Wetpour Installation Team Leader

Cole & Yates Recruitment Ltd; Dickens Heath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cole & Yates Recruitment Ltd in Whitlock's End, United Kingdom, seeks an experienced Wetpour Team Leader/Lead Installer for UK projects. You will lead a small installation team, set out and prepare sites, and apply wetpour systems to a high standard.

Permanent PAYE role with travel countrywide and opportunities to stay away when projects require it. Salary £40,000–£48,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on wetpour or rubber safety-surfacing installation experience.
• Strong screeding, trowelling, levelling and finishing ability.
• Experience leading a small team and taking responsibility for quality and site delivery.
• Full UK driving licence, current CSCS card and relevant current digger and dumper tickets, with practical operating experience.
• Willingness to travel countrywide and stay away when projects require it.
• Willingness to complete the appropriate Enhanced DBS check because the work includes school sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead and work alongside a small installation team on projects across the UK.
• Set out work and check levels, depths, bases, edges and drainage before installation begins, using a digger or dumper where required.
• Mix, pour, screed and hand-trowel SBR and EPDM wetpour systems.
• Take responsibility for joins, wearing courses, coloured sections, patterns and marked-out areas.
• Keep projects organised, safe, on programme and finished to a high standard.
• Support and develop other team members and communicate professionally on site.

Skills

Wetpour installation

Screeding

Trowelling

Team leadership

Driving licence

CSCS card

Digger ticket

Dumper ticket

Job description

Cole & Yates Recruitment Ltd | Full time

Whitlock's End, United Kingdom

• Work Experience Wetpour installation, rubber safety surfacing, wetpour screeding, hand trowelling, levelling and finishing, team leadership, setting out, quality control, site delivery, digger operation, dumper operation, current CSCS card, full UK driving licence
• Salary £40,000 - £48,000 (Negotiable based on experience)
• City Whitlock's End
• Country United Kingdom

Job Description

Location: South of Solihull, West Midlands

Salary: From £40,000, with £42,000 to £48,000+ available for someone bringing strong groundworks and team leadership experience.

Job type: Permanent, PAYE

We are recruiting on behalf of a well-established specialist in play and sports surfacing who are offering a genuine long-term opportunity to join a practical, experienced team delivering high-quality outdoor projects across the UK.

Candidates may currently be working under titles such as Wetpour Team Leader, Lead Wetpour Installer, Lead Screeder, Surfacing Installation Team Leader, Surfacing Team Leader, Playground Installation Team Leader or Surfacing Foreman.

What you will be doing

• Lead and work alongside a small installation team on projects across the UK.
• Set out work and check levels, depths, bases, edges and drainage before installation begins, using a digger or dumper where required.
• Mix, pour, screed and hand-trowel SBR and EPDM wetpour systems.
• Take responsibility for joins, wearing courses, coloured sections, patterns and marked-out areas.
• Keep projects organised, safe, on programme and finished to a high standard.
• Support and develop other team members and communicate professionally on site.

Requirements

• Proven hands‑on wetpour or rubber safety‑surfacing installation experience.
• Strong screeding, trowelling, levelling and finishing ability.
• Experience leading a small team and taking responsibility for quality and site delivery.
• Full UK driving licence, current CSCS card and relevant current digger and dumper tickets, with practical operating experience.
• Willingness to travel countrywide and stay away when projects require it.
• Willingness to complete the appropriate Enhanced DBS check because the work includes school sites.

Useful additional experience

• Groundworks, drainage, base preparation, civils or landscaping experience.
• MUGA, playground, sports surfacing, resin‑bound or artificial‑grass experience.

Package and working pattern

Monday to Friday. Full‑time, permanent PAYE. Flexibility is required to travel across the UK and stay away from home for all or part of the working week when projects require it. Candidates must also be able to travel to the wider Solihull area for team, vehicle and warehouse requirements. The exact premises will be shared with suitable candidates.

• Company van and fuel card.
• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Paid hotel accommodation and a daily subsistence allowance when staying away.
• For longer stays, Airbnb or similar self‑contained accommodation may be arranged, with a kitchen, living room and bedroom.