Heavy Cranes Operations Support Administrator

Heavy Cranes Operations Support Administrator

Full Time, Monday to Friday (On-Site)

Ainscough Crane Hire, the UK's leader in lifting solutions, is seeking to fill a role in our Heavy Cranes team dedicated to ensuring all administration in the department is taken care of; including wages, PPE ordering, hotels and travel requirements, purchase orders and managing training records. 

Benefits for an Operations Support Administrator

• Bi-Annual retention bonus (worth £3k per year)
• 24 days annual leave plus an additional day at 2 years service, 5 years service and 10 years service
• Holiday purchase, the option to buy an additional 5 days each year (via salary sacrifice)
• Group life assurance 3 x basic salary
• Company Pension
• Access to the Ainscough Advantage (People Value) benefits platform

About Ainscough Crane Hire

At Ainscough, our "Always Making the Safe Choice" ethos drives everything we do. We excel in contract lifts, crane hire, and specialist projects, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Check all HCD weekly paid wages are correct, authorise and complete
• Monitor all HCD PPE and ensure is replenished and tracked
• Support the team by making Hotel, Hire car bookings
• Support the HCD Ops team with raining Purchase orders and ensure they are kept up to date to prevent out of period costs
• Responsible for all meeting room bookings and ensuring catering is charged to the correct Cost Centre
• Responsible for all training records and medicals and ensuring recertification is completed
• Ensure all office visitors are inducted and met with their escorts
• Support the Operational Manager with fleet vehicle servicing and compliance
• Track spend and ensure Operational Office spend is minimised  
• Assist the Operational team with booking site inductions

Person Specification

• Minimum GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English - Desirable Experience:
• 2-years’ experience of working within a team environment in an Admin role. Knowledge: (all Essential)
• Regional geographical knowledge
• Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of working within a time critical service environment
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation Skills: (all Essential)
• IT literate – comfortable using systems including, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good time management skills
• Organised with the ability to simplify complex issues
• Able to communicate at all levels, both in verbal & written form.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent numeracy skills

Behaviours

• Reliable
• Enthusiastic
• Team Player
• Able to use own initiative
• Not afraid to question or challenge
• Positive outlook

• Helpful & Co-operative
• Hard working
• Flexible