Workshop Technician - 3 month contract

Step into a hands-on role where your practical skills and eye for detail are genuinely valued. This is a 3-month contract position with strong potential to extend, offering the chance to join a well-established workshop team in Southampton and contribute directly to high-quality production work.

About the Role:

• You will be working in a busy workshop environment, assembling, fitting and finishing components to precise specifications using a range of hand and power tools.
• Drawing on your carpentry, kitchen fitting or similar background, you'll interpret engineering drawings and deliver accurate, consistent work to tight tolerances.
• Your contribution will support on-time delivery of customer orders and help maintain high standards of quality and safety across the workshop.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assemble, fit and finish components using appropriate hand and power tools to defined standards.
• Interpret and work from engineering drawings, ensuring correct dimensions, orientation and fit.
• Carry out precision measurement and inspection of parts using gauges, calipers and other measuring equipment.
• Identify and report any non-conformances or quality issues, supporting corrective actions where required.
• Maintain a clean, organised and safe work area in line with health and safety procedures.
• Collaborate with colleagues and supervisors to coordinate workflow and meet production targets.
• Handle materials, fixtures and jigs carefully to avoid damage and ensure consistent quality.
• Support continuous improvement activities by suggesting practical improvements to methods, tooling or processes.

Key Requirements:

• Confident use of a range of hand and power tools in a workshop or site environment, ideally from a wood background.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and follow them accurately.
• Competence in precision measurement and inspection using standard workshop measuring tools.
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Good teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within a small workshop team.
• Demonstrated adherence to health and safety procedures and safe working practices.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and tasks within the workshop.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience working with wood-based components or joinery-style assemblies.
• Background in bench fitting, shopfitting, exhibition builds or similar workshop environments.
• Familiarity with basic mechanical assembly or fitting of hardware and fixtures.
• Experience working to production schedules or within a lean/continuous improvement environment.

Qualifications:

• Recognised apprenticeship or vocational qualification (e.g. NVQ/City & Guilds) in carpentry, joinery, wood machining, shopfitting or a related practical trade discipline (preferred).
• Relevant workshop or trade-based training in safe use of hand and power tools (required).
• Health and safety training such as manual handling, basic workshop safety or equivalent (preferred).

If you're a practical, hands-on professional looking for a 3-month contract with the option to extend and a chance to put your trade skills to work in a workshop setting, we'd like to hear from you.