Street and Glastonbury's jobs crop this week is a fairly decent reflection of the area itself: practical in places, slightly eclectic in others, and not entirely interested in shouting about itself. There are roles here for people who like fixing, building, maintaining or generally doing something useful with their day, which makes a nice change from the usual parade of vague job ads promising "journeys". Whether you're seriously on the hunt or just flirting with the idea of a better-paid life, there's enough here to justify a proper rummage.

For the spreadsheet-inclined and the professionally patient

If you like your numbers correct and your clients only mildly chaotic, there's a Qualified Accountant role in Wells offering £45,000 a year, permanent and office-based. It's with an established practice and includes year-end accounts, tax returns and direct client contact, with some farming and rural business work in the mix. Which, around here, is probably more useful than being able to decode whatever they're teaching in London finance circles this week.

Also in Wells, there's an Accounts and Team Manager post paying £35,000 to £45,000, with part-time or full-time hours on offer. This one is for someone who knows their way around accountancy practice and can review work, manage a team and generally keep the show on the road without needing a ceremonial meltdown every quarter end. A sensible step up, and one that sounds refreshingly grounded.

For the legal brains, there's a Residential Property Lawyer role covering Somerset, with salary up to £55,000 and hybrid working included. The ad mentions Taunton, but the role stretches across Somerset offices, and the work goes beyond basic conveyancing into the fiddlier, more technical stuff. Good news for anyone who likes property law but has no desire to spend their life chasing people who still haven't sent the forms they promised "last week".

For people who can fix things, maintain things or at least stare down a plant room without panicking

The money shout this week is the Site Services Engineer role in Wells, paying £45,000 to £50,000, permanent, days-based, with bonus, premium overtime, healthcare and a 10% pension. It's looking for a multi-skilled engineer with site services experience in FMCG, especially around boilers, water treatment, air con or refrigeration. In other words, exactly the sort of person who gets called when everyone else starts standing around saying "that doesn't sound right".

Over in Shepton Mallet, there's an Electrical Maintenance Engineer job offering up to £50,000, permanent, on a 4 on 4 off days-and-nights shift pattern. It's very much a modern factory role: automated lines, fault-finding, planned maintenance and the sort of machinery that costs more than most houses did twenty years ago. Not exactly a soft life, but it does look like the sort of place where technical people can actually get on.

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If staying in one place makes you twitchy, the Field Service Engineer role in Glastonbury offers £35,000 to £50,000, overtime, van, fuel card and door-to-door travel. It involves nationwide work on recycling and waste processing kit, which may not sound glamorous, but neither does most of the stuff that keeps the country functioning. A decent one for someone who likes variety, autonomy and the occasional service station coffee of questionable strength.

There's also a Facilities & Maintenance Team Leader post at Strode College in Street, paying £26,161 to £27,435, plus on-call payments. This is less factory-floor graft and more keeping a busy site safe, maintained and in one piece, which is no small task when students are involved. Ideal for someone practical, organised and capable of leading a team without acting like they're auditioning for The Apprentice.

And for anyone in civils, there's a contract Site Engineer role in Glastonbury paying £340 a day. It's aimed at someone with proper groundworks and civil engineering experience: drainage, foundations, earthworks, highways, flood alleviation, the lot. Serious work, serious rate, and very much not one for someone whose DIY highlight is successfully putting up a shelf.

For shift folk, night owls and people who just want a job that's real

At Castle Cary, Mars is hiring a Process Operator on a permanent basis, with pay at £28,700 to £30,400 including shift allowance, plus bonus and a strong benefits package. The shifts rotate weekly across mornings, afternoons and nights, so your internal clock may never fully forgive you, but the perks are good and the role looks like a solid route into manufacturing with a major employer. Also, free coffee and access to the employee shop, which frankly has probably swung tougher decisions than this before.

In Shepton Mallet, there's a Supported Housing Worker – Mendip role paying £24,000, permanent, supporting people experiencing homelessness. The advert is brief, but the work itself is anything but small. This is one of those jobs that actually matters, even if it won't come with flashy perks or a motivational slogan slapped on the wall. One for someone steady, compassionate and realistic about the fact that helping people properly is rarely neat.

And if you're happier when everyone else is asleep, there's an HGV Class 1 Driver – Nights role in Shepton Mallet paying £17.50 an hour, temporary, with Monday to Friday 7pm starts. It's regular night work for experienced drivers, simple as that. No fluff, no inspirational nonsense, just decent hourly pay for someone qualified to get the job done while the rest of Somerset is watching box sets.

So there you have it: a week's worth of roles ranging from balance sheets to boilers, with a fair spread of pay, hours and sanity levels. Whether you're after a full career pivot or just quietly testing the waters after one too many pointless meetings, there's enough here to justify a proper look. And for more local openings, it's worth checking the Nub News jobs board — because sometimes the best job move starts with a harmless little browse and ends with never having to attend that team briefing again.