20/07/2026
📣WE'RE HIRING! THREE JOB VACANCIES AVAILABLE 📣
DK Firewood & Groundworks Ltd is expanding... and before Darren has a breakdown, we're looking for **THREE new team members!👌
We're a small family-run business that’s flat out all year round. We specialise in agricultural, commercial and private concrete work, along with firewood production and deliveries. No two days are the same, so if you're looking for a job where you'll be staring at the same four walls all day... this isn't it!
We offer:
* 💰 Great rates of pay.
* 💷 Weekly pay.
* 👷 Self-employed to start, with the opportunity to go on the books after a successful 6-month probation.
* 🚐 Company van for the right person.
* 😂 Plenty of banter... but when it's time to work, we work.
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# 👷 Vacancy 1 – Experienced Groundworker
We need someone who knows their stuff!
You'll need experience in:
* Concrete work.
* Installing concrete panels.
* Drainage.
* Laying foundations.
* Cladding and roofing agricultural sheds.
* Taking levels.
* Operating machinery (3.5t diggers, dumpers and handlers preferred).
You MUST:
🚘Hold a full UK driving licence and transport. Be over 25 (insurance requirements)
⏱️Turn up every day and be on time (your alarm clock isn't our responsibility).
👌Be clean, tidy and take pride in your work.
🧹Keep the site clean.
👏Be able to work on your own and as part of a team.
☺️Be polite and respectful to customers and workmates.
# # # DON'T APPLY IF:
❌ You're allergic to hard work.
❌ You think "I'll just have another 10 minutes in bed" every morning.
❌ Your phone is permanently attached to your hand.
❌ You expect someone else to think for you.
One more thing...
Drug use is NOT tolerated.
Random drug tests are carried out and participation is not optional. If that's a problem, save yourself the email.
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💪 Vacancy 2 – Semi-Experienced Labourer
Want to learn the trade properly?
We're looking for someone who's:
* Hard-working.
* Reliable.
* Trustworthy.
* Polite.
* Willing to learn.
* Happy working outdoors in all weather (yes... even when it's raining sideways!).
You must:
* Hold a full UK driving licence.
🚗 Have your own transport to get to site.
⏰Turn up on time.
👂Listen, learn and get stuck in.
Experience is a bonus, but attitude is everything.
Again Drug use is NOT tolerated.
Random drug tests are carried out and participation is not optional. If that's a problem, save yourself the email.
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🌲 Vacancy 3 – Yard Person / Firewood Operative
Our firewood business is growing fast and we need another pair of hands.
You'll be responsible for:
* Processing firewood.
* Loading and unloading timber.
* Filling and emptying kilns.
* Keeping the yard clean and organised.
* Deliveries.
* Helping out on groundwork sites when required.
You MUST:
* Be over 25 years old (insurance requirement).
* Hold a full UK driving licence.
* Be confident operating a 3.5-tonne digger with a log grab (or willing to learn).
☺️Be able to work safely on your own.
👍Have a good "can-do" attitude.
👌Take pride in your work.
🙌Be self-motivated.
You'll mainly be based just outside **Chapelknowe**, but flexibility is essential.
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# ⚠️ Before You Apply...
# # 🚫 PLEASE DON'T APPLY IF...
❌ Your alarm clock has beaten you every morning since 2019.
❌ You think "I'll be there in five minutes" means sometime before lunch.
❌ You spend more time on your phone than you do holding a shovel.
❌ You're allergic to hard work, mud, rain or Monday mornings.
❌ You believe someone else will clean up after you... they won't.
❌ You think a broom is just another thing to lean on.
❌ You need your hand holding every five minutes.
❌ You've mastered the art of looking busy while doing absolutely nothing.
❌ You think "good enough" is good enough. (It isn't.)
❌ You disappear every time there's a wheelbarrow, shovel or concrete rake to push.
❌ You treat company tools like they're indestructible.
❌ You think tea breaks should last longer than the actual job.
❌ You can't work as part of a team without causing World War III.
❌ You expect every day to be sunny... this is Scotland!
❌ You're the sort of person who says, "That's not my job."
❌ You arrive looking like you've just rolled out of bed.
❌ You think being on time means turning up after everyone else.
❌ You're only looking for somewhere to hide until Friday.
❌ You enjoy making excuses more than making progress.
❌ You can't laugh at yourself or enjoy a bit of workplace banter.
❌ You use illegal drugs or turn up under the influence. **Random drug and alcohol testing is carried out and it's not optional.**
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# # ✅ PLEASE APPLY IF...
✔ You graft.
✔ You turn up.
✔ You take pride in your work.
✔ You can have a laugh but know when it's time to get your head down.
✔ You treat customers, workmates and equipment with respect.
✔ You want to earn good money and be part of a growing family-run business.
If you've read all of that and you're still smiling... you're probably exactly who we're looking for!
📧 [email protected]
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📞 **07969 376083**
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