Trades Assistant

Synaco Global Recruitment are hiring Trade Assistants / Skilled Trade Assistants for ongoing work in Edinburgh North. Our client specialises in the manufacturing of modular buildings.

You will be required to work in a factory setting. As there is a lot of manual labour in these roles, the ideal candidates must be physically capable of repetitive lifting / manual handling and have proven experience with use of hand and power tools.  

What's in it for you:

• $28.48 p/h + penalties
• Ongoing work with potential for permanency after a qualifying period
• 38-hour weeks + Saturday over time
• Skilled Trade Assistants with a background in Carpentry, Cabinet Making & Roofing are strongly encouraged to apply (higher pay rates available)

The requirements:

• Proven experience using hand and power tools
• Confident at using electric tools & grinders
• Capable of heavy lifting and manual handling
• Available for 38-hour weeks + overtime
• Availability between 6:30am – 3:00pm
• Own transport & valid driver’s licence
• Able to pass a full functional medical including a drug & alcohol screening 

Experience in the following is highly sort after:

• Roofing (housing, industrial, commercial). We’d take a few roofers and with the right candidate, run with level 5.
• Shed and fencing,
• General maintenance,
• Gyprocking, plasterboard fixing,
• External cladding
• Shop fit out,
• General building assistance,
• TA work in the construction/building industry,
• Previous modular building experience
• Sheet metal experience,
• Steel frame construction.

If you have the skillset for this vacancy, please apply now! If you are shortlisted, Synaco will call you and advise the next steps.

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