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Carpentry jobs · Spalding based
Carpentry jobs in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
AJB Group takes on site carpenters, first and second fix, carpenters' mates, bench joiners and self-employed gangs. Weekly pay, price work available, and enough work on the books to keep you busy without chasing it.
The straight version
What the work is, and what it pays like.
Most carpentry adverts are vague on purpose. This one is not, because the quickest way to waste everybody's week is to get a carpenter onto site who wanted something different.
AJB Group is a carpentry contractor based in Spalding with fourteen full-time carpenters, grown from seven in August 2025. The work runs across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, roughly within two hours of the PE12 area, with the occasional contract further afield. Clients include main contractors like Probus Construction, SSL Home Creations and HB Developments, plus councils, the NHS and national brands.
Day to day that means variety: domestic refurbishments and extensions, commercial projects, new build developments, roof structures, first and second fix, fire door programmes, staircases, cladding and kitchens. Some weeks you are cutting a roof. Some weeks you are hanging 72 fire doors in a town centre conversion. If you want to do the same task on the same estate for two years, this is the wrong company, and that is worth knowing now.
Pay is weekly. Price work is available alongside day work on a lot of jobs, so a quick carpenter whose standard holds up is not capped by the clock. Rates depend on experience and on what the job actually is, and they get agreed up front.
The firm also puts money into itself, which you feel on site rather than read about. Ashley, who runs it, completed a Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management in July 2026 alongside the company's CHAS accreditation and SMSTS certification. In practice that means the drawings are on site, access and materials have been thought about before you turn up, and the programme you are working to was agreed rather than guessed.
The offer, in short
- Pay
- Weekly, agreed before you start
- Price work
- Available alongside day work on many jobs
- Workload
- Regular, reliable work, not two weeks at a time
- Patch
- Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, around two hours of PE12
- Away work
- Occasional, accommodation covered when it happens
- Variety
- Domestic, commercial and new build, ground to roof
- Atmosphere
- A genuinely good crew to work in, and we mean it
- Run properly
- CHAS accredited, SMSTS certified, director holds a Level 6 NVQ in site management
What we ask for
- Confidence
- Able to put your hand to most carpentry tasks
- Kit
- Own van and own tools for site carpenter roles
- Drawings
- Able to read working drawings and a specification
- Working style
- Able to work alone and in a team
- Standard
- Pride in the finish. Poor quality work is not carried
- Reliability
- Turn up, on time, and say so early if you cannot
Roles
Who we take on
Not every role is open at every moment, because it moves with the workload. Send your details anyway. When a project lands, the list gets worked through before anything gets advertised.
Site carpenters
The core role. Structural first fix, roof structures, joists, stud work, second fix, doors, skirting and architrave, staircases. Own van and tools, able to read a drawing and get on with it.
First fix carpenters
Joist sets, structural floors, ceilings, external walls, stud partitions and roof structure on new build and conversion work. Plenty of it, on developments and one-off builds.
Second fix carpenters
Doors, ironmongery, trim, staircases, fitted joinery and kitchens. Fine finish matters here, and on the high-end domestic work it is the whole job.
Carpenters' mates
Working alongside experienced carpenters and learning the trade properly. AJB has taken mates onto big projects before, including a castle renovation in Kent with accommodation covered.
Bench joiners
Workshop and on-site machining for bespoke work. Past jobs have included machining Scottish larch on site for a bird watching tower on the Norfolk coast.
Self-employed gangs and subbie teams
Established gangs who can take a plot, an elevation or a phase and run it. Price work suits this best. Bring examples of previous work.
Where the work is
Sites you would actually be sent to.
Active project areas over the past few years have included Peterborough, Spalding, King's Lynn, Wells, Thetford, Leicester, Ramsey, North London and Kent, plus the towns in between: Boston, Bourne, Grantham, Stamford, Wisbech, Whittlesey, Long Sutton, Holbeach and Quadring.
Most of it is within a sensible drive. The bigger contracts are the exception rather than the rule, and when a job does mean staying away, accommodation is covered and it is offered rather than dropped on you. The Lympne Castle project in Kent ran that way, and so did the apartment work in Tottenham.
What you get from that spread is range. In one year a carpenter here might touch a 300-home development, a 13th century castle, a village hall re-roof in Norfolk, a hospital shuttering job and a private kitchen. That is difficult to get anywhere else in this part of the country.
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Apply
Send us your details
Photos of previous work help more than a CV. If you have them on your phone, say so in the message and we will tell you where to send them.
Prefer to message?
- 07716 954091
- ajbgroupcontracting@gmail.com
- Message the page directly
What happens after you send it
Somebody reads it, usually the same working day. If there is something on that suits you, you will get a call to talk through the job, the rate and the start date before anything is agreed. If there is nothing on right now, your details stay on the list and get looked at first when the next project lands.
Nobody here will string you along about work that does not exist. If the honest answer is not at the moment, that is the answer you will get.
What you are joining
A proper outfit, not a man and a van.
Fourteen full-time carpenters, liveried vehicles, branded workwear, CHAS accreditation and a director holding a Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management.
That matters to you as much as it does to the client. It means the paperwork is done before you get to the gate, the materials are on site when you are, and you are not the one arguing with a site manager about access. It also means the work is steady, because contractors keep calling firms that turn up organised.
Common questions
Carpentry jobs at AJB Group
Do I need my own tools and van?
For site carpenter roles, yes. You need your own van and your own tools, and you need to be confident using them. The work moves between sites across three counties, so getting yourself and your kit there is part of the job. Carpenters' mates and people learning the trade are treated differently, so ask rather than assuming you are ruled out.
How often do you pay?
Weekly. Price work is available alongside day work on a lot of jobs, so if you are quick and your standard holds up, you are not capped by the clock. Rates depend on experience and on what the job actually is, and they are agreed before you start rather than argued about afterwards.
Is there travel, and do I have to work away?
Most work sits within about two hours of the PE12 area, across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Working away comes up occasionally on bigger contracts, and when it does, accommodation is covered. It is offered rather than imposed, and past away jobs have included a castle renovation in Kent and apartment blocks in North London.
Do you take on apprentices or people learning the trade?
It depends on the workload at the time, but AJB has taken on carpenters' mates working alongside experienced carpenters, and has advertised bench joiner work where training was given to somebody still learning. If you are early in the trade, get in touch and say exactly where you are up to. There is more detail on the carpentry apprenticeships page.
Are the roles employed or self-employed?
Both exist. AJB has fourteen full-time carpenters and also works with a vetted network of self-employed carpenters, gangs and subbie teams. Which one suits you depends on how you want to be paid, how much security you want and how you handle your own tax, and that is worth thinking through properly before you decide. The self-employed or employed guide goes through it.
What kind of work will I actually be doing?
It varies, and that is deliberate. Domestic refurbishments and extensions, commercial projects and new build developments, roof structures, first fix, second fix, fire doors, staircases, cladding and kitchens. If you only ever want to hang doors on one estate for two years, this is probably not the right outfit.
Carpenter, mate, joiner or gang?
Send your details and we will tell you honestly what is on.