Groundworker (Drainage)

Location: London wide, site based (must live within 1 hour of Fulham, SW6) Type: Permanent, Monday to Friday Salary: Competitive and negotiable depending on experience, plus company vehicle, fuel card and overtime

We're working with a well-established, family-run property maintenance group in Fulham to find an experienced, reliable Groundworker for their growing drainage division.

This is hands-on drainage groundworks across residential and commercial properties in London: excavations, installations, remedial works and reinstatement. You'll work alongside drainage engineers, supervisors and labourers, and take pride in getting the job done safely and to a high standard.

What you'll be doing:

* Excavation works for drainage installations, repairs and major remedial works, digging safely around live underground services

* Installing ACO drainage systems, channel drains, gullies, inspection chambers and underground pipework

* Constructing and installing precast concrete and plastic manholes, benching, covers and frames

* Installing, repairing and rerouting underground drainage pipework (PVC, clay, HDPE), including collapsed and defective drains

* Installing external soil and sewer stacks, rainwater pipework and connections to existing drainage

* Reinstatement works: concrete, tarmac, block paving, kerbs, driveways and external surfaces

* Operating small plant (breakers, compactors, cut-off saws, trench compactors)

What you'll need:

* 5+ years as a Groundworker in construction, drainage, utilities or property maintenance

* Strong experience installing ACO systems, manholes, running pipework and external sewer stacks

* Experience in drainage excavations and reinstatement works

* Good understanding of underground services and safe digging practices

* Full UK driving licence (essential)

* Physically fit and confident with small plant and power tools

* CSCS, CPCS or NPORS plant tickets an advantage, not essential