Depot and Stores Operative - Edinburgh City Workshop

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Depot & Stores Operative
Operational Services

Salary: £26,788 - £30,751 per year
Hours: 36 per week

We are recruiting for an experienced Depot Stores Operator.

The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for a Depot Stores Operative to join our busy Fleet and Workshops operation.

The position will report into the Depot &; Stores Team Leader however day to day reporting will be dependent on the base location for this role currently operating from our Plant Maintenance Workshop at Peffer Place. The City of Edinburgh Council has several depot location throughout the city. The role of the Depot Stores Operative is to maintain and manage stock holdings of the stores department facilitating the Operational Services of the organisation including Fleet Services, Workshops, Roads, Waste and Parks services. In addition you will be expected to assist customer inquiries, liaise and work with external suppliers including taking deliveries and maintaining general upkeep of site and yard. You will also be required to assist the workshop with collecting of parts and equipment as well as help with vehicle changeovers for servicing needs.

It is essential that you possess experience of working in an operational engineering environment and are comfortable with controlling and issuing of parts associated with such industries as roads infrastructure or vehicle and plant maintenance. Maintaining the balance between stock on the shelf and associated cost as well as planning for upcoming work allocation is key therefore experience of working to a 'just in time' culture and maintaining levels of imprest stock is key.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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