Location: Purfleet
Salary: Dependent on experience
Job Type: Permanent – 40 hrs per week – Mon/Fri
Acclaim Handling is a successful and growing independent Forklift Distributor in the UK. Our business is focused around the hire, sale and maintenance of Forklift Trucks and other Mechanical Handling Equipment.
Acclaim Handling has been a key supplier of forklifts and Material Handling equipment since the company was founded in 1982 as a specialist Materials Handling service provider with a focus on servicing, hire, sales, and leasing. Our motto is, and has always been; Success built on service.
Today, Acclaim has grown from its original headquarters in Purfleet, Essex, to an award-winning national company with eight regional support centres. We’re proud suppliers to an extensive list of distinguished customers across the UK and Ireland.
Position Description:
Summary Of Job:
We are currently looking for a diligent and reliable Materials Handling Equipment Instructor to join our team. This is a permanent position working from our Purfleet Depot, but travel within the South of the country is required in line with business needs.
The Company
Acclaim Handling was founded in 1982 as a materials handling service provider strategically headquartered in Purfleet next to M25/Dartford Crossing with regional service centres in Norwich, Spalding, Rugby, Reading, Maidstone, Portsmouth and Liverpool, serving London, the Southeast, Home Counties, East Anglia, the Fens, the Midlands, the north and through our partner network, the rest of the UK and Ireland.
Our Forklift Truck Training Department are a professional team that takes pride in having trained over 700 RTITB registered Instructors, as well as many thousands of Forklift Truck Operators.
With our dedicated full-time trainers, we administer all types of forklift truck and equipment training on our premises and on customer sites.
The Role
You will be carrying out training at our centres in Portsmouth, Essex and Kent, but also deliver training at our customer sites throughout the country. This position is Monday – Friday with a flexible attitude on hours, travel will be required.
The Candidate
A full UK driving licence is required and you must have experience in delivering similar training on Counterbalance, Reach, PPT and other equipment, further training will be given where required.
The role requires that you have either an RTITB, AITT or ITTSAR instructor certification that is in date, preferably with a minimum of 2 years’ experience and have a good knowledge of warehouse and logistics movements. Have the ability to work unsupervised and possess good people skills, be able to work as part of a team accurately and complete all relevant paperwork in a timely manner. Have a smart appearance (uniform provided), be reliable and a good timekeeper, and essentially have good communication skills. Be prepared to travel which on a rare occasion could include nights away from home (expenses paid).
Please note: You will be required to complete a conversion course to achieve RTITB registration if not already in place.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Full induction.
- Required Training.
- Immediate starts available.
- Company car.
- Monthly pay.
- Pension.
- Company laptop.
- Company mobile phone.
- 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 25 within 3 years).
- Life Assurance 3x basic salary.
An ideal candidate for this post would reside in the Hampshire and Sussex border region of the country.
Pay. Salary subject to experience and qualifications.
If this is something you are interested in please contact Dan Newman-Portch and Zoe Devonport at our Acclaim Handling Training Team at training@acclaimhandling.com
Applications by email only, strictly no agencies.
