-arranged with your line manager and will require some short notice availability too
Hours of work range from 15:00-20:00 starts, working through to the early hours
Responsibilities:
- To hold store keys whilst on shift and alarm codes for all the stores on the Airlock run
- Accompany the Pets At Home / EV Cargo Delivery Driver on the Airlock Delivery run
- To gain safe and secure access to all stores on the Airlock run, and to allow the delivery to be unloaded
- To secure the premises after the delivery has been dropped
- Know and apply the health and safety and security procedures
- Deliver store order pallets into stores
- Act as key-holder on behalf of Pets at Home Ltd
- To check the pallet counts against the delivery documents and report any variances, on the driver’s paperwork
- Ensure that the security of the store is not compromised
- To assist in ensuring that deliveries are made on time, reporting any variances on the driver’s paperwork
- To ensure that Health and Safety procedures are adhered to at all times
- To ensure that any issues with keys/alarms are reported in a timely manner
- To perform any other reasonable management requests as required
- Ensure standards are being met and maintained
- Awareness, safety and well-being of others in line with Company procedures and requirements on safe working practices
- Attend each of the stores on the Airlock route and receive full training on the entry and exit routines including the risk assessment, safe system of work, setting of alarm codes, and use of the alarm panel.
The Benefits:
- £109.44 per shift, regardless of the length of the shift
- Birthday leave - 1 day extra leave to celebrate your birthday
- An extra days holiday when you become a new pet parent (Dog/Cat/Horse)
- An extra days holiday when you move home and half a day when your little one’s ‘fly the nest’!
- Pension Scheme
- Colleague Discount- 20% discount for you (plus one family member). This can be used in Pets at Home Stores, Groom Rooms, Companion Care Veterinary Services, and Pet Plan Insurance!
- “Treats” benefits- an online range of offers and discounts which are available exclusively to Pets at Home Colleagues
- Life assurance
- Contributory Private Health Care
- Celebrating Special Celebrations? You’ll get 1 extra week off and a gift to celebrate your wedding or civil partnership, and a gift from us if you are expecting or adopting a baby!
- Values Awards
About us:
At Pets at Home, we’re committed to making sure pets and their owners get the very best advice, care and products. It’s what’s driven our success. As we continue to grow, so does the demand for our pet care supplies. That’s why we’re expanding our teams. Join us, and you’ll see that we’re not any old Pet Store and Distribution Centre. We want to be the best pet care company in the world. And to help us get there, we aim to do the best for our colleagues.