Carpenter/Joiner · Mostly North and East London, site-based · E1 · 8.2 miles away
Experienced Multi-Skilled Tradesperson – Carpentry or Bricklaying
High-quality residential refurbishments, extensions and retrofit projects across London
Location: Mostly North and East London – site based
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday 8am-3pm
Start: ASAP
Contract: Self-employed / subcontractor basis (CIS)
Pay: £120-£130 daily rate depending on experience. Paid weekly, CIS deducted where applicable.
About the role;
At Pencil and Brick, we design and build exceptional homes for private clients across London.
We’re looking for an experienced Multi-Skilled Tradespeople with a strong core trade in either carpentry or bricklaying, alongside the ability to work confidently across a range of residential construction tasks.
We're looking for someone who knows their trade, understands how a residential project comes together and can be trusted to take ownership of a task and deliver it properly.
You'll work alongside our site teams on high-quality residential refurbishments, extensions and retrofit projects, where attention to detail, good workmanship and respect for our clients' homes really matter.
What you'll be doing;
Depending on your core trade and experience, your work will include:
• Carrying out skilled carpentry or bricklaying work independently and to a high standard.
• Working across a range of general building and multi-trade tasks as projects require.
• First and second fix carpentry, including studwork, flooring, skirting, architraves, doors and associated works.
• Brickwork and blockwork, including alterations, openings, repairs and making good.
• Supporting structural alterations and general construction works.
• Plasterboarding, insulation, flooring, tiling, decorating preparation, snagging and making good where within your skillset.
• Reading and working from drawings, specifications and site information.
• Measuring, setting out and planning your work accurately.
• Understanding the sequencing of works and coordinating effectively with other trades.
• Identifying problems early and working with the site team to find practical solutions.
• Taking responsibility for the quality and completion of your own work.
• Helping maintain safe, organised and professional sites.
• Working respectfully in and around our clients' homes, neighbours and occupied residential streets.
• Supporting the wider site team when needed, we're a team and everyone is prepared to muck in.
What we're looking for;
Essential
• A demonstrable skilled trade background in carpentry or bricklaying.
• Strong practical experience within UK residential construction.
• Experience working on residential refurbishments, extensions, structural alterations and/or retrofit projects.
• Able to carry out your core trade confidently, independently and to a consistently high standard.
• Genuinely multi-skilled, with practical capability across other areas of residential construction.
• Able to read and understand drawings and translate them into work on site.
• Good understanding of construction methods, materials and sequencing.
• Able to assess a task, plan the work required and get on with it without needing every stage broken down.
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and finishing standards.
• Confident using hand and power tools safely and competently.
• Reliable, organised and comfortable working as part of a professional site team.
• Clear and respectful when communicating with colleagues, clients and other subcontractors.
• Pride in your workmanship and the finished result.
• Full UK driving licence.
CSCS card preferred, or willingness to obtain/update one where qualifications such as NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent are welcomed, although strong demonstrable experience is equally important to us.
The kind of person who thrives here;
Your trade skills matter, but so does how you work.
We're looking for someone who:
• Takes genuine pride in doing a job properly.
• Notices the details and cares about quality even when nobody is watching.
• Takes ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do next.
• Spots potential problems and raises them before they become bigger ones.
• Can work independently but understands that great projects are delivered by a team.
• Is happy to muck in when the team needs an extra pair of hands.
• Treats our clients, their homes and their neighbours with care and respect.
• Is dependable, if you say you're going to do something, people can trust that it will get done.
• Wants to work with a company that takes its building standards seriously.
Who we are;
Pencil and Brick brings design and construction together under one roof. Our architects, designers and build teams work as one team to take residential projects from the first idea right through to the finished home.
That means the quality of our site team really matters to us. Our values Passion, Integrity, Impeccability, Trust, Teamwork and Ambition, weren't written by a marketing agency or simply put on a wall. They were created by our team and reflect how we expect to work with each other and with our 're ambitious about the standard of homes we build, but equally ambitious about building a team of people who are proud of the work they do.
Interested?
If you're an experienced tradesperson with a strong carpentry or bricklaying background, have broader multi-trade capability and take real pride in your workmanship, we'd like to hear from you.
Please either email us a brief summary of your experience, your main trade and the types of residential projects you've worked on, to
[email protected], or give us a call now on: