Carpenter

Lilleshall National Sports Centre, TF10 9AT
Permanent, Full Time (32 hours p/w) - Monday to Thursday, with participation in an on-call rota. Shift work may be required and overtime may be available.

£22,000 – £23,000 per annum plus excellent benefits

Make a positive difference every day

At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of More Leisure Community Trust.

More Leisure Community Trust encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for a Carpenter to join their team and help make a positive difference every day.

As a Carpenter, you'll help maintain the facilities that support sport, wellbeing and community activity. Your work will have a direct impact on the experience of visitors, athletes and colleagues, ensuring buildings remain safe, functional and welcoming. From planned maintenance to reactive repairs, your expertise will help create a positive impact on communities while supporting a trusted environment where people can thrive.

What you’ll do as a Carpenter

• Carry out reactive repairs, fault finding, maintenance and improvement works across the site’s building fabric and associated facilities.


• Complete planned preventative maintenance activities to help keep facilities safe, compliant and operational.


• Undertake carpentry works using a range of specialist tools and equipment, including electrical saws and woodworking machinery.


• Perform fire door inspections, repairs and maintenance, including fire stopping activities.


• Support health and safety initiatives, safe systems of work and continuous improvement activities across the site.


• Communicate maintenance issues, defects and parts requirements promptly to supervisors and managers.

Does this sound like you?

• Completed a recognised carpentry apprenticeship or relevant structured training programme.


• Hold relevant City and Guilds, BTEC or equivalent carpentry qualifications.


• Have experience working in a maintenance, facilities, construction or similar environment.


• Possess a good understanding of building services and maintenance practices.


• Demonstrate strong communication, teamwork and customer service skills.

What we offer

• Free gym membership for you and your immediate family


• Free safeguarding training and DBS checks


• Free swimming lessons and holiday clubs for one child (50% off for additional children)


• 21 days’ holiday plus bank holidays


• 6% employer matched pension contribution


• Training and development opportunities


• Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom wellbeing app, Personal Trainer discounts


• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, travel, and gym equipment


• Learn more at www.moreleisure.org/employee-benefits

Vetting and checks

As well as checking eligibility to work in the UK, you will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today.

A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.

Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, a top Great British Employer of Veterans, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.


• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).

For support with your application, please contact [email protected].

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

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