Warehouse Supervisor / Lifting Equipment Technician

Are you a great team player who also thrives whilst working independently?

Are you looking for a career in the entertainment industry managing a warehouse, its processes, and equipment?

Rigging Services now has a fantastic opportunity for a Warehouse Supervisor / Lifting Equipment Technician to join the team at our Birmingham branch.

If you would like an opportunity to work within this industry representing a leading company, carrying out the high-quality work that is needed whilst working within a fantastic team on events and venues that gives you a variety of work where one day isnever the same, we would love to hear from you.

Rigging Services is a major supplier of rigging equipment and design solutions, for the theatre, live event, conference, exhibition, visitor attraction, film, and television industries.

Based in East and West London and Birmingham we supply professional rigging solutions for sale or rental to clients anywhere in the world – coupled with outstanding support aided by our overseas business partners.
• *Key duties of the Warehouse Supervisor / Lifting Equipment Technician**:

– Liaising with the Centralised Sales and Management Teams
– Be actively involved in managing stock control, data entries, and other processes as required from day to day
– Ensuring all company standards are upheld, in particular working to all safety specifications and legislation
– Supervising the work of other warehouse-based technicians and operatives
– Be responsible for the training and mentoring of new and existing team members, leading by example in a hands-on capacity
– Ensuring all work areas are clean, tidy, and comply with good workplace standards for cleanliness and hygiene
– Working closely with the hire controllers and managers to ensure the inventory is correctly processed and stored
– Maintaining, inspecting and testing company and customer equipment in accordance with all statutory regulations, periodic examinations of lifting equipment and accessories in accordance with all statutory regulations for our clients and our own inventory
– Helping maintain a large inventory of hire equipment
• *Benefits**:

– Competitive salary
– Bonus Scheme
– Pension Scheme
– Paid overtime
– 20 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• *Additional Information** Working hours are 08:00 – 17:00 (with some overtime expected).
• *Essential Skills** We are looking for an inspirational leader to steer our team of talented individuals and to help them reach their potential.

You will receive all the support you need from our senior management team as we work together to bring success to this department and the company as a whole. We work with a wide range of small and large corporate clients across a range of entertainment industrysectors, so the challenges are varied every day.
• *Desirable Skills** We are looking for a genuine team player who can work alongside a team of experts and industry professionals. Come and be a part of a winning team, working amongst like-minded people, who want to put a ‘zing’ in everything they do.

Additionally, the following technical abilities would be preferred:

– Lodestar and Liftket trained technician
– LEEA qualifications are desirable; additional training is offered on other items
– Electrical or hire inspection background
– Driving Licence
• *About Company** Rigging Services was established in 1997 as an equipment resource for all areas of the entertainment industry. Staffed by personnel with strong experience in lifting equipment, production management, and rigging, the operation has grown to become one ofEurope’s leading rigging equipment suppliers, dealing with all the major players in live production services.

With five strategic locations and future plans to increase our network further still, our reach across the UK continues to improve resulting in greater convenience to our clients.