Tool Hire Assistant

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Are you based in the Reading area? Do you have a passion for working with people?

Jewson a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is on the hunt for a Tool Hire Assistant who\’s as passionate about great service as we are.

We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 33 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)

Hours – 7.30 – 5.00 Monday to Friday and every other Saturday morning 8-12

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery and collection of tools and equipment using a 3.5t vehicle, talking customers through how to use them on site
• Carry out basic maintenance and cleaning of our tool hire equipment in the workshop
• Develop great relationships with new and existing customers, understanding their needs, and providing advice and solutions so that you can deliver the best experience possible
• Use our in-house systems to process customer orders, organise tool hire delivery and collection, keeping customers updated throughout their journey
• Working according to Health & Safety compliance

What’s in it for you?

• Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) – with Legal & General
• Life Assurance – From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
• WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)
• Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
• Employee Discount
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks
• New Reward and Recognition programme – launching soon!

Required Skills And Experience

• Previous industry experience preferred but not essential
• Stellar communication and people skills
• Customer focussed individual
• Full driving licence, held for a minimum of 1 year (manual transmission)

About Us

At Jewson, we\’re proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We\’re a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.

If you\’re ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Wholesale Building Materials

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