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Merton Community Transport are Recruiting enthusiastic, friendly, and organised drivers to enable elderly and vulnerable service users to travel to various locations in and around southwest London. The ideal Candidate will have experience within passenger transport, a valid D1 drivers’ licence and able to pass background checks according to company policies. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Drive to safe and professional standards (D1/PCV standards), all vehicle types operated by MCT in accordance with the Highway Code, including adherence to traffic and parking regulations and Blue Badge provisions. • Using accessible vehicles equipped with a ramp or tail lift, transport passengers to/from designated collection points in a courteous and safe manner. Ensure passengers are correctly secured in the vehicle with a seatbelt or with the use of various specialist wheelchair securing mechanisms. • Undertake at start and finish of duty vehicle checks in accordance with legal and company requirements, report/deal with defects according to company procedures. Ensure that all necessary equipment for a day's duty is present on the vehicle and in good condition and refuel vehicles as may be required. • Assist passengers on a door-to-door basis. This involves, lifting and carry shopping and/or belongings for passengers to and from their destination, lift and carry equipment such as shopping trolleys, walking frames, folded manual wheelchairs and other aides required by the passenger. • To Manoeuvre passengers in wheelchairs of various sizes up and down kerbs and on and off the bus. For a more in-depth job description, please contact us. All staff to report to our depot based in Mitcham at the start and end of each shift. Shift work, Including weekends and late evenings (opportunity for extra shifts available). Training Provided and Full enhanced DBS check will be carried out.
About Us Approved Air is a leading provider of specialized HVAC services, committed to ensuring the highest standards of air quality and system performance in healthcare and industrial environments. Our services include comprehensive validation, rebalancing, testing, and maintenance to meet and exceed industry standards. We are looking for a skilled and experienced HVAC Validation and Testing Engineer to join our dynamic team. If you are passionate about maintaining high standards in air quality and system efficiency, this role is perfect for you. Key Responsibilities Validation: Conduct thorough validation of new installations to ensure compliance with Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) standards. Provide detailed assessments and reports on system performance. Rebalancing: Perform rebalancing of HVAC systems to achieve 100% – 110% of specified designs, ensuring optimal system efficiency and performance. DPC Testing: Carry out Discrete Particle Counting (DPC) as an alternative to traditional DOP testing, ensuring high levels of accuracy in filter performance assessments. Clean Up Rates Testing: Execute clean-up rates testing in accordance with BS EN ISO 14644 standards to evaluate an area's capability to eliminate airborne particles effectively. Verification: Use your industry knowledge to undertake verifications, producing industry-leading reports that help our clients maintain high standards of air quality. Particle Counting: Utilize specialized equipment to conduct particle counting in designated Clean Rooms, providing detailed reports on particle sizes at multiple measurement points. Duct Sampling: Perform duct dust sampling with independent certified laboratory analysis to provide accurate and reliable results for clients. LEVS Testing: Conduct testing of Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems (LEVS) throughout hospitals, offering professional advice on system improvements and providing comprehensive performance reports. Pre-Planned Maintenance: Execute full cleans of Air Handling Units (AHUs) and provide detailed reports with before and after photographs to document the work carried out. DOP Testing: Conduct filter integrity leak tests on high-efficiency filters to ensure that neither the filter nor its housing allows for bypass, maintaining system integrity. UCV Entrainment Testing: Perform ultra-clean ventilation (UCV) entrainment testing to monitor contamination levels within ultra-clean airflow environments. Active Air Sampling: Conduct active air sampling and swab testing to determine the cleanliness and colony-forming unit levels within specific areas, ensuring compliance with cleanliness standards. Qualifications and Experience Education: Relevant qualifications in HVAC Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. Experience: Previous experience in HVAC validation, testing, or maintenance within healthcare or industrial environments. Technical Skills: Proficiency in using specialized equipment for particle counting, DPC testing, and LEVS assessments. Knowledge: Strong understanding of Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) standards, BS EN ISO 14644, and other relevant regulations. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to produce detailed technical reports. Attention to Detail: High level of attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of work. Why Join Approved Air? Professional Development: We offer continuous learning opportunities and support for professional development to help you advance in your career. Cutting-Edge Technology: Work with the latest equipment and technology in the field of HVAC validation and testing. Impactful Work: Be a part of a team that plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and compliant air quality in critical environments. Supportive Environment: Join a friendly and collaborative team dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in the industry.
