Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000 employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.
Core Services:
- Freight Forwarding
- Clearance & Forwarding
- Energy Industry Support Services
- Equipment Rental
- Commodity Trading
- Integrated Solutions
- Warehousing
- Ocean Freight
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Agriculture
- Construction
- Explosives
- Renewables
Mission
To make Africa work better
Company Values
Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety
Primary Responsibilities:
- Ensuring Daily Operations in Ops Sites Run Smoothly and ensuring integrity of the site is maintained.
- Monitoring drivers, construction staff, maintenance and operators to ensure they arrive on time and perform their jobs well
- Ensuring that all operations are carried out correctly
- Ensuring that processes and procedures are in place for every task carried out and are relevant to the task
- Risk assessment of all tasks
- Daily and weekly site walkarounds to assess all hazards and create reports for action.
- Costing of site improvements
- Liaising with clients on site to address any problems or questions
- Representing Alistair Group on site
- Supervising activities
- Prepare and send the timesheets for invoicing and log all related work on the dedicated log sheets to accounts
- Receiving goods on site and ensuring POD and traceability is kept and filed.
- Monitor HSE compliance on sites
- Insist upon full PPE by all employees
- Correct and report any unsafe work practices
- Assisting with accident and incident investigation and reporting
- Send additional reports as required by specific staff
- Ensure all waste is segregated and disposed of and that accurate records are maintained
- Ensuring that all relevant figures are sent to the HSSEQ officer for inclusion in monthly reports
Secondary Responsibilities:
- Attending Ops meeting and sending any notes of interest to management
- Site walk around for any potential clients
Skill/Experience Requirements:
- Minimum 5 Year work experience in a similar position
- Self-motivated and multi-tasker
- Fluency in Portuguese and English
Authority:
- Drivers
- Operators
- Maintenance and construction staff
Interfaces and Reports:
- Project Manager
- Clients and Suppliers
- Operations Lead
- Finance Lead
- HR Lead
Safety:
- Leading by example a safe and compliant management style
- Insist upon full PPE by all employees
- Correct and report any unsafe work practices
- Assisting with accident and incident investigation and reporting
- Ensure tidiness of all areas in terms of housekeeping
- Ensure waste is segregated and disposed of correctly
The Company reserves the right to withdraw from the recruitment process at any time, at its sole discretion. The sharing of any aptitude test, assessment, or invitation to an interview does not constitute an offer of employment or guarantee any future employment with the Company. Candidates acknowledge that progression through any stage of the recruitment process does not imply or ensure an eventual offer of employment.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years work experience in a similar position
- Fluency in Portuguese and English
- Self-motivated and able to multi-task
What We Do
To make Africa work better
