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Carpenter – Modular Buildings (Joinery, Repair & Maintenance)
Location: Teesside / North East / North Yorkshire Duration: 8–12 weeks (Initial) Start Date: ASAP Salary: £19.10 per hour Type: PAYE Position
About the Role
A dynamic opportunity to work as a Carpenter in a modular building environment, delivering joinery, repair, and maintenance services across construction projects. If you excel in safety-focused, quality-driven work and thrive in a fast-paced team environment, this is your chance to contribute to critical infrastructure projects while growing your skills.
Reliable Contractors Limited prioritises fairness, inclusion, and respect, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out joinery works within modular buildings, including:
- Installation, alteration, and finishing of walls, doors, frames, partitions, flooring, and fixtures
- Assembling prefabricated units and ensuring high standards of finish
- Undertake planned and reactive maintenance across office and welfare units, ensuring structures remain safe, functional, and client-compliant.
- Identify and diagnose defects, damage, or wear and tear, completing accurate repairs in a timely manner.
- Perform basic multi-trade tasks where required (e.g., minor plumbing, decorating, fixture replacement) to support overall site operations.
- Work from drawings, specifications, and method statements, ensuring adherence to regulations, company standards, and project tolerances.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organised working environment, including effective site housekeeping.
- Operate and maintain tools, plant, and equipment safely and legally.
- Liaise with site supervisors, project managers, and other trades to coordinate tasks efficiently.
- Complete necessary documentation, including job sheets, risk assessments, and inspection records.
- Strict adherence to health, safety, and environmental policies on UK construction sites.
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Skills & Experience
Essential Criteria
✅ Proven experience in joinery/carpentry or a similar trade, ideally within modular, offsite, or temporary building environments. ✅ Demonstrated competence in installation/finishing of doors, partitions, flooring, and internal lockwork. ✅ Experience in building repairs and basic multi-skilled tasks (e.g., light electrical, decorating). ✅ Sound understanding of construction drawings, specifications, and site instructions. ✅ Valid CSCS Card (or equivalent trade certification). ✅ Knowledge of UK construction health & safety protocols, including risk assessments. ✅ Experience working on active construction or industrial sites. ✅ Full UK driving licence.
Desirable (Not Mandatory, but a Bonus!)
➤ Relevant NVQ or City & Guilds qualification in Carpentry & Joinery, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
Core Behaviours
This role demands candidates who embody the following principles:
- Safety-focused – Consistently upholds health and safety, challenges unsafe practices.
- Quality-driven – Delivers error-proof workmanship, takes pride in attention to detail.
- Reliable & accountable – Meets deadlines, owns mistakes, delivers on commitments.
- Adaptable – Comfortable with shift work and varied tasks across modular and on-site environments.
- Team-oriented – Collaborates well with tradespeople, shares expertise, supports collective goals.
- Problem-solving – Identifies issues proactively, implements practical and pragmatic fixes.
- Professional – Communicates clearly, maintains a positive attitude, builds strong client/contractor relations.
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Opportunities
🔹 ** Develop your skills** in a thriving construction company with long-term project visibility. 🔹 ** Varied work environments** across Teesside, North East, and North Yorkshire. 🔹 ** Career progression** with a company committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Values
At Reliable Contractors Limited, we believe in: ✔ Holistic support – Every tradesperson is treated with respect and equal opportunities. ✔ Continuous improvement – We strive for best practice in fairness, inclusion, and respect. ✔ Integrity – Clients and colleagues can trust our adherence to government legislation and ethical standards.
Apply now if you’re ready to: ✅ Join a results-driven, inclusive team. ✅ Work on impactful modular/infrastructure projects. ✅ Shape your career with a company that values training and professional growth.
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