Join Our Team
Event Staff – Drivers and Team Members
A1Bounce are specialists in event equipment hire, corporate event management and team building.
Your role? To set up, operate and pack down equipment at a variety of events, while always delivering outstanding and excellent customer service.
Do You…
Love meeting new people and building rapport?
Get stuck in, relishing the challenge and satisfaction of completing a tough job?
Have bundles of energy and enthusiasm, the desire to always be busy and on the go?
Enjoy attending a variety of festivals, funfairs, galas, family days, and other events?
Would You Like to…
Be part of an incredible team?
Expand your skills and your horizons?
Work in a live event environment where every day and every job is different?
About Us and our Team
We are exciting, fun, innovative, forward thinking and rapidly growing! We deliver a range of events across the North East and Scotland and sometimes further afield. From humble beginnings hiring out small bouncy castles to back garden birthday parties, we now offer the biggest range of inflatables and corporate event equipment in the North East and have recently added a facilitated team building arm to the company.
A1Bounce operates under the A1Events umbrella, which also includes, A1Eventhire (corporate) and A1Teams (team building).
Your role will be primarily working for A1Bounce, delivering and setting up inflatables to a wide range of events including birthdays, christenings, community fun days, school rewards or sports days and corporate family days.
At other times you may be operating and supervising equipment and assisting guests under our corporate branch, A1Eventhire, or facilitating small groups in team building challenges and activities for A1Teams. The equipment we hire doesn’t just stop at inflatables, we also provide games tables, fun foods, electronic games, arcade machines, softplay, crazy golf, fete games and a variety of other items.
Your main duties
Loading and unloading equipment with care
Setting up and operating equipment in a timely manner, at a range of venues.
Cleaning and maintenance of equipment, cleaning and keeping tidy company vans and storage unit.
Engaging with customers and clients to present a fun and welcoming atmosphere.
Representing A1Bounce and A1Events with professionalism and a friendly smile at all times
Requirements
As a Driver, full clean driving licence is required and experience driving large vans preferred.
Able to work weekends, early mornings and late evenings. Midweek work also available.
Experience in a customer facing role preferred.
Physically capable of lifting, moving and setting up various types of team building equipment and heavy inflatables, either by yourself or with a team.
Physical stamina and high energy levels.
Able and willing to work outside in all weather conditions.
Smart appearance
Qualities we expect from you
Reliable, committed and trustworthy.
Excellent time management
Passionate about delivering the best possible customer experience
Fun, enthusiastic, positive, motivated personality
Friendly demeanour and excellent verbal communication skills
Diligent, conscientious and attentive to detail
Good problem solving skills.
Reliability is an exceptionally important part of this role, therefore failure to attend an agreed shift without prior notification or discussion will result in removal of consideration for any future shifts.
The role can be physical with loading and unloading vans, moving and setting up heavy equipment. We work outdoors most of the time and you will often be on your feet all day in variable weather. Events can include some long unsociable hours, from early starts to late nights and we a have a requirement for all staff to be able to work weekends.
You will receive training in setting up and operating a wide range of equipment in accordance with safety protocols, HSE guidelines and industry best practice. Training for everyone typically starts with setting up and packing down inflatables. When this is mastered, you will move on to the rodeo bull, total wipeout, air hockey and games tables, crazy golf and more.
Benefits
Training provided
Uniform provided.
Free Tea and Coffee facilities provided at base.
Food provided on full event days (at the discretion of the manager.)
Company vans provided for jobs
Discount on equipment hire after probation period ends.
Weekly pay
Join our Team
We are recruiting for 3 roles, for Summer 2022!
Driver
Event Crew (Set Up)
Event Crew (Operating/ Facilitating)
Starting April, through to end of September.
Hours from 15 to 30+ per week.
If you think this is the job for you, then please get in touch with your CV and a personalised cover letter or message stating which role you are applying for, why you think you would be a great member of our team and why you think you should be considered for an interview.
Failing to provide a genuinely personalised cover letter will reflect negatively on your application.