Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 14 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Summary
The Weighbridge Operator will be responsible for weighing vehicle Axle and gross weights by use of weighbridge equipment. The Operator will also be responsible for ensuring full time functionality of weigh scales, maintaining cleanness around the weighbridge and especially the gaps between the weighing platform and the foundation for accurate weighing, reporting any malfunction immediately it is noted as per the procedure, that overloaded trucks are offloaded and reweighed.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Manage Weighbridge operations in line with the agreed guidelines;
• Maintain operational health and safety standards;
• Ensure that heavy vehicles comply to the load limits;
• Ensure that all the weighing bridge calibrations are up to date;
• Screen and weigh vehicles and calculate overloads and implement the procedures for overloaded vehicles;
• Issue fines to vehicles that exceed maximums on axles, axle combinations and total vehicle loads;
• Prepare and submit daily reports on weighbridge operations and submit to the weighbridge controller.
• Operate weigh bridge scale and maintain records of materials weighed.
• Verify and reconcile incoming and outgoing loads, monitor compliance to the set standards and report discrepancies of received & dispatched cargo.
• Monitor functioning of weighbridge system and report any anomalies, errors or breakdowns to the appropriate teams for support.
• Review and compile compliance reports for loads and prepare necessary paperwork for deliveries and collections in line with health, Safety and Environmental SOPs.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the immediate Supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant for the Weighbridge Operator job vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, and information technology or related;
• Relevant experience will be an added advantage
• Ability to work as part of a team and to develop subordinates;
• Excellent interpersonal, particularly staff/management relation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.




Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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