Annual salary: up to £29,452.50
Ground Worker/Fencer
Coatbridge
Full time
Salary £29,452.50
Company Van and Fuel card – You must have a UK driving license to be successful for this role!
Join our team in North Lanarkshire and help make a lasting difference in your local community.
At Mears, we’ve grown from a small building maintenance contractor 30 years ago to one of the UK’s most respected housing solution providers. In North Lanarkshire, we’re proud to be delivering high-quality housing repairs and improvements that benefit both residents and the wider community.
We’re looking for an experienced Fencer / Ground Worker to join our team in Coatbridge, helping us deliver excellent repairs and refurbishment works on social housing properties. If you have strong fencing skills, experience with timber fencing, and enjoy hands-on outdoor work, we’d love to hear from you.
Our ambition is to be recognised as the most trusted, large private provider, working with the public sector by 2025. Our approach prioritises where we can have the greatest impact and supports a culture that fully integrates sustainability and purpose beyond profit. This is underlined by our strategy, which through robust, ethical and transparent practices is built upon.
About the role:
You will be part of a local team undertaking high standard Groundwork repairs and refurbishments to Timber fencing on our Housing properties, delivering best in class customer service and satisfying all safety, quality and cost control standards.
The successful candidate will be completing new fencing, refurbishments of fencing, stripping out old fencing and all involved within that to our social housing properties.
You must have fencer experience and be physically fit to complete this role, you must have experience of using nail guns, cordless drills, hydraulic breakers.
Your work will support high safety and quality standards, while ensuring tenants receive outstanding service.
Key Criteria:
1. Proven Fencing experience – ideally in social housing or similar environments
2. Comfortable using tools such as nail guns, cordless drills, and hydraulic breakers
3. A team player with a positive and proactive attitude
4. Physically fit and comfortable working outdoors in all weathers
5. Full UK driving licence (required to drive a company van)
Benefits we can offer you
6. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
7. Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
8. Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
9. Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
10. Family friendly policies
11. Company Van, Fuel Card and Uniform
Mears is proud to be working in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, supporting local employment and contributing to a stronger community.