Operations Assistant

A highly responsible, varied and interesting temporary to permanent role requiring strong communication and organisational skills. It will temp for around 2 months before becoming permanent. You need good office experience and administrative skills. A car driver essential due to location. Need to be available immediately as you will be training during August. You have to be available to temp initially. Great team to work with. Job Profile: To assist with processing all damage recharges, book repairs into external body shops, daily audit of fleet, distribution of keys and general office duties. Responsibilities: Oversee the off-hire process, ensuring external inspection, mechanical inspection and hoist inspection are carried out within 24 hours of the vehicle returning to the depot. Assist Vehicle Technicians and Hoist Engineers with vehicle damage identification. Changing the status/location and booking all vehicles in and out of the site before/after 3 rd party repairs. Carry out vehicle audits and daily availability reports. Distribute and log all key movements. Open jobs on in-house system for workshop repairs. Raise POs on in-house system for third party repairs. Ensure that the company’s health and safety policy and procedures are adhered to in relation to all depot operations. Any other ad-hoc duties. Requirements: Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong organisational and planning skills Car owner essential – they are tricky to get to on public transport Excellent attention to detail Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Excel Ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure Demonstratable problem solving skills The ability to meet deadlines Hours: 8am - 5pm 1 hour lunch Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 per annum dependent on experience Location: Normanton, Wakefield (Car driver essential) Job Type: Temp to Perm (2 months temp then permanent) Due to the amount of response we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals, if you have not heard back within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for. By applying to this advertisement, you are hereby giving consent for Jo Holdsworth Recruitment to hold your details for a 30 day period and contact you via any method of contact you have listed on your application.

Location: Wakefield, UK, GB

Posted Date: 8/12/2025