Joiner / Cabinet Maker

Job Description:

Job Title: Cabinet Maker/Joiner

40,000 - 46,000 - Permanent

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 we undertake is very much a manual and physical job with lifting of large, heavy and sometimes awkward items so it is important that the applicant is 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)