Skilled Flagger
Agency: Search Consultancy
Location: Middlesbrough
Search Consultancy is looking for a Skilled Flagger to join our busy construction teams across Middlesbrough. We are partnering with leading civil engineering firms and major house builders who require precision and pace on high-quality paving, walkways, and plot finishing.
If you are a specialist who thrives in a productivity-driven environment and can deliver perfectly level, aesthetically pleasing paved areas, we have immediate starts and long-term runs of work available now.
The Role
* Preparation & Sub-base: Ensuring sub-bases are correctly compacted and leveled to the required depths before laying.
* Specialist Paving: Expert installation of various flagging types including concrete slabs, natural stone, block paving, and tactile paving.
* Precision Cutting: Using masonry saws to cut flags to size around manholes, corners, and intricate boundaries.
* Bedding & Jointing: Ensuring all flags are solidly bedded on mortar or sand and finished with high-quality jointing or pointing as per specification.
* Productivity Driven: We need Flaggers used to the physical demands of high-volume residential and commercial
finishing who can maintain a "trip-free" and visually perfect finish.
Requirements
* Qualifications: NVQ Level 2 in Groundworks or Paving is highly desirable.
* Specialist Tickets: CPCS/NPORS for Dumper or Roller is a major advantage; Abrasive Wheels certification is essential for cutting.
* Experience: Proven track record in residential plot finishing, urban regeneration, or commercial paving projects.
* Tools & PPE: Full professional kit (including rubber mallets, levels, lines, and trowels) and standard 5-point PPE.
* Reliability: Must be able to work as part of a finishing gang to hit strict handover deadlines.
* Right to Work: Must have a valid right to work in the UK.
Why Work With Search?
* Steady Pipeline: We work with the biggest names in North East construction; when one project is paved and ready, we aim to move you straight to the next project in Middlesbrough.
* Weekly Pay: Reliable, on-time payments every Friday via CIS, PAYE, or Umbrella.
* Teesside Experts: Our dedicated construction desk ensures you stay busy on local sites across Middlesbrough and the wider Teesside area.
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age