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Tool Hire Customer Apprentice

  1. Permanent - Full time
£Competitive + Benefits
  1. Travis Perkins
  2. Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear

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Monday - Friday 7:30 till 5 and every other Saturday

Newcastle upon Tyne

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We are Travis Perkins Hire and we have a unique opportunity for an ambitious person to join our team in Burnopfield on our Tool Hire Development Programme.


Tool Hire Development Programme? Never heard of it, next…!


Woah woah woah … hear me out… 🔨


It would be no surprise to us that you’ve never considered Tool and Plant Hire as a career, in fact, a number of our managers and directors can say the same thing but have successfully carved out a successful career in an industry they’ve grown to love. Take Charlotte as an example. Charlotte joined us on our Tool Hire Development Programme after working in the care sector and is now an Assistant Manager in our Wycombe branch. You can read about Charlotte’s story here.


I guess you want to know what we do? 🔧


Travis Perkins Hire has over 250 locations nationwide that are responsible for supplying our customers (typically tradespeople, builders etc) with top of the range hire equipment that allow them to complete jobs for their customers. From drills to ladders, diggers to dumpers, we provide it all with an unrivalled service, which is why we’re known to be the best in our industry. If a customer wants it, we will find it, simples!


And I suppose it’s important you know what you’ll be doing? ⚙️


From serving customers over the counter, answering the phone to deal with customer enquiries, to cleaning and maintaining our equipment, you’ll cover it all. No two days are the same here, and you’ll establish some great relationships with our customers, most of whom you’ll see regularly.


Our Tool Hire Development Programme is a 12 month scheme that provides you with hands-on learning that brings you up to speed with anything and everything related to Tool Hire. To aid your learning, you will attend a number of online bite size learning sessions that prepare you for the coming months, coaching sessions via a dedicated coach and knowledge based webinars hosted by experts in our business.


This programme is focused on your development and factors study time into your working week so you can achieve your qualification without affecting your work-life balance. Along the way, our experienced team will provide you with plenty of support to ensure you get the best out of the programme. And it doesn’t have to end here, as we have a suite of development programmes that can support you to continue to develop your career with us, all the way up to the Boardroom. 


Hours of work: Our branches are open Monday - Friday from 7.30am - 5.00pm and Saturdays from 7.30am - 12.00pm. You will work 42.5 hours per week on a shift pattern during these opening hours and will be required to work every other Saturday morning.

Salary: £Competitive + 22 days holiday plus bank holidays, colleague bonus, life assurance, sharesave scheme and group wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation). On top of all of this, we have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from airport parking to theme parks to eating out and cinemas. 

What are we looking for?
We’re looking for individuals who are keen to immerse themselves within our business and who show the potential to be future leaders. We’ll teach you the knowledge and skills you need to be great within this role but on top of that you will be;
  • A natural people person – great with customers and colleagues alike
  • Driving licence required for this role
  • Someone with the ability to learn new systems and skills quickly  
  • Someone with basic mechanical knowledge or an interest in tools and equipment
In return, you’ll have every opportunity to drive your career forward within a large and expanding business with deep local roots and strong family values. 
 
About us
You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised, despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work that's why we have been voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010. We offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across our 5  leading businesses. We operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide and have over 20,000 colleagues.

Are you ready to join our team and grow an exciting career? Apply now.

*Applications currently open to candidates aged 18+


We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves. 
You be you, it makes us, us.

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