Careers At Whale Tankers
We currently have 6 jobs available.
5 Decades' Trading
Our Greatest Asset
With over 5 decades of trading and over 220 employees our experience has taught us that our employees are our greatest assets
11 Years' Average Service
Long Service
With an average length of service of 11 years’ we don’t like to lose people once they have joined.
Excellent Training
Ongoing training
Full induction programme that includes Health and Safety, manual handling and job-specific training with an ongoing commitment to training.
Company Benefits And Bonuses
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, we offer a number of benefits including Bupa membership
Our Ethos
With over 5 decades of trading and over 220 employees, our experience has taught us that our employees are our greatest assets. With an average length of service of 11 years, we don’t like to lose people once they have joined.
Absenteeism is low and we aim to keep it that way by offering benefits of BUPA and bonuses to encourage and help people come to work.
Rewards
As an employer, Whale Tankers provides a range of rewards and benefits for people who join the team. Whale recognises the contribution employees make to the success of the business.
We offer:
- A competitive salary
- The opportunity to invest in our share ownership scheme
- A company-funded pension scheme
- 25 days’ holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays
- A number of bonuses
Training
We offer a full induction programme that includes Health and Safety, manual handling and job-specific training among other areas.
Equal Opportunities
Whale strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applicants regardless of age, gender, race or disability.
Current Vacancies
Hours: Working week 42 hours and some Saturdays
Monday to Thursday: 8am to 5pm
Fridays: 8am to 4.30pm
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Parts Department
Salary: Salary is negotiable and is dependent on skills and experience.
Package:
- Company Pension Scheme
- BUPA
- Comprehensive bonus structure
- Opportunity to join share ownership scheme
Job Description:
Management of busy and expanding parts department suppling a comprehensive range of tanker parts for Whale Tankers and from other manufacturers.
This role will include:
- Management of Parts Department
- Management of parts team including rota’s
- Complying with Health and Safety procedures
- Ensuring Customer satisfaction
- Business development
- Managing Warranty Returns
- Signing of customer credits
- Management of customer impressed stock
- Managing Sales margins
- Management and development of Whale Parts Direct website
- Attending trade show as required
- Regular meeting with Key accounts
- Management of couriers
- Managing parts exports
- Attending customers sites when required
- Occasional overseas travel
Personal Attributes:
- Excellent communication skills
- Be of a practical and decisive nature with the ability to use common sense when reviewing issues
- Customer focussed
- Be a good problem solver with the ability to see an issue to its end
Skills Required:
- Working Knowledge of a Parts Department
- Management experience
- Excellent computer skills
- Excellent customer service skills both face to face and on telephone
Please apply by application form or emailing the following email address with your CV attached: Hr@whale.co.uk
Hours: 39.5 hours on a rotating day shift pattern
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Logistics (factory based)
Salary: Start rate £19,500 – £20,000 dependent on experience
Benefits:
- Opportunity to increase pay linked to ability and experience
- Successful candidates will have the opportunity for training and career development
- Competitive Company Pension Scheme
- Private medical insurance (BUPA)
- Comprehensive bonus structure
- Opportunity to join share ownership scheme
Job Description:
Your responsibilities will be:
- Goods Inwards
- Dispatch
- Kit building
- Aiding internal customers
- Ensuring all paperwork is filed for traceability
- Ordering stock to minimum and maximum levels
- Making goods available for issue
- Scanning certification
- Maintaining a clean, organised and productive work area
- Adhering, and working, to Health and Safety regulations
Full training will be given to the right individual
Job Requirements:
- Previous warehousing/stores experience is essential
- A full driving licence is essential
- A forklift license is desirable
- Attention to detail
- Basic computer skills – including good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Organised
- Good housekeeping
- Flexible hard working and reliable
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to use your own initiative
Please apply by application form or emailing the following email address with your CV attached: Hr@whale.co.uk
Hours: 39.5 hours
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Finance (Office based)
Salary: £20,000- £22,500
Benefits:
- Competitive Company Pension Scheme
- Private medical insurance (BUPA)
- Comprehensive bonus structure
- Opportunity to join share ownership scheme
Job Description:
Your responsibilities will be:
- Cash receipt allocations and banking
- Chasing of Debts via phone/email
- Reconciliation of customer accounts
- Resolving customer queries
- Liaising with internal departments to resolve queries
- Running Debtor reports including monthly statements
- Placing customers on hold for non payment
- Taking court action where applicable
- Maintaining customer records/credit limits/setting up new accounts
- Occasional reception desk cover
- Any other ad hoc duties
Job Requirements:
- Credit Control experience
- An aptitude to communicate effectively across all levels and functions in the business
- Good time management skills
- Ability to prioritise
- High attention to detail
- A team player, willing to help others
- Computer Skills, in particular Microsoft Office
- Ability to use your own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure
