Jobs currently available in the Cheddar area - October 24 2021

By Tim Lethaby

24th Oct 2021 | Local News

A job is available within Hiller Garden Centre in Cheddar
A job is available within Hiller Garden Centre in Cheddar

In an effort to help our readers who are looking for a new work position or a career change, we have compiled a list of roles currently available in the Cheddar area to give you a helping hand in your job hunt.


Assistant Manager 30 Hours Per Week - Cheddar

A fantastic retail opportunity has arisen for a Part Time Assistant Manager to join the Pavers team in Hillier Garden Centre, Cheddar.

If you love footwear and enjoy driving a team to beat their sales targets while developing your own leadership skills, then we would like to hear from you.

The ideal candidate will have a 'can do' attitude and be able to work in a team, while being able to use your own initiative and not be afraid to ask relevant questions and learn new things.

The Assistant Manager:

As the Assistant Manager you will have personality, enthusiasm and determination in order to create success for your store.

You will work closely with the Store Manager to ensure that company targets, KPIs, goals and standards are achieved. You will assist in the prioritisation and organisation of store activity to maximise sales.

We are interested in individuals who enjoy the challenge of the retail environment, want a rewarding career, have a passion for customer service, and have strong leadership, communication, planning and organisational skills.

You may be a current Assistant Manager/Floor Manager/Deputy Manager/Department Manager or a Supervisor in any environment and are looking for the next step in your career. Excellent training is provided to help you perform and develop to your full potential.

Bonus and benefits you will receive as our Assistant Manager:

- Generous staff discount

- Holiday entitlement (increases with service)

- Company contribution pension

- Access to RetailTRUST (wellbeing support)

- Access to RetailCURE (financial support)

- Discretionary bonus

- Access to the Pavers Foundation: an employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme

About us:

Pavers has been trading for more than 50 years and is a highly profitable family owned-and-run retail business with a strong balance sheet, more than 170 retail locations, and a rapidly expanding digital presence.

We also own the Jones Bootmaker and Herring Shoes footwear businesses, remain acquisitive, and employ more than 1,600 people.

We were recently recognised by Best Companies as one of the UK's Top 10 Retail Employers, are carbon neutral, have donated more than £1 million to charity in the past three years, are currently applying for B Corp accreditation, and are imminently undertaking a significant expansion and modernisation of our warehouse, head office and retail estates.

At Pavers we are passionate about providing comfort and happiness to our customers, and we make sure to employ people who are as passionate as we are.

We always look for happy, confident, upbeat people, and we provide great jobs in a supportive family environment for them.

We know that without our colleagues there is no business, and so the better we look after you, the better service you will provide our customers.

We strive for diversity of thinking across the business and believe strongly in supporting our local communities.

In 2018 we donated more than £2.2 million to establish the Pavers Foundation, with the specific purpose of providing grants for causes important to all our colleagues in the areas of health, education, and community.

Because every year we give a percentage of our annual profits to our foundation, our overarching aim is to be financially successful, but to achieve this in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

Job specifics:

Permanent, part-time. £9.64 per hour.

Click here to apply.


Store Manager - Cheddar

A Store Manager is wanted for a new store in Cheddar Gorge.

Role: You will be the leader and store manager of a fabulous store in Cheddar. You will ensure that all day-to-day operational aspects of the store are managed effectively.

You will be at the forefront of creating an exceptional environment for customers to come in and shop and inspire the team to deliver brilliant customer service.

You will be managing and controlling budgets and driving sales to ensure that the high levels of performance which are standard within this business are maintained.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the team in store
  • Drive performance and sales
  • Create an environment that creates an excellent experience for customers
  • Work along side your team to grow your store through driving sales and delivering excellent customer service

The successful candidate will have the following:

Experience and background:

  • Retail experience in either store management or senior management
  • Working within a fashion or accessory environment
  • Currently managing KPIs and budgets to improve their current store performance
  • Has a track record of driving sales and performance

Personal Attributes:

  • Leader and motivator
  • Inspiring individuals
  • Exceptional customer service
  • Business orientated
  • Ambitious and fun

Job specifics:

Permanent, full-time. Salary £22,000 to £26,000 per annum.

Click here to apply.


Quality Advisor Hinkley - Tarnock

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Advisor Hinkley (18 month FTC) to join our power transmission and distribution business based in Tarnock.

Role profile:

To improve quality performance. On a day to day basis, you will be responsible for supporting right first time every time, the external quality certification process and driving the "Elimination of Waste", "Right First Time" and reduction in the "Cost of Quality" all through:

- Supporting the delivery of Contract, Business Unit and SBU Quality Action Plans;

- Supporting and facilitating Quality management planning (including contract quality plans and industry specific plans e.g. NHSS, gas, water, etc.);

- Challenging current systems and processes to ensure best practice and continual improvement;

- Where required, supporting development of appropriate content for the business management system;

- Supporting quality related improvement initiatives;

- Providing advice and coaching on Quality issues;

- Helping drive Digital Progressive Assurance (DPA) in the project;

- Supporting Quality related training to equip the business with the skills to drive improvements in Quality performance;

- Interface with audit function to support locally where required;

- Supporting contracts to ensure they are compliant with Balfour Beatty & contract specific requirements;

- Where appropriate, providing Quality advice to our supply chain;

- Where required, providing Quality input to the tender development and bidding process;

- Production of appropriate reports and management information;

- Living the Balfour Beatty values;

- Ensuring a relentless focus on Zero Harm;

- Supporting the delivery of the Sustainability 2020 roadmap;

- Supporting the business unit external accreditation process (including ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS18001 and industry licences) to ensure it is able to operate in its chosen sector.

Who we're looking for:

Personal qualities and experience:

Essential:

- An understanding and commitment to quality management;

- Coaching skills;

- Ability to nurture strong relationships with delivery teams and project managers;

- Either a CQI Practitioner or willing to work towards practitioner status;

- Competent user of modern office computer systems e.g. Microsoft Office.

Desirable:

- A working knowledge of the sector in which the role is to operate;

- An understanding and knowledge of ISO 9001 and Internal Audit;

- Has an ability to gather, analyse and evaluate facts;

- Pays attention to detail and the ability to see things through to completion;

- Can deliver reports orally and written in an objective manner;

- Has good interpersonal and communication skills;

- Is a self-starter who manages their own time;

- Has an enquiring and questioning approach to audit work;

- Is able to work within a multi-discipline team;

- Is good at building relationships;

- Can demonstrate initiative and resilience.

Why work for us:

Day in, day out, our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from £50,000 schemes to £100 million plus major projects.

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future.

We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

About us:

Balfour Beatty's power transmission and distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions.

With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction.

In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on black inclusion.

Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Job specifics:

Contract, full-time. Salary negotiable.

Click here to apply.


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