JOB VACANCY Business & Financial Project Manager CONTRACT TYPE Permanent HOURS 9am to 5pm (with a 30-minute unpaid break) 37.5 hrs per week PRINCIPAL PLACE OF WORK 25 Portico Road, Derby DE23 3NJ 6 Burlington Way, Derby DE3 9BA Please note: Location of work may occasionally vary based on business needs, however, Home-working opportunities are available. SALARY £52,900.00 per annum (£27.13 per hour) We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced Business and financial project manager (SOC: 2440). The ideal candidate will be the driving force behind the growth, success, stability and execution of our projects as well as manage our contracts. You will not only design and complete our projects, but will be the organisation’s financial advisor and responsible for our budgets in various business aspects. You will be responsible for managing and overseeing all our business contracts, service agreements and projects with various stakeholders. Your will advise the company on business and project viability, finances, improvement of our services, marketing, bidding and competitive strategy. Our ideal candidate will be highly experienced in formulating strategic and long-term business plans, assessing the implications for the organisation financial mechanisms and overseeing their implementation. A creative, pragmatic and imaginative and forward-thinking persona will be expected. Additionally, one must have experience working in Children’s Homes and an enhanced understanding of the services we provide. Building a solid and dependable team requires clarity of vision and planning, therefore, your organisation skills coupled with the ability to remain calm, collected, and methodical whilst having a clear overall picture of projects, will be required. We will help and encourage you to confidently grow within your role in the company as our goal is aggressive expansion. Joining us at the beginning of our rapid expansion trajectory, is a great opportunity to pioneer our growth with us. Though this role is a 9 am to 5pm role, work patterns may vary, and this will largely be determined by the nature of project being undertaken. The ideal candidate must be flexible and adaptable. Who we are We are a rapidly growing organisation which was established in 2021 with a simple goal – to provide effective child and family services. Our core values encompass qualities that represent our company and culture. We are committed to providing outstanding care for children and young people. We believe every child has the right to feel seen and heard, and to know that they are cared for. We believe that by creating safe and nurturing environments and providing personalised care and support, young people can thrive and be helped to realise their potential. Key Responsibilities · You will formulate strategic and long-term business plans, amend and update them, assesses the implications for the organisation financial mechanisms and oversees their implementation. · Additionally you will conduct external and internal audit programmes, arrange for the collection and analysis of accounting, budgetary and related information, and manage the company’s financial systems and policies. · You will advise on staffing levels appropriate for accounting activities whilst providing advice on factors affecting business performance, through SWOT analyses to improve on the organisation’s management processes and structures to enhance effectiveness. · You will formulate timescales, costs, budgets and resources needed. · You will steer all new ventures and projects from inception to handover and completion · You will facilitate the generation and procurement of contracts, tenders and packages whilst supporting their generation. · You will draw up detailed plans, negotiate with contractors and suppliers for materials and services. · You will keep a keen eye on budget and to the quality of services in collaboration with the registered manager and regularly report on progress to the board of director. · Your goal will be to foster positive professional relationships to achieve short- and long-term business goals. · You will monitor the progress of our projects and report remedial actions to management, effectively manage the project budget and all costs to ensure successful completion within budget estimates coupled with compliance with best practice and meeting the specified quality and standards. · You will endeavour to minimise costs whilst generating value-for-money business and expansion. · As the business expands and acquires more children’s homes, your duties will include the preparation of progress reports, incorporation of contractor and project reports and briefing the team. · You will monitor and update project financial forecasts and cash flows, manage teams, chair meetings with other specialists/stakeholders such as commissioners, neutral vendors and local authorities. · You will occasionally report to the board of directors as required and conduct regular strategic planning and forecast