Stonemason - Glenluce Abbey Depot 325
Stonemason - Glenluce Abbey Depot 325
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Job Description
Starting salary:27519
Contract type:Permanent
Grade:2
Location:Glenluce Depot
Working Hours:Monday - Friday (annualised hours)
Interviews:To be held in person at Glenluce Depot on week commencing 22nd September
You will be involved in planning organising and conducting masonry repairs on our Dumfries & Galloway sites and the wider remit of HES sites. This could range from pointing and conservation works to dressing stone in the workshops ready for upcoming projects.
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Benefits of joining us at Historic Environment Scotland
- Enrolment onto a Civil Service Pension scheme 28% employer contribution
- 25 days annual leave pro-rata (increasing to 30 days after 3 years) 11.5 public holidays
- Reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
- Support for further education and personal development
- Study leave for work related courses
- Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
- Free entry to all of our properties (with up to three guests)
- Free entry to English Heritage Manx and Cadw properties
Key Responsibilities of this role
- To carry out conservation and routine maintenance works to HES monuments in the Glenluce area. This involves all forms of traditional building maintenance for the sites local to Glenluce as well as monuments in other areas as and when required.
- Stone cutting and hewing of various architectural mouldings / stones for monuments within the Glenluce region and monuments in other areas as required.
- Traditional building / repairs / indenting of stonework
- Raking out and pointing defective joints and beds.
- Promote traditional methods of conservation techniques to carry out challenging and diverse conservation projects / works.
- Operation of electrical and petrol-powered hand tools and machinery to facilitate work including disc saws mortar mixers compressors hoists etc. The winter season may consist of work outwith the normal duties associated with stonemasonry such as fence repairs grounds works and painting.
- Provide training and mentoring for apprentice stonemasons in traditional conservation skills which you are trained in.
- Comply with and promote HS Health and Safety Policy.
- Throughout your employment with HES you will be required to attend training courses identified to assist the work or to comply with health and safety legislation Including First Aid (training as required this may require overnight stays away from home).
Key requirements of the role:
In order for you to be successful in this post we will be looking for you to submit a cover letter which addresses how you can meet each of the essential and desirable criteria (in up to 1200 words) using examples of where you have demonstrated these criteria previously. Please ensure that you provide real life examples for each of the criteria to be considered for this post. You can use examples of how you have met this criteria from your work life home life education or volunteer experience.Please read our CV and Cover Letter Guidancefirst before completing as you will only be eligible for selection if you use examples of how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.
Essential:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