Please apply by application form or emailing the following email address with your CV attached: Hr@whale.co.uk
Contract Duration: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Production (factory based)
Salary: Once fully skilled £34,600 per annum. Start rate dependent on experience
Benefits
- Opportunity to increase pay linked to ability and experience
- Successful candidates will have the opportunity for training and career development
- Competitive Company Pension Scheme
- Private medical insurance (BUPA)
- Comprehensive bonus structure
- Opportunity to join share ownership scheme
Job Description:
Your responsibilities will be:
- Working in the main production area building our tankers
- Pipe welding in both Mild Steel and Stainless Steel
- Fabrication
- Chassis fitting
- Maintaining a clean, organised and productive work area
- Adhering, and working, to Health and Safety regulations
- Full training will be given to the right individual
Job Requirements:
Essential:
- Background working in a production
- environment particularly body building
- Basic hydraulic and pneumatic knowledge
- Ability to read drawings
- Being mechanically minded
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to use your own initiative
Desirable:
- Mild Steel and Stainless Steel Mig welding experience
- Experience in both light and heavy gauge welding
- Fabrication and fitting skills
- Forklift truck and overhead crane licence
Please apply by application form or emailing the following email address with your CV attached: Hr@whale.co.uk
Hours: 37.5 hours on a rotating shift pattern
Contract Duration: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Production (factory based)
Salary: starting salary DOE top rate of £25,000 when fully skilled
Benefits
- Competitive Company Pension Scheme
- Private medical insurance (BUPA)
- Comprehensive bonus structure
- Opportunity to join share ownership scheme
Job Description:
Your responsibilities will be:
- Carrying out pre delivery inspections on all vehicles according to the pre delivery
inspection checklist - Ensuring all work carried out meets the quality standards set
- Reporting all defects and resolving those within your capabilities
- Completing all relevant paperwork
- Maintaining a clean, organised and productive work area
- Adhering, and working, to Health and Safety regulations
- Any other ad hoc duties
- Full training will be given to the right individual
Job Requirements:
Essential:
- Good time management skills
- Ability to prioritise
- High attention to detail
- Desire to produce high quality work
- Logical approach to tasks
- A team player, willing to help others
- Computer Skills
- Ability to use your own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure
- Provide your own hand tools (we can assist with this if you do not have any)
- A full clean driving licence
Desirable:
- Background working in a production environment particularly body building is an
advantage - HGV Class 2 licence
Please apply by application form or emailing the following email address with your CV attached: Hr@whale.co.uk
Hours: 37.5 hours on a rotating shift pattern AM/PM
Contract Duration: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Test Pad (factory based)
Salary: Once fully skilled £34,600 per annum. Start rate dependent on experience
Benefits
- Opportunity to increase pay linked to ability and experience
- Successful candidates will have the opportunity for training and career development
- Competitive Company Pension Scheme
- Private medical insurance (BUPA)
- Comprehensive bonus structure
- Opportunity to join share ownership scheme
Job Description:
Your responsibilities will be:
- Working through the test procedure to ensure our commercial tankers are built to
specification and comply with relevant legislation - Complying with Health and Safety procedures
- Ensuring the continuous flow of work through the Test Area
- Fault finding, troubleshooting and resolving problems on a day to day basis
- On the job training will be conducted where appropriate
Job Requirements:
Essential:
- An engineering background including knowledge and understanding of pneumatic,
hydraulic and electric circuits - Whale Tankers Product Knowledge – ability to operate/run vehicle systems.
- Ability to drive is essential
- The ability to manage your own time
- Able to read and inspect to customers specifications
- Knowledge and experience working with commercial vehicles, plant machinery / HGV
vehicles - Be of a practical and decisive nature with the ability to use common sense when
reviewing issues - Have the desire to learn on a daily basis
- Be a good problem solver with the ability to see an issue to its end
- The ability to work at heights and in confined spaces
Please apply by application form or emailing the following email address with your CV attached: Hr@whale.co.uk
Hours: 37.5 hours on a rotating shift pattern
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Production (factory based)
Salary: starting salary DOE £28,000- £31,000 with the ability to get up to £34,600
Benefits
Company Pension Scheme
BUPA
Comprehensive bonus structure
Opportunity to join share ownership scheme
Job Description:
Your responsibilities will be:
- Working in the Final Assembly area of our factory, building our tankers after the paint process has been completed
- Fitting pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical systems to our tankers
- Maintaining a clean, organised and productive work area
- Adhering, and working, to Health and Safety regulations
- Full training will be given to the right individual
Job Requirements:
Essential:
- Hydraulic and pneumatic knowledge
- Ability to understand drawings
- Ability to use your own initiative
- Team working
- Attention to detail, working to high standards
- Being mechanically minded
- Ability to work under pressure
Desirable:
- Experience in or an aptitude for vehicle electrical systems would be beneficial
- Background working in a production environment particularly body building
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