Carpenter - Custom Cabinets

Custom Cabinet Designer

This position is responsible for the design and manufacture of custom cabinets. They will also ensure every product meets specifications for fit, finish, structural integrity, and manufacturability, as well as provide feedback regarding new cabinet products and customizations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Cut wood pieces in most efficient and effective manner
• Construct wood cabinets according to custom job order specifications
• Run and operate variety of woodworking tools and machines such as: saws, routers, drills etc.
• Create cutting and shaping sequences according to blueprint
• Assist with preventative maintenance of equipment
• In custom department cut, build and construct cabinets in the most efficient and effective manner
• Primary builder of all highly specialized cabinet orders
• Train and direct custom builders to ensure proper quality and timely construction by building up the team and individual knowledge of the cabinets and building process
• Work as a liaison to the customer service team when specialized custom projects are order to ensure orders are correct before they are scheduled for production
• As needed may be required to troubleshoot out in the field when cabinets need repair or assessment
• Test new hardware as needed to ensure durability and design function
• Overtime is required as needed/directed
• Assist and cross train in other areas of department as needed/directed
• General cleanliness of personal work space and other areas within department
• All other duties as assigned by coordinator/supervisor

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent - Preferred
• Technical degree – Preferred
• Previous cabinet joinery, millwork, metalworking, laminate, or plastics experience – Preferred
• Experience building cabinetry, woodworking in a manufacturing environment – Preferred
• Ability to read a measuring tape and working with fractions – Required
• Ability to read blue prints and understand plan view, elevation and section views – Preferred
• Experience staining and finishing - Preferred
• Use vision and touch senses to inspect for defects
• Experience building all components of kitchens
• Basic computer and math skills
• Door, face frame, and cabinet assembly
• Familiarity with/ability to learn, handheld scanning devices
• Ability to learn multiple machine settings and change out tooling
• Wood top assembly including gluing veneers, matching veneers, gluing wood edge to veneered panel
• Ability to set up and use hand routers, plunge router, biscuit jointer, belt sander, table saw
• Experience gluing, clamping, sanding veneer panels and solid wood panels.
• Ability to work as a team and communicate effectively with others, including training others
• Ability to interpret design requests and incorporate that into our construction methods.
• Experience leading teams or supervising them to be efficient and quality oriented.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high attention to detail
• Ability to keep work order and process organized

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the crucial objectives of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Constantly required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls
• Constantly required to stand for long periods of time, walk, and reach with hands and arms
• Constantly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
• Constantly required to use specific vision abilities including: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, or hear
• Occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds

(Constantly = 76-100% of the time; Frequently = 26-75% of the time; Occasionally = 1-25% of the time)

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the daily requirements of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is:

• Constantly working with and around moving machines and power tools
• Frequently exposed to a loud environment
• Occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles
• Occasionally exposed to damp or humid conditions, extreme heat, or vibration

(Constantly = 76-100% of the time; Frequently = 26-75% of the time; Occasionally = 1-25% of the time)

The above is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.