Junior Furniture Maker / Shop Assistant

 

Come work with new state-of-the-art machines, and the highest quality materials while building luxury custom furniture. No experience is required, but several skills will be seen as big assets and a passion for woodworking is an absolute MUST.

 

Asset Skills

  • Milling (Jointing/Planing)

  • Glued Solid Wood Panel Construction

  • Festool Domino Familiarity Sanding (Sanding well is an art)

  • Familiar with European style tools and machinery

  • Comfortable working in Metric (I use metric near-exclusively)

Responsibilities

  • Some Milling (Jointing/Planing)

  • Sanding, some finish work (hand-oils only)

  • Some domino work (batches)

  • Running parts through batch setups

  • Assisting with projects, glue-ups, etc. in the shop when needed

  • Assisting with receiving, deliveries/installs Building shop furniture/projects/jigs

  • Cleaning/tidying the shop

  • Machine maintenance

Description

As a first employee, what I am looking for most specifically is a right-hand/go-to person (The vibe and dynamic is important as well). To help where needed around the shop for now, but with any luck, come time perhaps, they could begin to take on projects of their own. I am picturing an apprentice-type relationship. Should things continue to go well, your responsibilities will continue to grow. I will teach you all that I know about furniture and wood and maybe bounce some design ideas around.

I am looking for someone who cares about quality first, and will go the extra mile both for the customer and the heart of the piece. I want everything that leaves the shop door to be something that we are proud of.

Pay is based on experience ( $17-25/Hour)

 

To Apply

  1. Send your CV/Resume/Cover letter to jeff@jsmaclachlan.com

  2. Send up to 5 images of the work you are most proud of or have finished recently