Build and Site Team - Edinburgh's Christmas 2025 (Unique Assembly) - 18466

Contract: Temporary, Salary: starting from £13.60 per hour depending on experience, Closing Date: 6pm Friday 31 October

Employer:

Unique Assembly have presented Edinburgh's Christmas and Hogmanay activations since 2022, and Edinburgh’s Christmas welcomed over 2.8m visitors in 2024 to enjoy a spectacular programme of festive fun in the city.

This year Edinburgh's Christmas will include seven weeks (49-days) of seasonal fun across Edinburgh’s city centre, including Traditional Christmas Markets, Funfair Rides, Big Wheel & Around the World Starflyer, Ice Rink, Santa’s Stories, Polar Ice Bar and more.

Environment:

Unique Assembly are looking for enthusiastic and experienced team members to join our Site Managers to help on the build of Edinburgh's Christmas Sites.

They are interested in hearing from you if you have experience in construction/carpentry/festival or event building/fencing and scaffolding and painting as well as plant operators or build crews. Roles are offered on a contract basis and run on varying dates between 27th October and 23rd November 2025, and then again between 5th January and 18th January 2026. There may be potential for some work across their Hogmanay events and being part of the Christmas team means you will be in our contact pool should we require more crew.

Roles are paid dependent on skill set and experience but are no less than £13.60 per hour.

The roles are varied and quite often fast paced and all based in outdoor locations, so you'll need to layer up!

What might a day in this role look like?

No accommodation is available with these roles, so you will need to be Edinburgh based/commuting distance or have somewhere to stay!

What will I learn?

If you are an enthusiastic and dedicated individual who has a passion for creation, enjoys building relationships, this is a fantastic role to expand on your existing skill set by meeting a variety of different tasks.

What qualifications/skills are required?

People with skills and experience in any of the following should apply

  • Plant Operators (forks, telehandlers, cherry pickers).
  • Carpenters
  • Painters
  • Fencing Teams
  • Scaffolders
  • Scenic Artists
  • Build Crew
  • Festival / Theatre Crew
  • Lighting Technicians (Install/De-rig).
  • Outdoor Power installation

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This entry was posted by Edinburgh Guarantee on 22/10/2025.

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