We are currently recruiting for a Car Pound Operative in Charlton.
Pay rate: £17.90 per hour.
Hours: Full time (Monday - Friday 09:00am-17:00pm)
Contract duration: Temporary ongoing
Key Responsibilities:
- Receiving, processing and disposal of vehicles and property in the pound in accordance with statutory regulations.
- Supervising of loading and unloading of vehicles in accordance with statutory regulations including Health and Safety at Work Act, Institute of Vehicle Recovery standards (IVR), Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) and Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR
- Receiving and processing of vehicles, to include, confirming vehicle identity upon arrival, the accurate completion of vehicle removal forms, entering the information contained on the forms onto the ELVIS system and ensuring a high degree of accuracy is achieved.
- Move vehicles into designated storage area. Where applicable considerate to the provision of evidential continuity in relation to vehicles removed under PACE, POCA, RTA and statutory removals.
- Use of specialist vehicle movement equipment, ensuring the correct Health and Safety and operating procedures are followed at all times and complete all necessary paperwork in relation to this equipment. Reporting any faults found in the vehicle moving equipment to the pound manager.
- Processing of vehicles including searching post forensic examination, restoration or pre-disposal checks. Processing and recording of property, including cash, drugs, weapons and valuables in accordance with VRES SOP's.
- Significant numbers of vehicles removed by VRES are accident damaged and present significant Health and Safety risks. These vehicles require careful processing as they present danger from damage and fluid spills. Ensuring care is taken when undertaking this work and in accordance at all times with Health and Safety Risk Assessments and using dynamic Risk Assessments when required.
- Dealing with oil and fuel spills because of accident damaged vehicles. These must be dealt with in accordance with Health and Safety risk assessments and disposed of in accordance with environmental legislation.
- Conducting regular pound inventories, identifying vehicle movement issues, checking physical inventory against electronic records ensuring 100% accuracy. Compiling a post inventory report detailing incorrect movements, discrepancies, vehicle husbandry and general performance.
- Undertake preliminary vehicle document checks at triage point.
- Working within front counter areas, open to the public daily. Being proficient in handling and examining driving licences, ownership documents, and insurance policies. Utilising bespoke ID verification equipment, police, insurance and vehicle databases as well as own knowledge of security markings to authentic such documentation
- Considerate to providing high level customer service and always remaining professional, dealing with a wide variety of people from all walks of life, including victims of crime and those that are wanted for arrest. Processing of customers in line with time current VRES guidelines. To include assimilating intelligence and financial query resolution.
Key Criteria:
- Must hold a valid full UK drivers licence.
Apply online or contact Terri O'Keefe at Peel Recruit.