Job Description

Salary:

34,796.66 per year + Overtime

Contract

: Permanent, Full Time (40 hours)

Location:

North Yorkshire

About the Role:

We're seeking an experienced and motivated Carpenter and Joiner to join our Property Services team at North Yorkshire Highways. This is a varied and rewarding role involving a mix of capital projects and responsive maintenance work across a range of commercial properties.

As part of a skilled team, you'll be delivering high-quality joinery services related to property maintenance and renovations, ensuring compliance with all health, safety, and building regulations. You'll be expected to work flexibly across the county and take part in our out-of-hours call out rota to respond to emergency repairs.

Main Duties:

Carry out 1st and 2nd fix joinery across commercial properties as per work orders and specifications. Work across a range of programmes including responsive maintenance, planned maintenance, and capital projects. Operate trade-specific tools and equipment, construct mobile towers/access platforms, and adhere to strict H&S standards. Liaise effectively with supervisors, contractors, and internal stakeholders. Assist with planning tasks, risk assessments, method statements, and reporting using handheld digital devices. Provide supervision and training for apprentices and contribute to the wider team as required.

What We're Looking For:

Essential:

NVQ Level 3 in Joinery (or equivalent time-served experience) CSCS Gold Card Full UK Driving Licence Experience in both 1st and 2nd fix joinery Understanding of Health & Safety practices Experience working across different trade areas within property maintenance Flexibility to work as part of an on-call rota and travel across the county Enhanced DBS check (Children's Barred List)

Desirable (or willingness to train):

PASMA certification Manual Handling, Safe Dig, Abrasive Wheels, and Banksman training Nail Gun Awareness, Face Fit, Asbestos Awareness Working at Height certification First Aid (Emergency) training
can be found here: http://www.nyresourcing.co.uk/ny-highways-opportunities/

Why Join us?

We can offer career development, a choice of benefits and support through our reward and benefits program:

We are pleased to offer a competitive salary in line with your skills, experience & qualifications Company Pension scheme which we will contribute to up 6% 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays. Accumulating an additional day each year up to 5 years We are committed to the continual development and training of our staff and will offer courses and training relevant to this role and your progression. Our benefits scheme includes a good maternity leave package, cycle2work scheme, access to our online voucher portal giving access to discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.
For further information on what we can offer you, please read here

We're proud of our workforce and the work they do in our communities. We want people to join us who can bring their experience and add value to our organisation. We are working hard to create an inclusive environment, and it is important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

If you would like to learn more about NYH, please click on the link below and take a look at our dedicated career site:

http://www.nyresourcing.co.uk/ny-highways-opportunities/

Closing date

:

Midnight on the 10th of August 2025

Interviews are planned to take place throughout the recruitment process, if you would like to apply, please do so now and we will respond to you quickly We reserve the right to remove this vacancy before the proposed deadline in the event of the position being filled, a change of requirements or a large number of applications being received.

Interviews are due to be held on the 13th, 14th and 15th of August 2025

NY Highways is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.

We will not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 34,796.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free parking Store discount
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 10/08/2025