Site Assistant

Job Title: Site Assistant

Location: Sevenoaks

Salary: £26k - £28k per annum

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Rural Arisings Limited, formed in 2002 specialises in the recovery and reuse of wastes such as construction excavation and demolition arisings to create environmental enhancements on complex projects. Our primary area of work is the creation of new parks and recreational facilities on closed landfill sites, remediation of contaminated sites and restoration of quarries. We take projects from inception, through feasibility, design and construction. Our clients have included both public and private sectors.

We are seeking a site assistant to manage the deliveries and onsite activities as part of our team. Training will be given, and the role may expand into other tasks, when necessary. This will be a full-time permanent position with the working hours set between 7:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday. You may as a course of your duties be expected to work at our different sites on occasion.

Our current projects are: -

• Belhus Country Park, Essex - remediation of historic landfill to public open space.
• Cranleigh Brickworks, Surrey - remediation of former chemical works into green open space and housing.
• South Ockendon Community Woodland - remediation of historic landfill to public open space.
• Chevening Estate Parkland Enhancement - conversion of arable land into parkland delivering Biodiversity Net Gain

Duties to include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for site visitors
• Ensuring all vehicles entering are familiar with and obeying the site rules and restrictions
• Communicating with HGV drivers and directing them where to go
• Reviewing source-site data
• Ensuring waste transfer notes are received and legible
• Stamping and scanning tickets
• Entering data into databases
• Taking phone calls from customers
• Reporting issues to the manager
• Invoicing hauliers
• Other duties and expansion of role

Skills Required

• As an "Small/Medium Enterprise" (SME) we need a person who is flexible and should typically:
• Have a high attention to accuracy and detail
• Can pull out important information from technical documents
• Have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Have good verbal communication skills
• Be confident when speaking to new people
• Ability to be authoritative when required
• Be punctual
• Be organised
• Be able to work both as part of a close team and alone as required
• Previous experience in customer service is desirable (but not required)
• Full UK driving license and use of a car
• Candidates should have the right to work in the UK.

Development Opportunities

We are happy to provide training on any part of the role, in particular Waste Types and Permit regulations. In this position you will learn more about the waste and construction industries. Opportunity to work on other sites and expand role, subject to the company's workload.

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Construction Site Assistant, Assistant Site Manager, Site Maintenance Assistant, Site HR Administrative Assistant, Site Administrator, Site Support Assistant, Field Assistant (Site Support), Construction Site Coordinator, Site Engineering Assistant, Site Operative Assistant, Site Safety Assistant, Site Logistics Assistant, Site Operations Assistant, Junior Site Assistant, Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Building Surveyor, Estimating Assistant, Site Project Assistant, Site Intern / Trainee, Site Maintenance Engineer Assistant will all be considered.