Current Role Openings
Stonemasonry Apprentice
Site Mason Apprenticeship – Job Description
About AFJONES Stonemasons
AFJONES Stonemasons is an ambitious, family-run business founded in 1858, built upon strong values, craftsmanship, and an obsessive commitment to quality and innovation. While proud of our heritage, our focus is firmly on the future working on some of the most challenging and intricate projects across the Architectural, Interiors, and Heritage building sectors.
Every project we undertake contributes to a legacy, creating stonework that will be enjoyed for generations and recognised as industry-leading.
The Opportunity
We are seeking motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our Site Mason Apprenticeship Scheme. This is a hands-on role offering real project experience across a variety of building sites, combined with structured college-based learning throughout the year.
You will work alongside highly skilled and experienced stonemasons, developing specialist skills in a supportive and close-knit team environment.
Role Overview
The broad purpose of this apprenticeship is to:
- Install natural stone across new builds & historic buildings.
- Conserve, repair, or replace existing stonework
- Contribute to building and landscape projects where stone is a key feature
Projects often include,
- Bespoke stone installations such portico’s, facades, ashlar, cantilevered staircases, arches.
- Interior stone installations such as kitchens and bathrooms
- Landscaping elements such as fountains, memorials, and or paved areas.
Key Responsibilities
Learn to:
- Set out and build structural stonemasonry including cantilevered staircases & portico’s.
- Create moulds and templates for standard and bespoke stonemasonry components
- Assist in conserving and restoring stone, brickwork, and heritage structures
- Select, use, and maintain appropriate tools and equipment
- Interpret work plans considering building age, listed status, and site conditions
- Safely handle, transport, and position materials and tools
- Install, erect, and repair masonry components
- Support experienced masons with mortar mixing and general site tasks
- Maintain a safe and organised working environment
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will:
- Enjoy practical, hands-on work
- Take pride in high-quality craftsmanship and attention to detail
- Thrive working as part of a close-knit team
- Be willing to learn, show initiative, and support others
- Demonstrate common sense and the ability to follow instructions
- Have a genuine interest in making, building, and creating
- Ability to travel to various sites across London and the Home Counties
- Strong interest in construction, masonry, architecture, or design
- Enjoy learning how to understand drawings and think in 3D
- Good mathematical and problem-solving skills
- Computer literacy
- Time management and prompt
What We Offer
- Hands-on experience on high-quality, prestigious projects
- Mentorship from highly experienced stonemasons
- Structured apprenticeship training and college education with paid transport and accommodation whilst away.
- A supportive, team-oriented environment
- The opportunity to build a long-term career in a specialist craft
- Competitive apprenticeship salary
Join Us
At AFJONES Stonemasons, you won’t just learn a trade, you’ll become part of a legacy. If you are passionate about craftsmanship and want to develop a career creating exceptional stonework, we would love to hear from you.
Please apply by emailing: info@afjones.co.uk
Apply now and start building your future in stonemasonry.
CNC Machinist Apprenticeships
CNC Machinist Apprenticeship – Job Description
About AFJONES Stonemasons
AFJONES Stonemasons is an ambitious, family-run business founded in 1858, built upon strong values, craftsmanship, and an obsessive commitment to quality and innovation. While proud of our heritage, our focus is firmly on the future working on some of the most challenging and intricate projects across the Architectural, Interiors, and Heritage building sectors.
Every project we undertake contributes to a legacy, creating stonework that will be enjoyed for generations and recognised as industry-leading.
The Opportunity
The role involves learning how to craft and programme perfectly accurate shaped stones from raw stone block for facades, staircases, portico’s and other architectural & heritage masonry projects. You will learn how to use advanced CNC 3-6 axis machinery to help deliver production in the most effective and efficient way, so showing initiative and practiveness is essential. The role is a mixture of cutting programming, stone selection, stone handling/placement, machine operations and general team communications to achieve end results to send to our in house site fixing team.
You will need a mixture of computer & practical skills to operate complex machinery.
Role Overview
- Loading & unloading saws safely, using crane or forklift (training provided)
- Planning work to ensure saws are working.
- Programming CNC saws & 3-6 axis saws
- Using Alphacam to programme machinery (training provided).
- Reading and planning stonemasonry drawings on AutoCAD.
- Washing down of CNC machines
- Plant maintenance duties
- Attending team/machinist meetings
- Daily pre-operation checks on your specific machines
- Illustrating you place value on Health and Safety by following policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
Learn to:
- Operate & programming CNC saws
- Think in 3D
- Learn Alphacam
- Drive a forklift
- Read technical drawings
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will:
- Enjoy practical, hands-on work
- Take pride in high-quality craftsmanship and attention to detail
- Thrive working as part of a close-knit team
- Be willing to learn, show initiative, and support others
- Demonstrate common sense and the ability to follow instructions
- Have a genuine interest in making, building, and creating
- Ability to travel to Ipsden production yard
- Good mathematical and problem-solving skills
- Computer literacy
- Time management and prompt
What We Offer
- Hands-on experience with a combination of hands on vs computer
- Mentorship from highly experienced stonemasons
- Structured in house learning course
- A supportive, team-oriented environment
- The opportunity to build a long-term career in a specialist craft
- Competitive apprenticeship salary
Join Us
At AFJONES Stonemasons, you won’t just learn a trade, you’ll become part of a legacy. If you are passionate about craftsmanship and want to develop a career creating exceptional stonework, we would love to hear from you.
Please apply by emailing: info@afjones.co.uk
Apply now and start building your future in stonemasonry.
Apprenticeships
Apprentices are the life soul of our industry. We have specialist knowledge from generations of experience, that must be learned and passed down.
Today’s apprentices are our next generation of craftsman that will keep the future legacy. For stonemasons to continue, investing in apprenticeships is essential not just for A F Jones as a company but for masonry as a whole.
Stonemasonry is as much a vocation as it is a trade. We are always looking for apprentices and applicants with that sense of purpose.
At least ten of our masons came to us as apprentices or was their first job early on in their careers and have subsequently been with us for many years.
Our Production Director came to us as his first job and has now been with us for 19 years and our Interiors Manager has been with us for 15 years, beginning his career here as a mason.
We offer a 2-year apprenticeship that is taught in house and at college whereby our students gain a level 2 NVQ diploma in Stonemasonry whilst working for us.
If you’re interested in a future career in stonemasonry, quality skills and knowledge and to be part of the A F Jones Team.
Please contact info@afjones.co.uk to apply, or call us on 01491835032
Why Work For Us?
We are always on the lookout for quality staff across a range of roles. We are a professional family run business that takes pride in the quality of our work. We are sustainably growing and therefore looking for great candidates to join and enhance our knowledgeable & dynamic team. Our core values underpin everything we do: Attitude is everything, take ownership, teamwork & valuing our people. These bind us together to bring the quality, passion & innovation needed to succeed. We are excited to expand and welcome the right person to the team!
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