Paul Frampton Design – West Wales
We are looking for a practical, reliable and adaptable person to join our small furniture-making team.
We design and manufacture our furniture in-house, working predominantly with steel, solid timber and upholstery. This is a varied role rather than a traditional single-trade position. One day you might be preparing oak stool seats, the next cutting steel components, finishing frames, packing orders or booking courier collections.
We're not necessarily looking for someone with formal furniture-making qualifications. Practical ability, accuracy, common sense and a willingness to learn are more important to us.
What you'll be doing
The role will include:
- Cutting and shaping plywood upholstery bases
- Using workshop machinery including saws, bandsaws, sanders, planers and thicknessers
- Preparing solid timber for stool seats, table tops and other furniture
- Sanding and finishing timber
- Cutting and drilling steel components
- Cleaning and finishing welded steel frames using angle grinders and other hand tools
- Preparing and applying protective finishes to raw steel
- Checking and correcting furniture for stability
- Packing finished furniture for delivery
- Booking courier shipments and preparing dispatch paperwork
- General workshop duties and helping wherever required
Full training will be provided on our particular processes and machinery.
We'd particularly like to find someone who…
Is naturally practical and enjoys making things, but is also comfortable with technology.
Alongside the workshop work, there is an opportunity to become involved with things such as:
- Photographing finished furniture
- Basic photo editing and resizing
- Booking shipments online
- General computer-based order and production tasks
- Potentially assisting with straightforward website and e-commerce work
You certainly don't need to be an IT expert, but being comfortable around computers and willing to learn would be a real advantage.
What matters to us
We're looking for someone who is:
- Practical and confident using their hands
- Accurate and takes pride in getting things right
- Reliable and punctual
- Comfortable working independently once trained
- Happy doing a genuinely varied job
- Willing to learn new machinery and processes
- Comfortable using a computer
- Able to work as part of a small team
Previous workshop, manufacturing, joinery, engineering or fabrication experience would be useful, but isn't essential for the right person.
Pay: From £13.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Tell us about something you have made, built or repaired yourself. It doesn't need to be furniture. What did you make or repair, and what tools did you use?
- How comfortable are you using computers and digital tools?
- What experience do you have using workshop machinery, power tools, handheld power tools and hand tools? Please give us a few examples of the tools or machinery you've used and what you used them for.
Work Location: In person
