Posted October 2025

Contract duration:
Permanent
Employment Type:
PAYE
Working Location:
South-East & London
Benefits:
Vehicle, fuel card, mobile phone, company workwear, PPE, 28 days’ holiday including bank holidays, death in service benefit, Pension.
Working Hours:
40 hours per week on site

Overview:

We are looking for a carpenter to join our team as some of our long-term employees have reached retirement age.

This is a role that will require someone with good carpentry skills suitably experienced in the industry and capable of carrying out all aspects of first and second fix commercial carpentry.

Our works are mainly in the commercial refurbishment sector and not new build. Works will consist of visiting jobs throughout the South East and some in London for our commercial clients, covering all aspects of carpentry including replacement doors, skirtings, studwork partitions, timber repairs etc…  As well as general carpentry you would also be required to assist our other trades on larger projects and be flexible in your approach to the day to day tasks that might be required. We are looking for someone who has a can-do attitude and has enough building experience to enable themselves to be confident in their work and be able to make their own decisions on site.

Working areas vary, within and around the M25, focused on London and the South-East only. Any applicant should be self-motivated, a confident driver, flexible and able to manage their time effectively. Our clients include Government buildings, the Police and the private sector. We will require you to go through a security vetting process to obtain passes to our sites.  You must be trustworthy, a good time keeper and have a willingness to work both as part of a team or as an individual.

TRAINING: We run a comprehensive training programme for our employees, which you would be required to participate in as and when training requirements are identified, or required in your role such as, fire doors, first aid, asbestos awareness, working at heights, Pasma, IPAF and more. You would be supported by our admin team and reporting to one of our Contracts Supervisors.

Experience Required:

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Candidates should be experienced in carpentry and have carried out a similar role in the past. At times you will be working alone and you should be confident about making decisions and solving problems on site effectively and to a satisfactory standard although, help and support is always available.

Qualifications Required:
City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in carpentry.
Qualifications Desirable: (not essential) CSCS Card, First Aid, PASMA, IPAF.
General Information:
Due to the clients that we work with and the contracts we work upon, it is critical that you obtain security clearance and this will be a condition of your future employment. This vacancy therefore is only open to those who have been resident in the UK for at least 2 years and who do not have a criminal record.

The job requires driving throughout London and the South-East so knowledge of London is therefore an advantage. Ideally any candidate would be located towards the outskirts of London in the West or South, Farnham or the surrounding areas.

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please send your CV via email to us with information about you including your contact details, noting the position you are interested in.

We have a very low turnover of staff and have created a great team of tradespeople, with many having worked for the company for 10 years and much more.

RME Services do not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.

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