Skilled Labourer

Our business is growing, and so are the opportunities. We’re looking for a Skilled Labourer to join our successful repairs, maintenance and compliance team in Newton Abbot. You’ll support experienced tradespeople across responsive repairs, void homes and larger projects while developing your own practical trade skills.

At Templer Homebuild, you’ll make a real difference in the Teignbridge community by helping to maintain around 4,000 Teign Housing homes.

If you have the drive and potential to progress, we’ll provide the training, support and job security you need to become a qualified Multi Trade Operative. You’ll also benefit from fair pay and genuine opportunities to build a long-term career with us.

The benefits of working for Templer Homebuild:

• You will be paid weekly, with a guaranteed 39 hour working week, as well as annual pay reviews.
• We provide you with the opportunity to earn more with weekly bonuses based on productivity
• Company van and fuel card included
• Uniform and PPE provided, no charge
• 31 days paid holiday (including bank holidays)
• Your future is important to us; therefore, we offer a pension contribution
• Life Insurance, covering you on and off-site, financed by Ian Williams
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
• A range of other benefits including preferred supplier discounts and much more!

Our tradespeople don’t just join us; they stay with us. We don’t just talk career development, we live it. Find out more by reading “Life at Ian Williams” below.  

The Skilled Labourer role:

• Trade support: Work alongside qualified trade operatives, assisting with day-to-day repairs, planned programmes and larger projects while completing appropriate trade tasks.
• Driving and site clearance: Drive a long-wheelbase van to make collections and deliveries, maintain clean and tidy work areas, and load or unload waste from larger projects, including kitchen and bathroom removals and installations.
• Materials: Collect and deliver site materials, including large sheet materials and door sets.
• Quality and initiative: Use your initiative to meet job targets while maintaining high standards of workmanship and following safe working practices.
• Health and safety: Keep yourself, your colleagues and customers safe by maintaining secure working environments and completing all required documentation accurately and on time.

What will you bring as a Skilled Labourer?

• Previous experience as a Labourer or General Operative in a domestic construction environment, or a similar setting. You will have supported work in one or more areas, such as renovations, extensions, housebuilding or general building projects. You should understand the basic principles of working in occupied homes and be eager to develop a long-term career in a skilled trade.
• Flexibility and a can-do attitude, with the drive to complete your work to the highest standards possible, whilst always adhering to the health and safety and best practice
• Strong customer facing skills are essential, as you will often be the face of the business from our customers perspective
• A full UK Driving License is essential for this role with use of company van.

About Templer Homebuild

Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and also through our social media platforms, along with LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check.  As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different. 

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date.

Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.

We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies; therefore, we politely request no agencies engage with us in regard to this position.