Carpenter & Joiner

Title:

Carpenter & Joiner

Requisition

Location:

HMP Cardiff, Knox Rd, Cardiff CF24 0UG

Role:
Permanent Carpenter/Joiner

Standard hours: 39 hours/week, shift pattern 8am‑5pm with 1 hour lunch, 1 in 3 weekend working 8am‑4pm and 15% allowance on top of salary.

• Carry out joinery work including repairing doors, windows, signposts, formwork and other bespoke timber items.
• Responsible for joinery workshop – maintenance of machines, statutory inspections, housekeeping and cleanliness.
• Organise and plan daily work with the supervisor, record and submit all details of work on relevant work orders.
• Measure and quote for works.
• Order materials.
• Maintain stock of building maintenance material.
• Support zero‑carbon programmes, working towards zero carbon in a strategic and lean manner as appropriate.
• Handle all other reasonable requests as determined by your line manager.

• Level 3 in Joinery & Carpentry (NVQ level 3 preferred; level 2 considered).
• Manual tool handling.
• Ladder use.

• Competitive annual salary with potential yearly reviews.
• Career growth and advancement opportunities.
• Training opportunities, including fully funded leadership programmes.
• Minimum 24 days holiday plus bank holidays; option to buy further days.
• Generous pension scheme with extra contributions from Amey.
• Flexible benefits: insurance, Cycle2
  
  Work scheme, discounted gym membership.
• Access to exclusive discounts via online portal.
• Two social impact days per year for volunteering and fundraising.
• Family‑friendly policies for new parents or carers of dependants.
• Membership of affinity networks supporting diverse communities.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates. At Amey we continuously adapt our recruitment to reflect differences in needs and backgrounds. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe everyone deserves an opportunity to shine.

As a disability‑confident leader, we guarantee an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at  to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible.

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