Part Time Supplies and PPE Technician – Trowbridge – Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Job number:

DWFRS – CORP00689

Contract Type:

Permanent

Location:

Wiltshire

Department:

Assets

Closing Date:

26-Jan-2025

Job Title: Part Time Supplies and PPE Technician – Trowbridge

Grade: Grade D

Salary: Part time salary based on 18.5 hours per week: £14,546 per annum rising by annual increments to £15,793.

Full time equivalent: £29,093 per annum rising by annual increments to £31,586.

More information on salaries and progression can be found on our pay and policies page.

Hours: Part time 18.5 hours a week

Wednesday 08:30 – 15:30

Thursday 08:30 – 15:00

Friday 08:30 – 15:00

Location: Trowbridge Stores, Trowbridge Fire Station

Appointment Type: Permanent

Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact Sarah Leyden, Supplies Manager on 01722 691344 or email sarah.leyden@dwfire.org.uk

Closing and Interview date: The closing date for applications is Sunday 26^th January 2025 (midnight). It is intended that interviews will take place on Thursday 6^th February 2025 at Trowbridge Fire Station. Should you be shortlisted for interview, further details regarding the interview format will be provided before the interview date.

About the role

Due to internal promotion, we are recruiting for a part time Supplies and PPE Technician to join our Supplies Team based in Wiltshire.

This is a great opportunity to join a friendly and experienced team who are passionate about delivering integral supplies across the Service.

This is a varied and interesting role where you would act as a first point of contact for the Supplies Warehouse based at Trowbridge Fire Station to include taking in deliveries of stock, overseeing storage of stock and stock checks, maintaining accurate records on the Asset Management System and providing a Sizing Service to all Uniformed Employees for kit such as uniform, PPE and breathing apparatus. The successful postholder will undertake regular driving duties in a Service van to support with the PPE laundry provision.

This role requires the postholder to have excellent customer service skills with the ability to build rapport quickly. In this role you would be the first point of contact for the Warehouse, you would meet new recruits to complete the sizing service function, as well as speaking with Suppliers and internal employees on a daily basis either face to face, on the telephone or via email.

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the Job Description and Person Specification.

Other Information

• You must be able to fulfil all essential requirements of the role as listed on the Person Specification.
• You must have a full current driving licence and be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role. Use of your own vehicle will be required; however, a Service vehicle may be available. Please note Service vehicles are manual transmission only. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, we would still welcome your application and will explore any reasonable adjustments that could be put in place.
• The role involves some evening and weekend working.
• A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical and receipt of satisfactory references, and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.
• Upon appointment you will be required to adhere to the requirements of a Health Surveillance Programme and attend an Occupational health appointment for baseline readings.
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This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier.  Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. Benefits include

• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave
• A variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Flexi time scheme
• Health & well-being services
• Blue Light Card and local discounts

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