Bricklayer

You lay external and internal walls in calcium silicate and clay block, set lintels, work to line and plumb, and place precast stairs with the crane. The day also covers mixing and hoisting mortar, raising the scaffold to the second lift, stripping small concrete pours and taking the measurements for the site diary at the end. You work in a gang of four and report any deviation from the drawing to the charge hand. Hours are Monday to Thursday 07:00-16:30 and Friday to 14:00, with the winter bad weather rules in January and February.

Completed training as a bricklayer or mason, or five years in the trade

Sure with line, level, laser and mortar mixes

Reading a shell drawing and setting out from given axes

Scaffold awareness and a head for heights to the second lift

Physically fit for block work in summer heat and winter cold

Willing to start at 07:00 and travel to sites inside Berlin

Basic German or English for the daily briefing

Net salary from 2400 up to 2640 EUR per month

Permanent contract paid to the construction wage groups

30 days of holiday and the construction holiday pay

Travel time to the site paid, company van from the yard

Deutschlandticket for the journey to the yard

Winter allowance and short time pay in the cold months

Full protective kit, cordless tools and a heated site cabin

A bricklayer who can set out a floor plan alone takes over a gang as charge hand, usually inside two seasons. The company pays the Vorarbeiter course and the Polier school at the Berlin chamber of crafts.

Open sites with a tower crane, a mortar silo, scaffold with a proper edge rail and a heated cabin for breaks. Helmet, high visibility jacket, gloves, knee pads and safety boots are provided.