If your current job involves doing three people's work while somebody else arranges a meeting about productivity, it may be time to update the CV.

This week's vacancies include engineering, driving, care, hospitality and warehouse work. There are positions for people seeking a serious career change, a few extra hours or simply an employer who has not yet discovered the phrase "quick catch-up".

Driving features heavily, beginning with a self-employed Morning Delivery Driver wanted around Street. The job pays £105.07 a day and involves delivering newspapers and magazines before most residents have successfully negotiated with the alarm clock. The early start may be brutal, but the roads should be quiet and nobody is likely to ask whether you have "capacity for a quick one" before dawn.

Those wanting something heavier can earn £23.10 an hour delivering ready-mix concrete as a Class 2 Driver. Weekly pay, mixer training and ongoing work are included, with the possibility of the role becoming permanent. It is a job with genuine solid foundations, rather than the sort announced by a senior manager shortly before half the department is restructured.

Milk Tanker Drivers are also needed for farm collections from Evercreech, with afternoon starts between 2pm and 4pm. Immediate work, weekly wages and regular shifts are available. Applicants need a Class 1 licence and an acceptance that cows have shown little interest in conventional office hours, employee wellbeing seminars or keeping meetings to time.

Engineering provides the week's biggest earning potential. A field-based Mechanical or Electrical Engineer will receive between £43,000 and £45,000, with door-to-door pay and overtime potentially pushing total earnings to between £60,000 and £80,000. The engineer will visit sites across the UK to service and repair plant and recycling machinery. A company vehicle, fuel card, 30 days' holiday and further training are included, along with the words "no call-outs" — surely among the most beautiful phrases in the English language for anyone who has ever been on standby.

Applicants need an NVQ Level 3 and a driving licence. The company wants somebody who hears an alarming mechanical noise and investigates it, rather than applying the traditional household solution of switching everything off and leaving the room. Engineers who prefer the machinery to come to them can apply for a permanent Workshop HGV Engineer position in Evercreech. The daytime role pays up to £46,500 plus overtime and includes further training on new products. It should provide rather more satisfaction than spending another afternoon explaining to the office printer that yes, there is paper in Tray 2.

Castle Cary offers an immediate route into warehouse work, with a Warehouse Operative needed from 7.30am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday. Pay is £12.94 an hour, with weekly wages and on-site parking. More importantly, the day ends at 3.30pm rather than entering that strange office period when someone remembers an urgent task at 4.57pm. The work covers returns, stock replenishment, picking, packing and computer-based stock management. Heavy lifting and chilled areas are involved, so it is unlikely to suit anyone whose preferred working environment includes a heated chair and a personalised mug.

Peter Green Chilled in Evercreech needs somebody further up the chain to ensure the boxes, orders and people picking them are all heading roughly in the same direction. Its new Warehouse Pick Manager will allocate workloads, monitor productivity, manage performance and make sure orders leave accurately and on schedule. Previous warehouse leadership experience is required, alongside the confidence to discuss KPIs without using "going forward" so often that the team begins plotting an alternative direction. The position covers 45 hours across five days in seven and comes with a pension, life assurance, parking and training opportunities.

For anyone who wants extra income without allowing a new employer to annex their entire calendar, there is flexible merchandising work around Glastonbury and Street. The Merchandiser role pays £15.07 an hour including holiday pay and currently offers around two to four hours a week, although that may increase during busy periods. Some visits are fixed for Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. It is a rare appearance of genuine flexibility, rather than "flexible" meaning the company chooses the hours and you remain permanently available.

The care sector offers regular support work, short-term clinical shifts and a complete change of career. Lifeways is recruiting Care Support Workers in Shepton Mallet at £13.80 an hour, with an additional £50 for sleep-in shifts. Full-time, part-time and sessional arrangements are available. Staff support eight adults with learning disabilities, helping with personal care, medication, cooking, routines, hobbies, social outings and holidays. Experience is welcomed, but applications are also open to people entering care for the first time. Patience, kindness and calm matter rather more than being able to produce an impressive graph about quarterly outcomes.

Near Castle Cary, a GP practice needs a Locum Advanced Nurse Practitioner for several Mondays and Thursdays in January, paying £50 an hour. The dates are fixed, allowing the successful applicant to begin the new year with firm plans while everybody else is still pretending the gym membership will be used regularly.

For a longer-term career change, the government-funded Approach Social Work programme allows graduates from different professional backgrounds to train as children's social workers. No previous social work experience is required, although applicants need at least a 2:2 degree and GCSE English at grade 4/C or above. The three-year programme combines study with practical work supporting children and families. Participants receive an £18,000 or £20,000 tax-free bursary in year one, followed by guaranteed local authority employment for those who complete it successfully. Earnings are listed at between £30,000 and £39,000 in year two and up to £44,000 in year three. It is a sizeable commitment, but the work comes with considerably more purpose than changing the colour scheme on a spreadsheet nobody has opened since March.

Hospitality brings the most locally rooted management opportunity. The community-owned Alhampton Inn, known as the Ally, is offering more than £40,000 for a General Manager to start in January 2027. The manager will lead the team, oversee sales and costs, develop the food offer and strengthen the pub's place within the community. An experienced assistant manager ready to step up can apply, although a personal licence is essential. Applications close on Monday, 2 November. It could suit somebody who enjoys a lively country pub and understands that "just one quiet drink" is neither a reliable customer forecast nor a legally binding promise.

Finally, Save the Children is looking for Shop Volunteers in Castle Cary. Volunteers can sort donations, serve customers, price stock, create displays and keep the shop floor organised. No experience is required, training is provided and people can offer anything from a couple of hours to a regular morning or afternoon. The role is unpaid, with the shop raising money for the charity's work with children. It also provides regular opportunities to hold up an ornamental object and ask the room whether anybody knows what it is meant to be.

More vacancies can be found in the Nub News jobs section, where employers can advertise positions directly.