Sports Pitch Construction/Hybrid Pitch Stitching Subcontractor
Contract: Subcontractor
Location: UK-wide (regular travel and working away from home required)
Opportunity to travel worldwide for top-tier subcontractors
Pay Rate: from £22 per hour
Benefits:
• Paid travel time
• Paid waiting time - maximum 8 hours per day - e.g. weather delays, breakdowns, client delays.
• Daily meal allowance on UK projects
About the Role:
We are recruiting hard-working subcontractors to support specialist hybrid sports pitch stitching projects across the UK with the opportunity to travel worldwide for top-tier subcontractors. This is a physically demanding, hands-on role working with specialist machinery on professional sports pitches and stadiums.
No previous stitching experience is required - full training will be provided.
About Our Client:
Our client is a specialist in hybrid pitch stitching, delivering projects at professional football, rugby, and sports venues across the UK & worldwide. They offer a supportive working environment, structured training, and strong earning potential during their peak season (typically April to September).
Key Responsibilities: - Support machine operation
- Carry out manual labour and on site tasks
- Fault finding
- Accurately complete daily work and site reports
- Work closely with the team to ensure projects are completed efficiently
- Assist with basic grounds duties where experienced
Progression:
Subcontractors who develop into confident machine operators, capable of running a machine independently and carrying out repairs, can negotiate higher hourly rates.
Further progression is available for project lead roles and long-term operators. Rates are reviewed on an individual, merit-based basis.
Operators are fully supported, with access to experienced mechanics and a network of senior operators for technical guidance when required.
Requirements:
Essential: - Strong work ethic and a reliable, professional approach
- Ability to work long shifts for the duration of projects
- Comfortable working in a physically demanding, outdoor environment
- Willingness to travel across the UK and stay away from home during projects (Option of worldwide travel)
- Good level of spoken and written English
- Mechanically minded with attention to detail
- Able to work effectively as part of a small, close-knit team
- Flexible attitude towards day and night shifts
Desirable: - Experience in sports turf, groundsmanship, construction, landscaping, or similar
- Mechanical, engineering, plant, or electrical background
- Experience operating machinery or technical equipment
- Basic fault-finding or maintenance skills
- Full clean UK driving licence
This Role Is NOT for You If… - You are looking for Monday–Friday, with standard hours of work
- You are not comfortable working consecutive long days
- You are unwilling to travel within the UK or stay away from home
- You do not enjoy physically demanding, outdoor work
- You are seeking a permanent, site-fixed or office-based role
Chappell Enterprises UK is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and are a Disability Confident Employer, offering interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
