If you're after a new job near Shepton Mallet, Castle Cary or Bruton and your skillset lies anywhere between bartending and bagging up cheese, you're in luck. Whether you're forklift certified or just really good at not burning toast, there's something worth applying for this week.

Let's start with the heavy stuff: Mobile Plant Fitter and Electrical Fitter roles are both up for grabs at Holcim, working out of their vast super quarry near Shepton. If you like solving problems on the fly and don't mind getting dusty while keeping the nation's building sites supplied, this could be your moment.

Over in Castle Cary, if you're an engineer who likes to keep things ticking along, the Maintenance Engineer role might be worth a gander. The pay tops out at £50k, there's a chunky pension, gym discounts, and — bonus — every other weekend off.

Driving types aren't left out either. There's work for Class 1 Day Drivers doing deliveries for a major retail logistics firm based in Shepton. It's bulk deliveries, palletised goods and no-nonsense hours — ideal if you prefer tachographs to spreadsheets.

Meanwhile, in the land of food and froth, The Newt is hiring like it's going out of fashion. Got a passion for toasties and vegan pasties? Try your luck as a Commis Chef in their Cyder Bar — it's daytime hours, decent pay and a setting straight off a postcard. Or if mixing cocktails is more your vibe, they're also after a Seasonal Bartender for The Botanical Rooms — think less sticky floors, more garden parties and £12.48 an hour.

Cheese fans and shift-lovers can look to Castle Cary, where Weekend Machine Operators and Relief Operators are needed to help keep pet food and packaging lines running smoothly. You'll need a strong back and a good attitude — but there's double pay on Sundays and free meals to take home, which might just swing it.

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In the world of care and education, there's a Teacher role going at Wessex Lodge School for someone who can handle complex needs with compassion and creativity — plus there's a solid salary and term-time only hours. Prefer scrubbing to schooling? A local arts centre in Bruton is also hiring a House Keeper, offering a tidy £13 an hour and a work setting filled with artists, exhibitions and events.

And if you're still undecided, there's always the fallback: Barchester is hiring for everything from kitchen Hospitality Host to general care roles — and while the uniform might not be couture, the benefits (and biscuits) are hard to beat.

For even more Shepton-based roles, check out our jobs section — because your next gig might just involve cheese, quarries, cocktails, or all three.