Roofers Mate

NSS group; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Fully equipped vehicle

Overtime paid at time and a half

Tools, PPE provided

Industry-recognised training and dev

20 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Birthday day off (qualifying service)

Job summary

NSS Group is a national specialist services provider delivering building maintenance, roofing, access solutions, and specialist cleaning across the UK. The Roofers Mate role offers hands-on learning and genuine development opportunities, working on reactive and planned roofing tasks across commercial, retail and industrial sites.

You will support skilled roofers, learn on the job, and help ensure safe, high-quality repairs every day.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Willingness to work at height and learn a skilled trade.
• Strong work ethic and reliability; pride in workmanship.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with roofing teams on reactive and planned maintenance.
• Assist with cladding, commercial, traditional, and industrial roofing works.
• Support guttering repairs and replacements.
• Work safely at height on a daily basis.
• Complete on-site risk assessments and job reports using mobile devices.
• Deliver a professional, customer-focused service.
• Be flexible with start times, travel, and occasional weekend work.
• Participate in an on-call rota when required.
• Continuously learn new skills and methods on site.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Strong work ethic

Good communication skills

Teamwork

Willingness to work at height

Education

NVQ in Roofing / Slating & Til ing

CSCS (Labourer or Skilled Worker)

IPAF

First Aid

Job description

NSS Group is a national specialist services provider, delivering building maintenance, roofing, access solutions, and specialist cleaning across the UK. Our work is self-delivered by skilled in-house teams who take pride in doing the job properly, safely, efficiently, and to a high standard. If you like being busy, working outdoors, and learning a new skilled this is the company for you.

The Role As a Roofers Mate, you'll work alongside experienced roofers on reactive and planned maintenance works across commercial, retail, and industrial sites. This is a hands-on role with genuine development opportunities ideal if you're looking to build a long-term career in roofing and working at height. You'll be supporting roofing works, learning on the job, and helping to deliver safe, high-quality repairs every day.

• Working as part of a team on reactive and planned roofing maintenance
• Assisting with cladding, commercial, traditional, and industrial roofing works
• Supporting guttering repairs and replacements
• Working safely at height on a daily basis
• Completing on-site risk assessments and job reports using mobile devices
• Delivering a professional, customer-focused service
• Being flexible with start times, travel, and occasional weekend work
• Participating in an on-call rota where required
• Continuously learning new skills and methods on site

Essential

• Full UK driving licence
• A strong work ethic, reliability, and pride in your work
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Willingness to work at height and learn a skilled trade

Desirable (but not essential)

• CSCS (Labourer or Skilled Worker)
• IPAF (1b, 3a, eB)
• PASMA
• First Aid
• NVQ in Roofing / Slating & Tiling / Sheeting & Cladding
• Experience identifying and repairing roofing leaks

NSS is a leading niche specialist service provider in maintenance, cleaning and testing, offering support for buildings of all shapes and sizes.

We pride ourselves on being fast, safe and reliable and our customers know that when our engineers arrive to tackle a problem, they are in safe hands. All our specialists are full-time, directly employed and receive ongoing training to make sure they stay fully certified and ready to tackle any challenge they face on site. When you work with NSS, you join a team of passionate experts who are committed to supporting each other and setting new standards for our work.

About Nationwide Specialist Services Clean, well-maintained and fully functioning buildings are vital to keeping our customers moving. Businesses need to create positive, lasting impressions and we work with their reputations in mind. That's why we act fast, solving most problems on the first visit, and why we invest in training and support to keep our teams at the forefront of new techniques. Nationwide Specialist Services · Maintenance · Newcastle

If you enjoy practical work and being outdoors, this is for you.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, paid overtime, full kit provided, training on the job, and real progression opportunities.
• Fully equipped vehicle and fuel card
• Overtime paid at time and a half
• All tools, equipment, mobile phone, and PPE provided
• Industry-recognised training and development
• 20 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
• Monthly reward and recognition scheme
• TradePoint card (10% discount at B&Q)
• Birthday day off (after qualifying service)
• Referral bonus scheme
• Medicash health cash plan (dental, gym discounts, health screening & more)