Maintenance Carpenter

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading national security organization as a Maintenance Carpenter in London. This role involves maintenance and construction within secure facilities, contributing to the safety of the UK. You'll receive extensive training and opportunities for professional growth. Starting salary of £42,798, rising to £46,268 after one year, with potential earnings of £53,524 in subsequent years. Enjoy a supportive work environment and various benefits including annual leave, personal learning budget, and fitness initiatives.

Benefits

25 Days Annual Leave

Personal Learning Budget

Cycle to work scheme

Gym facilities

Paid parental leave

Interest-free season ticket loan

Two paid hours per week for fitness

Tools and equipment provided

Qualifications

• Comfortable using hand and power tools.
• Must hold a full UK driving licence.
• Basic IT literacy and report writing skills required.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance, repair, and construction within secure facilities.
• Creating technical drawings and selecting appropriate materials.
• Occasionally deploying within the UK for intelligence gathering.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Adaptability

Work Ethic

Education

City & Guilds Level 2 in Carpentry and Joinery

Job description

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Salary: Starting basic salary is £42,798 for the first year automatically rising to £46,268 after one year.

The role also attracts a technical framework allowance and disruption allowance that you’ll have the opportunity to apply for once your training is complete, and you meet the technical qualifying criteria. By your second year as a fully trained and deployable property specialist you may be able to earn £53,524, not accounting for overtime or on call payments.

Flexible working: This role is fully office based due to the nature of the work involved. Once fully qualified, some flexibility/compressed hours could be considered depending on training and business requirements.

About Us

MI5 keeps the country safe from serious threats like terrorism and attempts by states to harm the UK, its people and way of life. We carry out investigations by obtaining, analysing, and assessing intelligence, and then work with a range of partners including MI6 and GCHQ to disrupt these threats. Through our protective security arm, we provide advice and guidance to government, businesses and other organisations about how to keep themselves safe. A role in MI5 means you'll do unique and challenging work in a supportive and encouraging environment, making a real difference to UK national security.

The Role

As a Maintenance Carpenter, your work will encompass maintenance, repair and construction within secure facilities, including hardening of critical infrastructure and creating bespoke spaces in many different types of property. You will be responsible for creating technical drawings, selecting appropriate materials, and carrying out tasks to a high standard, all while adhering to stringent security protocols.

Another aspect of the role, and very exciting part of it, is occasionally deploying within the UK on intelligence gathering operations; utilising your trade skills to directly contribute to the security of our nation.

With our ever-changing intelligence needs there is never a dull day. This is mostly a Monday to Friday role, often with early starts but with occasional need to work later in the evening. We may also ask you to work away from home for short periods of time, along with the possibility of overseas deployments. For additional hours worked, you’ll receive overtime payments, alongside your regular pay and any specialist pay.

About You

You’ll have a City & Guilds Level 2, BTEC, NVQ or equivalent qualification in Carpentry and Joinery, and will be comfortable using hand and power tools. You’ll have a strong work ethic, meaning you will enjoy actively contributing your ideas and engaging with a range of colleagues and partners. You will have meticulous attention to detail, and commitment to delivering high quality results. You will take a proactive and adaptable approach to working on a variety of tasks, and will have sound problem-solving skills.

You will need to hold a full UK driving licence as travel to different locations at various times of the day is required. You will also be expected to maintain required levels of fitness as the job can be physical at times. Whilst your work will be primarily carpentry, you will also need basic IT literacy and report writing skills.

Training and Development

We invest in our employees and provide opportunities for professional growth and advancement. The initial training for the role will take at least 6 months. The training will consist of a combination of in-house training carried out by experienced team members, and external courses. Through this training you’ll gain the skills needed to apply your existing experience to our specialist ways of working.

You will be mentored within the team and will also have a training pathway with assessment milestones, so that you know what is expected and can follow your progress through the training process. Following on from this, we’ll support your career development with external courses to enhance your skills and stay up to date with industry best practice.

Rewards and Benefits

You’ll receive a starting salary £42,798 rising to £46,268 after the first year. The role also attracts a technical framework allowance and disruption allowance that you’ll have the opportunity to apply for once your training is complete, and you meet the technical qualifying criteria. By your second year as a fully trained and deployable Property Maintenance Specialist you may be able to earn £53,524, with overtime and on call payments increasing this further.

Other benefits include:

• 25 Days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service Additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays

• Personal Learning Budget

• Cycle to work scheme

• Facilities such as a gym, restaurant and on-site coffee bars

• Paid parental and adoption leave.

• Interest free season ticket loan

• Two paid hours per week to maintain your fitness levels

• Tools and equipment required for the role are paid for and provided

At MI5 diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.

Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on our website:

https://www.MI5.gov.uk/careers/diversity

We’re Disability Confident

MI5 is proud to have achieved Leader status within the DWP’s Disability Confident scheme. This is aimed at encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader we aim to ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who best meet the essential minimum criteria for this position, will be offered an interview, if it is practical for us to do so. (This is known as Offer of an Interview.) To secure an interview for this role, the minimum criteria (in order of application process) are:

• A full UK Driving Licence

• To meet the minimum pass mark on your motivation for the role and the organisation – assessed at application stage

• A working knowledge of carpentry and joinery – assessed at application stage

What to Expect

Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. Here is a brief overview of each stage, in order:

• Application sift, looking at your motivation for the role and organisation

• Assessment Centre, comprised of a competency interview (including technical questions), and a practical test where you can demonstrate your carpentry and joinery skills

• If successful, you’ll receive a conditional offer of employment

• You will also need to undergo and pass a medical assessment prior to receiving a final offer of employment

Please note, you must successfully pass each stage of the process to progress to the next. You application may take around 6 – 9 months to process including vetting, so we advise you to continue any current employment until you’ve received your final job offer.

Before You Apply

To work at MI5 you need to be a British citizen or hold dual British nationality. You can read our full eligibility criteria here. (Penna link to appropriate website Eligibility sections).

This role requires the highest security clearance, known as Developed Vetting (DV). It’s something everyone in the UK Intelligence Community undertakes. You can find out more about the vetting process here. (PENNA link to org website vetting page).

Please note we have a strict drugs policy, so once you start your application, you can’t take any recreational drugs and you’ll need to declare your previous drug usage at the relevant stage.

Before you apply, we advise you to consider setting up a separate email address for your contact with us, to ensure your personal and application correspondence remain separate. Try to avoid having identifying features in your email address, such as your first and/or surname and date of birth. This is good practice and will help you to manage your application with us more securely.

The role is based in central London, so you’ll need to live within a commutable distance. Please consider any financial implications and practicalities before submitting an application. An interest-free loan via our benevolent fund is available to assist with relocating into privately rented accommodation to take up the offer of employment.

Please note, you should only launch your application from within the UK. If you are based overseas, you should wait until you visit the UK to launch an application. Applying from outside the UK will impact on our ability to progress your application. You should not discuss your application, other than with your partner or a close family member.

Right to Withdraw Statement:

Please be aware that we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date once a certain number of applications have been received. Please be mindful of this and submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.