Bench/ Workshop Joiner (Construction Laboratory Operative)

Why work for UKTC? 

United Kingdom Testing and Certification (UKTC) offers rewarding technical work that makes buildings better for people and the environment. Although invisible to the average person, Passive Fire Protection is a fundamental part of the buildings we all live and work in and saves countless lives.  

Your work at UKTC will be diverse and allow you to enhance your practical skills through the use of tools and laboratory instruments as well as challenge yourself academically through learning about international test standards and regulations. You will interact with customers from the Passive Fire Protection industry every day allowing you the opportunity to educate them as well as learn from them.  

Put your practical joinery skills to work in a more rewarding environment.

UKTC is looking for practical people with joinery, workshop manufacturing or window and door installation experience to join our fire testing laboratory just outside East Kilbride.

This is not a traditional laboratory role and you do not need any previous laboratory or fire testing experience.

It is a hands-on construction role where you will use practical skills every day, working from drawings and instructions to build and install specimens that will be subjected to fire resistance testing.

The role could suit an experienced bench joiner looking for a new challenge, a window or door manufacturing operative looking to develop their skills, or a site joiner who wants the stability of working from one permanent location.

Who could this role suit?

We would particularly like to hear from:

• Bench or workshop joiners, particularly those working within window, door or construction product manufacturing
• Time-served joiners looking to move away from travelling between construction sites into a permanent place of work
• Experienced window and door installers
• Joiners' mates or semi-skilled construction operatives with good practical skills
• People confident using hand and power tools who can measure, cut, assemble and install accurately

You do not need to be a fully qualified joiner. Practical ability, attention to detail and the ability to follow instructions safely are more important to us.

What you'll be doing

Most of your work will take place within our laboratory and construction areas at our permanent East Kilbride facility.

You will prepare constructions and test specimens for fire resistance testing. This can include building timber and metal-framed constructions, measuring and cutting plasterboard and other materials, and assisting with the installation of doors, windows and other construction products.

You will also help dismantle specimens after testing, maintain tools and equipment and keep the laboratory and build areas safe and organised.

The work is practical, structured and often repeatable. Accuracy matters. A small difference in how something is constructed can affect the outcome of a fire test, so we need people who take pride in getting things right.

You should be comfortable using hand and power tools, measuring and cutting materials accurately and carrying out practical construction or assembly work.

You will need to be able to read and follow written instructions, work safely, maintain a good standard of workmanship and work effectively as part of a team.

Experience of joinery, partition construction, window and door installation, workshop manufacturing or similar practical construction work would be particularly relevant.

A forklift licence would be useful but is not essential.