Fireplace Installation Assistant
Fireplaces, Stoves & Chimney Systems
Location: Littlehampton, West Sussex
Salary: Dependent on experience
Role type: Full-time
Start date: To be discussed
About us
We’re not just fitting fires.
We’re helping people create spaces they gather around.
At Sussex Eco Solutions, we install fireplaces, wood-burning stoves, chimney systems and outdoor living products for customers who care deeply about their homes.
We’re a small, established business with strong customer reviews and a team that cares about the work we leave behind.
Most of what we do happens inside people’s homes, so how we do the job matters just as much as the finished result. We care about turning up properly, protecting the home, doing the work well, and leaving customers feeling they chose the right company.
We’re looking for a Fireplace Installation Assistant to join our installation team.
The Role
You’ll work alongside our experienced stove and fireplace installers, helping deliver high-quality installations across Sussex and the surrounding areas.
This is practical, hands-on work. It involves strength, care, reliability and pride in the finish.
Depending on experience, you’ll be helping with:
- Stove and fireplace installations
- Chimney liner installations
- Twin-wall flue systems
- Fireplace openings and preparation work
- Hearths, chambers and finishing details
- Protecting customers’ homes before work starts
- Loading, unloading and preparing materials
- Keeping tools, vans and work areas organised
- Leaving every job clean, safe and tidy
What Success Looks Like
- Jobs are completed safely and properly
- Customers feel respected and well looked after
- Homes are protected and left clean
- The lead installer can rely on you
- You notice what needs doing and step in
- You learn the trade and become more useful over time
Who This Suits
This role would suit someone who wants more than casual labouring.
You may already have experience in building, roofing, chimney work, landscaping, property maintenance or another hands-on trade. Or you may simply be practical, reliable and ready to learn something specialist.
What matters most is attitude.
You’ll suit us if:
- You’re reliable and hard-working
- You like doing things properly
- You care about the finish
- You respect customers’ homes
- You enjoy being part of a small team
- You’re willing to listen, learn and improve
- You want to build a long-term place in a company, not just fill a short-term gap
A full UK driving licence would be preferred.
Previous stove, fireplace or HETAS experience would be a strong advantage, but we are also open to the right person who wants to learn the trade properly.
Not for You If
- You cut corners
- You avoid hard work
- You need constant chasing
- You don’t take care in people’s homes
- You’re not interested in learning
- You think “good enough” is good enough
What’s on Offer
- Varied, practical work
- A supportive and experienced team
- The chance to learn a valuable specialist trade
- Good-quality installations, not rushed volume work
- Long-term opportunity for the right person
- Potential progression towards HETAS training and greater responsibility
Final Word
We’re looking for someone who wants to join a company like ours — small enough that your contribution matters, established enough to offer proper opportunity, and committed enough to care about the work we leave behind.
You don’t need to know everything on day one.
But you do need to want to learn, work hard, take care, and become part of something we’re proud to build.
How to Apply
Please send us your CV along with a short covering note telling us why this role feels like a good fit for you.
We’re interested in your experience, but we’re just as interested in your attitude — how you work, what you take pride in, and why you’d like to be part of a company like ours.
If you already have experience with stoves, fireplaces, chimneys, building work, roofing or another practical trade, please tell us about it.
Please also let us know whether you are comfortable with practical, physical work and working at height, as both are part of the role.
If you don’t have direct experience but you’re reliable, practical and keen to learn, we’d still like to hear from you.
Pay: £26,700.00-£29,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
