
Posted 2 months ago
Multi-Skilled Operative - Donabate, Dublin
DonabateOn-siteFull-time
AI Summary
Multi-Skilled Operative who performs carpentry, slinger/signaller, and painting tasks; maintains, repairs, and installs hire and sales units; and ensures safe, compliant operation on site.
About this role
Role: Multi-Skilled Operative
Salary:€40,795.00
Role based: Donabate, Dublin
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
**You must have a full Irish Driving Licence**
We are seeking a Multi-Skilled Operative to join the Portakabin Ireland team in Donabate, Dublin.
The successful candidate will have Slinger/Signaller or carpentry operational experience and will assist with the day-to-day activities of the Operations Department, including the refurbishment, fitting out, and installation of hire and sales units, as well as small projects. This role ensures that all hire fleet and sales units are properly maintained, repaired, and cleaned.
Salary:€40,795.00
Role based: Donabate, Dublin
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
**You must have a full Irish Driving Licence**
We are seeking a Multi-Skilled Operative to join the Portakabin Ireland team in Donabate, Dublin.
The successful candidate will have Slinger/Signaller or carpentry operational experience and will assist with the day-to-day activities of the Operations Department, including the refurbishment, fitting out, and installation of hire and sales units, as well as small projects. This role ensures that all hire fleet and sales units are properly maintained, repaired, and cleaned.
Key Responsibilities
• Loading and off-loading, moving cabins (Slinger/signaller ticket / 9T forklift driver licence).
• Painting and decorating hire fleet (painting experience).
• Fit and replace doors and windows, Build partitions as per drawings, Repair walls and floors (Carpentry experience).
• Maintain a safe, organised and compliant working environment, in line with health, safety and environmental standards.
• Carry out refurbishment, fit-out and installation activities in line with technical specifications, SOPs, RAMS and company standards, ensuring work is completed safely and to the required quality supporting on-time and cost-effective delivery for customers.
• Apply trade skills and experience to complete tasks independently, solving problems where possible and escalating issues when required to maintain progress.
• Work to agreed refurbishment and fit-out timescales, contributing to cost-effective and efficient project delivery.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the team, supporting activities outside own trade or expertise where qualified or experienced to do so.
• Painting and decorating hire fleet (painting experience).
• Fit and replace doors and windows, Build partitions as per drawings, Repair walls and floors (Carpentry experience).
• Maintain a safe, organised and compliant working environment, in line with health, safety and environmental standards.
• Carry out refurbishment, fit-out and installation activities in line with technical specifications, SOPs, RAMS and company standards, ensuring work is completed safely and to the required quality supporting on-time and cost-effective delivery for customers.
• Apply trade skills and experience to complete tasks independently, solving problems where possible and escalating issues when required to maintain progress.
• Work to agreed refurbishment and fit-out timescales, contributing to cost-effective and efficient project delivery.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the team, supporting activities outside own trade or expertise where qualified or experienced to do so.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Experience and practical skills are gained within a specific trade:
***Operational experience in carpentry*** OR
***Practical operational experience in slinger/signaller operation***
• Practical operational experience potentially within a construction environment
• Practical operational experience in painting.
• Driving licence.
• Practical skills are developed through technical training combined with supervised hands-on application.
• Industry recognised trade qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of site, yard, refurbishment and fit-out practices, including safe systems of work.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Proven ability to apply trade skills independently to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality outcomes.
Skills
Technical Skills, Communication, Time Management, Health & Safety Compliance, Problem Solving, Attention to Detail, Team Collaboration, Advanced Computer Skills, Manual Dexterity, Adaptability.
***Operational experience in carpentry*** OR
***Practical operational experience in slinger/signaller operation***
• Practical operational experience potentially within a construction environment
• Practical operational experience in painting.
• Driving licence.
• Practical skills are developed through technical training combined with supervised hands-on application.
• Industry recognised trade qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of site, yard, refurbishment and fit-out practices, including safe systems of work.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Proven ability to apply trade skills independently to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality outcomes.
Skills
Technical Skills, Communication, Time Management, Health & Safety Compliance, Problem Solving, Attention to Detail, Team Collaboration, Advanced Computer Skills, Manual Dexterity, Adaptability.
Benefits
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays, option to buy 5 days
• Contributory pension including life assurance scheme
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Opportunity for career progression
• Contributory pension including life assurance scheme
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Opportunity for career progression
Skills
CarpentryDriving LicenceForklift Truck OperationMethod StatementsNVQ Level 3Painting And DecoratingRAMSRisk AssessmentsSlinger/SignallerSOPs
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