Stonemason Depot

Starting salary: £27,519
Contract type: Permanent
Grade: 2
Location: Perth, Scotland
Working Hours: Monday - Friday
Interviews: To be held in person at Perth Depot on Week Commencing 23rd February 2026

Thank you for your interest in the post of Stonemason with Historic Environment Scotland that will be based at our Perth Depot. This is a permanent, full-time position.

The Monument Conservation Unit (MCU) based in Perth is tasked with the responsibility for conservation, maintenance and presentation works within the Perth depot’s remit. You will assist with conservation and routine maintenance works to HES monuments in the Perth Depot area including Stanley Mills, Lochleven Castle, Balvaird Castle, Dunkeld Cathedral and Burleigh Castle.

For more information about the post and information about the team, please access the full job description Stonemason Perth 172 .pdf for this post. Please note that if you don't have Office 365 installed on your device, this can be opened using your browser.

• Enrolment onto a Civil Service Pension scheme – 28% employer contribution
• 25 days annual leave, pro‑rata (increasing to 30 days after 3 years) + 11.5 public holidays
• Reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
• Support for further education and personal development
• Study leave for work‑related courses
• Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
• Free entry to all of our properties (with up to three guests)
• Free entry to English Heritage, Manx and Cadw properties

You will carry out conservation and routine maintenance works to HES monuments in the various depot areas. This involves all forms of traditional masonry including:

• Stone cutting/hewing of various architectural mouldings/stones for the depot sites and monuments in other depot areas as required.
• Traditional building/repairs/indenting of stonework.
• Raking out and pointing defective joints and beds.
• Promote traditional methods of conservation and masonry techniques to carry out challenging and diverse conservation projects/works.
• Operate hand tools in addition to powered machinery such as disc saws, mortar mixers, compressors, hoists etc to facilitate the work when trained to do so.
• The winter season may consist of work outwith the normal duties associated with stone masonry consisting of lime washing, grounds works and cobbles/slabs repair as well as general presentation works.
• Provide training and mentoring for apprentice stonemasons in traditional conservation skills when required.
• Comply with and promote HES Health and Safety Policy

From time to time you will be required to attend training courses identified to assist the work, or to comply with health and safety legislation (this may require overnight stays away from home).

In order for you to be successful in this post, we will be looking for you to submit a cover letter which addresses how you can meet each of the essential and desirable criteria (in up to 1,200 words), using examples of where you have demonstrated these criteria previously. Please ensure that you provide real‑life examples for each of the criteria to be considered for this post.

You can use examples of how you have met this criteria from your work life, home life, education or volunteer experience.
Please read our CV and Cover Letter Guidance first before completing, as you will only be eligible for selection if you use examples of how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.

• Be a time‑served tradesperson
• Proven knowledge of the stone masonry trade and other traditional building crafts. In particular an understanding and knowledge of current conservation practices and techniques relating to historic buildings and monuments.
• Good understanding and practical experience of the conservation, presentation and repair of Historic Monuments and/or listed buildings.
• Good all‑round understanding and practical experience of using lime mortars.
• SVQ level 4 or SVQF level 6 (advanced craft) in Stone masonry.
• Competent in all aspects of stone cutting, hewing practices and techniques.
• Competent in stone repair, indenting and the various practices and techniques used…