Job Description:
Job Title: Cabinet Maker/Joiner
£16.50 to £18.50 per hour (depending upon experience)
47.5 hours per week (Mon to Fri) - Potential opportunity of overtime advised on a weekly basis.
25 days annual leaver + bank holidays
The Company:
Are you passionate about creating exquisite bespoke joinery and looking for a new opportunity to showcase your skills? If so, our client, a leading manufacturer and installer of bespoke joinery, is searching for a dedicated Cabinet Maker/Joiner to join their dynamic team.
The Job:
The work undertaken is very much a manual and physical job with lifting of large, heavy and sometimes awkward items so it is important that you are physically fit to undertake the work. The work will be very diverse, manufacturing a wide variety of cabinetry and joinery items, including but not limited to the following:
- Reception desks
- Bars and serveries
- Kitchens
- Wardrobes
- Seating
- Wall and ceiling paneling
- Credenzas
- Display units
You would be working with a wide range of materials including real wood veneers, solid timber, MDF, laminate, melamine boards, glass, stone, metalwork, Corian and other solid surface materials.
Competencies
Operation of a panel saw, spindle moulder, planer and thicknesser
Use of handheld routers, jigsaws, planers, saws, and general handheld power tools
Experience in veneering is preferred but not essential
Experience in Corian and other solid surface fabrication is preferred but not essential
Experience in laminating
Operation of drum sanders and edge banders is preferred but not essential
Spraying experience is not required but if the candidate has spraying experience this will be looked upon positively
Reading of workshop drawings
Construction of cabinetry and joinery items such as the items listed above
Targets
- Ensuring time targets are met
- Ensuring quality standards are met
- Maintaining H&S standards
- Keeping working environment in a safe and clean condition
- Minimising waste
Skills and Attributes for the Position
Passionate and enthusiastic
Hardworking, driven and self-motivated
Able to work under pressure to tight deadlines and willing to work overtime when required
Good organisational and communication skills
Attention to detail
Able to think ahead for yourself without waiting for instructions
Problem solving skills
Able to work safely and carefully
Able to work on your own as well as part of a team and able to get on well with others
Friendly and helpful
Full UK clean driving license is essential
Forklift license for counterbalance truck is preferred (not essential as we can provide training if required)
CSCS skilled card is preferred (not essential as we can provide training and certification if required)