At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a small team in innovative veneering and forming processes while ensuring quality and efficiency.
- Company: Join a growing organisation in Hertfordshire with a focus on modern joinery techniques.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, overtime opportunities, and training in new processes.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with opportunities for career growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by managing new processes and expanding your skills in joinery.
- Qualifications: 5-10 years of joinery experience and strong people management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 45000 £ per year.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Joinery Team Leader with 5 to 10 years experience with strong man management skills and ideally some basic experience of veneering to join a growing organisation in Hertfordshire. This role entails a big part of planning as well as organisation in order to make the work in progress more visual. This is a 50% hands-on role with the rest based on managing the area.
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 + Benefits
Location: Letchworth Garden City – Hertfordshire
Hours: 8am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri / Overtime Saturdays (1 or 2 per month at time and half)
Skills & Experience:
- The individual we are looking for must be from a joinery background ideally with 5 to 10 years experience.
- Some basic knowledge of the veneering process would be necessary/preferable.
- The knowledge of the forming process is not necessary as full training will be given.
- Candidates must ideally have some people management skill as we do have some strong character individuals in the team.
- Rapport building will be key to deliver the required work.
This is a chance for someone to make a difference as well as learn new processes which would allow the business to widen its offer.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a small team of 4 to 6 people covering the veneering and forming processes.
- Veneering:
- Plan the work through the area and keep all the schedules up to date.
- Prep the work to be veneered ahead of the veneering itself by co-ordinating with other team leaders in the business in terms of panels readiness as well as identification of the veneer.
- Assist the team across all the veneering processes providing guidance and assistance in making sure that quality and delivery to the next process is up to the business standards.
- Ensure that the veneering area is kept tidy organised, veneer layons are clearly identified and stored correctly.
- Manage the stock of veneer.
- Forming:
- Forming operation includes the planning of the mould from CAD drawings issued to the team, the gluing of the foam blocks, the cutting of the foam using a wire cutting machine, the forming of the required curves into the press.
- Prep the work to be formed by organising for the mould to be cut and liaising with other team leaders in getting the ply to be cut.
- Assist the team in mould production as well as curved work production.
- Ensure that the forming area is kept tidy and organised making sure that all the moulds are clearly labelled and recycled whenever possible.
- Manage stock of foam.
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