Yard Manager
CV-LibraryAmpthill, Central BedfordshirepermanentPosted: 22 October 2026
Apply NowWorking within the busy and fast-paced Plant Department, you are the joint second in command in the yard and deputising to the General Manager. You need to be the eyes and ears out in the yard day to day ensuring the operatives are working in a safe way at all times.
Supervise Yard Operatives
* Ensure operatives are wearing the correct PPE for the task and are adhering to the standard of safety set.
* Monitor operatives performance, ensuring throughout the day jobs are completed and to the standards set.
* Ensuring start and finish time are punctual.
* Ensuring all daily/weekly forklift and power tool checks have been completed by spot checking on the Assettagz device.
* Reporting any H&S or operative issues to your manager.
General Duties
* Assisting the admin team with any queries/stock checks ect.
* Recording stillages and serial numbers – ensuring all pick tickets are returned to the plant admin team before 8am so delivery tickets can be processed for sites.
* Loading/unloading lorries
* Completing 6 monthly stocktakes
* Conducting weekly briefings & toolbox talks with the team.
* Ensuring the yard is tidy at all times, free from slips, trips and falls
General Admin Duties
* Organising delivery tickets from delivery tray and distributing to the yard/stores ensuring items are picked and loaded in a timely manner for when they are required.
* Planning deliveries, booking the lorries by writing on the transport board to suit the pick tickets. Always ensuring the vehicles are utilised as mush as possible.
* Processing delivery tickets by circling/highlighting items loaded
* Spot checking picks and uploading photos to the shared folder for deliveries.
* Processing returns by matching the yard paperwork with the sites, spot checking any discrepancies, emailing sites to confirm counting issues and uploading photos to the shared folder.
* Assisting the admin team each day with the delivery schedule (2:30-3pm)
Supervise Yard Operatives
* Ensure operatives are wearing the correct PPE for the task and are adhering to the standard of safety set.
* Monitor operatives performance, ensuring throughout the day jobs are completed and to the standards set.
* Ensuring start and finish time are punctual.
* Ensuring all daily/weekly forklift and power tool checks have been completed by spot checking on the Assettagz device.
* Reporting any H&S or operative issues to your manager.
General Duties
* Assisting the admin team with any queries/stock checks ect.
* Recording stillages and serial numbers – ensuring all pick tickets are returned to the plant admin team before 8am so delivery tickets can be processed for sites.
* Loading/unloading lorries
* Completing 6 monthly stocktakes
* Conducting weekly briefings & toolbox talks with the team.
* Ensuring the yard is tidy at all times, free from slips, trips and falls
General Admin Duties
* Organising delivery tickets from delivery tray and distributing to the yard/stores ensuring items are picked and loaded in a timely manner for when they are required.
* Planning deliveries, booking the lorries by writing on the transport board to suit the pick tickets. Always ensuring the vehicles are utilised as mush as possible.
* Processing delivery tickets by circling/highlighting items loaded
* Spot checking picks and uploading photos to the shared folder for deliveries.
* Processing returns by matching the yard paperwork with the sites, spot checking any discrepancies, emailing sites to confirm counting issues and uploading photos to the shared folder.
* Assisting the admin team each day with the delivery schedule (2:30-3pm)