Please read this privacy notice carefully as it sets out how Thorp Precast Limited (“Thorp Precast”) uses your personal information. If you have any questions about this privacy notice or do not agree with it, please contact us on 01782 561155.

Please note that this privacy notice is not a legal agreement and is merely intended to provide information to you about how Thorp Precast may use your personal information. We may change this privacy notice from time to time by updating this document.  

The Data Controller is Graham Shaw, Company Secretary.

Job applications are received from the following methods:

1. Directly by email from the applicant to the Recruitment Manager

2. Via the completion of a Thorp Precast Employment Application Form

3. Via the Enquiry Page on the Thorp Precast Website

4. Via Indeed.com or other online job board

5. Via LinkedIn

6. Via Facebook Messenger

7. Recommendations from current employees of Thorp Precast

When you apply to work at Thorp Precast, we will only use the information you supply to us to process your application.  

The information we collect about you will be:

• Your name and address

• Your email address and contact phone numbers

• Your career history, skills and experience

• Referees and any other information you decide to include on your application form or CV.

• If you fail to provide certain personal information when requested, we may not be able to process your job application properly or at all

Your personal information will be reviewed by the Recruitment Manager and, if selected, you will undergo selection interviews and assessments.    

All job applications are kept confidential and will be dealt with by the Recruitment Manager and the appropriate manager looking to fill their vacancy.  

Only in the case of obtaining references will we share your personal information with a past employer. We will not do this without informing you beforehand. Your referees must give their consent to you providing their information to us.

In very rare circumstances and only when asked, we may have to disclose your personal information by law, because a court or the police or other law enforcement agency has asked for it.

The purposes for which we process, or will process, health information and information about any criminal convictions and offences, are to:

• assess your suitability for employment 

• comply with the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled job applicants and with other disability discrimination obligations

• ensure compliance with your statutory rights

• ascertain your fitness to work

• ensure effective HR, personnel management and business administration

What happens if you are not successful with your application?

If you are not successful in your application, your personal information and interview notes will be held for 12 months after the recruitment exercise has been completed. It will then be destroyed and deleted from all paper-based and electronic systems.

If you are successful and commence employment with Thorp Precast, your personal information will be passed onto the HR Manager and the Company Secretary who processes payroll.  

You will be provided with the GDPR Policy and Employee Privacy Notice which will detail what happens with your personal information once you are an employee.

You may request details of the personal information that we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held about you please write to us at Thorp Precast Ltd, Apedale Road, Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 6BN.

If you think any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, or if you would like your data deleted, please write to us as soon as possible. We will correct, update or delete any information as soon as we can.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect, including locked cabinets, offices, and electronic password protection.

If at any point you suspect or become aware of a security incident, eg you receive suspicious communication from someone holding themselves out to be a Thorp Precast employee or from a dupe website claiming to be affiliated with Thorp Precast), please contact Thorp Precast in writing to Apedale Road, Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 6BN or by telephone on 01782 561155.