Carpenter/ Furniture Restorer

Shifts: Monday- Friday (8hrs per day)

Contract: Full Time, Salary Based Role

Benefits: Employee Discount, Upskilling, Pension, Holiday, Life Insurance, Bupa, Wellness Schemes, Gym Allowance

Helping to restore furniture to its true beauty!

Carpenters/ Furniture Restorers/ Conservators

We need your tender loving care to rebuild, fix and repair furniture for our customers' homes. 

What you will do 

• Evaluate damages and defects of furniture and home goods, ascertaining the level of repair, process and timescale required.
• Administer appropriate repair methods for various product types such as (bookcases, chest of drawers, wardrobes, tables, chairs, cabinets).
• Effectively manage and execute the repair workload schedule; ensuring a high quality finish is met consistently and ahead of scheduled deliveries. 
• Select, and safely use, technical equipment (handtools, power drills, sanders, saws, varnishes), aligned to our health and safety measures. 
• Maintain a clean and organised work space to enable multiple repairs simultaneously to be effectively managed.
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement and development of processes, materials, tools and overall operational delivery.
• Regularly update tasks records, reporting on observations, outcomes and notifying relevant teams of any potential delays or impacts to delivering on time.
• Maintain and replenish inventory items required to complete repairs; suggesting and trialling  alternative items to enhance quality, reduce cost or speed the completion process timeline.

What you will have

• Demonstrable practical experience operating as a Carpenter, Furniture Restorer, Furniture Conservator or a relevant function within a manufacturing, production, logistics, construction, commercial or domestic setting. 
• Strong practical experience and technical knowledge for effectively restoring furniture/ woodwork to a high quality standard (including colour and stain matching, damage/ defect repair)
• The capability to handle a range of varnishes, hand and power tools; with clear understanding of what and when they should be utilised.
• Exceptional attention to detail, quality and time management to meet customer deadlines.
• Good IT navigation and application skills.

Although any additional qualifications or upholstery knowledge would be of interest ultimately you will already be qualified by experience,  bringing a passion and strength for restoring furniture to its true beauty! 

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