Location: Sunderland
Pay Rate: £26.00 per hour (CIS)
Hours: Full-time (40+ hours per week, Monday - Friday)
Duration: Ongoing contract
The Opportunity
Are you an experienced Shuttering Joiner skilled in both traditional timber shuttering and panel systems, looking for a top-rate civil engineering contract in Wearside?
Search Consultancy is recruiting a precision Shuttering Joiner for a major ongoing development in Sunderland. Offering a premier rate of £26.00 per hour (CIS), this role provides high weekly earnings and strong project continuity for a competent formwork operative capable of handling heavy structural concrete pours.
If you hold a valid Blue or Gold CSCS card, excel at reading structural drawings, and have hands-on experience across traditional formwork and system pan work, we want to hear from you.
Your Role & Responsibilities
Working directly alongside steel fixers, concrete gangs, and site engineers, your day-to-day duties will include:
Traditional Shuttering: Fabricating, erecting, and striking timber formwork for concrete bases, retaining walls, columns, beams, soffits, and ground beams.
Panel System Formwork: Assembling, setting out, aligning, and striking proprietary modular panel systems (e.g., Peri, Doka, MEVA, RMD Kwikform) for wall and deck pours.
Structural Precision: Reading structural engineering drawings, checking levels, plumbs, and dimensions, and ensuring all formwork is fully braced and tie-bolted to withstand concrete pressure.
Box-outs & Cast-ins: Constructing precision timber box-outs for service penetrations, holding-down bolts, expansion joints, and waterbar installations.
Site Safety & Care: Maintaining safe working platforms, working safely at height, and cleaning/oiling shutter panels between re-uses to maximize efficiency.
Requirements & Qualifications
To satisfy site access rules and safety regulations, all applicants must possess:
CSCS Card: A valid Blue (Skilled Worker) or Gold (Advanced Craft) CSCS card in Formwork / Carpentry & Joinery is strictly mandatory.
Formwork Experience: Proven track record in shuttering joinery across civil engineering, commercial concrete frames, or heavy groundworks.
System Knowledge: Hands-on experience with both traditional timber shuttering and proprietary modular pan systems (Doka, Peri, etc.).
Tools & Kit: Full shuttering joinery tool kit (110V/cordless power tools, circular saw, hand tools, framing square, spirit levels) and standard 5-point PPE.
Transport: Reliable transport to commute to the site in Sunderland daily.
Right to Work: Valid proof of right to work in the UK.
Why Work With Search?
Top Market Rate: High earning potential paying £26.00 per hour under CIS.
Ongoing Continuity: Long-term project with consistent, full-time weekly hours running Monday through Friday.
Prime Sunderland Location: Centrally situated in Sunderland with easy transport links across Wearside and Durham.
Dependable Weekly Payroll: Prompt, accurate weekly CIS payments hitting your bank account every single Friday.
Dedicated Regional Support: Direct line to our specialised North East civil engineering desk to keep skilled shuttering operatives in continuous work.
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age
Salary description
£26.00 - £26.00 per hour