Site Team Leader

Site Team Leader (Brickwork Focus - Must be Qualified)

Salary: £33,000-£36,000 Full-time West Yorkshire Based Lead from the Front

We're looking for a high-level bricklayer who's ready to step up, lead a small site team, and deliver top-quality work every single day. As our workload grows across premium residential and structural projects, we're strengthening our site leadership to keep standards high and delivery tight.

This role isn't for someone who just turns up - it's for someone who prepares, thinks ahead, and brings the job in clean, safe, and on time.

At Ilkley Brickwork, we handle premium residential builds and structural reinforcement projects across Yorkshire. We set the bar high and expect our team leads to do the same. You'll be on the tools, but you'll also be driving standards, thinking ahead, and managing your team.

What We're Looking For

We're after someone who shows up sharp, ready, and leads by example.

You hate wasted time, poor planning, and last-minute chaos. You take pride in being the most prepared person on site.

• 5+ years' experience as a bricklayer, with experience leading small teams on site
• Level 2 Bricklaying qualification (required)

Strong working knowledge of:

• Pointing (weather-struck, recessed, tuck, etc.)
• Brick, block, and stonework
• Lime mortar and heritage techniques
• Lintels, steelwork, padstones
• Strip and raft foundations, DPC levels, insulation

(This list is not exhaustive - we're looking for broad hands-on skill)

Key Skills

• Able to read drawings, set out, and lead to programme
• Comfortable using digital tools (spreadsheets, photo logs, scopes)
• Clear communicator - confident in meetings and with clients
• Highly organised and proactive - not waiting to be told what's next
• Committed to upholding safety, quality, and time standards

Your Role

• Lead a team of 1-3 operatives or subcontractors
• Deliver clean, efficient, on-time work
• Set scopes, raise issues early, and keep the job flowing
• Apply our S.E.E. model: Safe. Effective. Ethical.
• Support the Production Leader with admin, materials, checklists
• Mentor junior team members

Preparation is Everything - We value team leads who treat the job like it's theirs:

• You arrive early and start sharp
• You check plans the night before
• You plan materials and check access before it's an issue
• You use your time and your team's time well
• You think ahead, solve problems early, and finish strong

Professional Development - We actively invest in our team:

• Ongoing CPD and upskilling available
• Learn advanced structural systems (Helifix, retaining walls, reinforcement
• Progression to Production Leader or technical specialist
• Leadership development pathway

Pay & Compensation

• £33,000-£36,000 salary depending on experience
• Company pension Uniform & PPE provided
• Flexible working when appropriate
• Based from BD10 office (Bradford), covering Yorkshire

Don't Apply If:

• You wait to be told what to do
• You turn up unprepared and make a plan on arrival
• You run a messy site because 'it's a building site'
• You don't want to lead or improve

Apply Now

Submit your CV + COVER LETTER by Friday 22nd August, 5PM.

Show us how you prepare. Show us what you've led.

We're qualifying hard - A Players only.

PS: Agencies, we know you mean well, but we've got this.

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