in addition to assembling information for invoicing. · You will also be able to manage and coordinate packages alongside the Registered Manager, ensuring strict adherence to health and safety and regulatory standards. · You will conduct forecast assessments of potential challenges and disruptions as well as ongoing regulatory changes. Skills and Qualifications: ● Bachelors Degree in Business Management, and specialism in Accounts ● Masters in Business Administration, and experience in Project Management, as well as evidenced project delivery and completion ● Extensive experience in entrepreneurship, proven expertise in upscaling and growing businesses ● Overall sector experience and knowledge, particular to working in a Children’s Home or Care Home ● A minimum of 5 years in Business Consulting and/or Accounting (or combined experience in both acceptable). ● A full understanding of project delivery, costs, and programme management in both residential settings. ● You will have the ability to compile project programmes, review, amend and update them using MS Project or similar programme software. ● Strong communication and interpersonal skills ● A dynamic individual with a pro-active approach and excellent problem-solving skills. ● A hands-on approach and a willingness to work with and alongside the team. ● A proven ability to lead and build strong relationships with internal and external teams. ● An effective team leader and team player with the ability to work autonomously and work under own initiative. ● Excellent financial planning and project design skills and high proficiency at understanding care sector-related regulations. ● Exceptional interpersonal skills and eloquence in English. Those requiring sponsorship, will need to meet the Home Office approved English standards such as the B1 English test. ● DBS Clearance ● Passport/ID ● Right to work ● The closing date for applications is 27 September 2024 Benefits: ● Competent salary £52,900.00 per annum (£27.13 per hour) ● Auto pension enrolment ● Bonus Scheme and occasional home-working opportunities depending on business needs. ● Great opportunities to progress within a growing company. ● 28 days annual leave on a pro-rata basis
Job description Job Overview We are seeking a skilled Print Manager to oversee our printing operations. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing print production processes and ensuring high-quality output. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is ambitious and ready to take the next step from production into project overseeing & account managing. This applicant will have the opportunity to learn how to prepare quotes and see through the production hands on. Responsibilities - Manage the day-to-day printing operations - Coordinate with clients to understand their printing requirements - Ensure that all printed materials meet quality standards - Maintain and calibrate printing equipment - Receive print files from customers, Export correctly and share sign-off before production. Skills - Ability to operate printing machinery - Proficiency in using hand tools and power tools - Understanding of Illustrator and exporting files correctly - Knowledge of mechanical processes related to print production - Experience in fabricating and assembling printed materials - Familiarity with warehouse operations - Strong problem-solving skills - Excellent organisational abilities - A very small company – so it’s a bit of an all-round role – small friendly team - Adobe and In-Design knowledge required – Pre-Press - Checking and adjusting files before sending to the printer, double checking proofs - Drawings to scale after a site survey – presentation pack - Site surveys – Basic ones to start - Collecting prints from the printer - Assisting on the shop floor - Answering the phone - Placing stock orders - Arranging overnight and same-day deliveries - Simple quotes on our quoting system - Helping with simple installations - Some limited training would be given - Job Types: Full-time, Permanent - Pay: £28,000.00-£34,000.00 per year - Experience: - Print Finishing: 2 years (required) - Work Location: In person
I'm in need of a seasoned carpenter based in London who can meticulously construct a wooden casing for a dispatch box from plywood. Key Requirements: - Crafting a sturdy and aesthetically pleasing wooden casing - Incorporating a secure locking mechanism - Applying a natural finish to the wood, unless you're able to upholster it. - Ensuring the primary function of the box is for storage. Ideal Skills: - Expertise in carpentry and woodworking - Experience with custom furniture design - Knowledge of upholstery techniques - Skills in creating secure and functional locking systems. Please note, the box will be upholstered after the wooden casing is complete. Your ability to apply a natural wood finish will be key unless you can assist with the upholstery. The primary purpose of this dispatch box will be for storage, so durability and functionality are paramount.