Our workshop is at Windsor Park Industrial Estate, a few minutes' walk from Merton Abbey Mills.
HOURS / DAYS
Full time, 5 days a week, 9am–5pm, including weekends on a rota (around two a month).
SALARY / RATE
£40,000–£48,000 depending on experience, plus a performance bonus of up to 10% of salary.
Salary review after the 6-month probation.
STAFF / CONTRACTOR
Permanent staff (employed).
FULL TIME / PART TIME
Full time.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITY: WORKSHOP & OPERATIONS MANAGER
THE ROLE
JOB SPECIFICS
WORKING ARRANGEMENTS
This is a permanent, full-time, hands-on senior role based at our workshop in Wimbledon.
You'll report to the owner, with a weekly update and regular one-to-ones, and a performance bonus linked to clear targets for the workshop and to the company's results. You'll have a company card for stock, repairs and supplies, with spending limits agreed with the owner.
You'll also be on call to cover short-notice absences – any extra day you work is given back as a day in lieu, so you won't work more days across the year.
As a senior role, the notice period is three months.
HOURS / DAYS
Five days a week, 9am–5pm, with weekends on a rota – around two a month, which may be split across Saturdays and Sundays.
You must be able to reliably reach Wimbledon (SW19) at short notice.
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
We'll invest in you from day one:
- A structured 90-day handover: learn every course and how the forge runs, then take over the rota and stock, then run the workshop.
- Full training on our courses if you're not already a blacksmith or bladesmith.
- First aid training early on, as you'll lead health and safety.
- Welding qualifications and management training.
- A DBS check, paid for by us.
- Use of the forge for your own projects.
- Discounted courses for friends and family.
This position offers a clear path to General Manager as the role and the business grow
WHO WE’R LOOKING FOR
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Strong management experience: leading a team, rotas and day-to-day operations.
- Knows how to run a workshop safely and efficiently.
- Real ownership: a self-starter who's comfortable making decisions and doesn't wait to be told.
- A very strong work ethic and a hands-on attitude.
- Good with people: calm, clear and welcoming with customers and staff.
- Comfortable with digital tools and spreadsheets.
- Willing to teach, and enjoys passing on skills.
DESIRABLE SKILLS
- Blacksmithing, bladesmithing or knife-making experience.
- Experience teaching or demonstrating practical skills.
- Experience working with groups or members of the public.
- Experience coordinating fabrication or custom jobs.
EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
- Solid practical trade experience in a workshop: metalwork, fabrication, welding or similar (a strong woodworker looking to retrain would also be considered).
- Full UK driving licence.
- First aid certificate, or willing to train (we'll pay).
- DBS check, or willing to get one (we'll pay).
- Able to reliably reach Wimbledon (SW19) at short notice.
We're looking for someone to start in early January 2027.
Boneyard London is the UK's leading blacksmithing and bladesmithing experience company. We run hundreds of hands-on workshops a year from our forge in Wimbledon, teaching first-timers, groups and corporate teams to make knives, axes, tools and more – and we're known for doing things properly.Alongside our courses, we also take on custom fabrication work. We're growing, and this is a key role in that growth: the person who runs our workshop day to day, and makes sure every customer leaves safe, happy and proud of what they made.
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