Cabinetry Designer & Project Manager

The role:

This key role involves surveying, designing, and delivering bespoke cabinetry and kitchens commissions, working with main contractors, architects, interior designers and private clients. Although a varied role, your work would be focused on taking a project from conception to completion, producing creative and accurate cabinetry drawings to the highest level of detail, working with our highly-skilled workshop and installation teams. Sketch Up experience in bespoke cabinet design essential.

• Communicating (written and verbal), within the team, as well as between the organisation and all stakeholders (clients, sub-contractors, suppliers) – to ensure efficient project delivery

• Evaluating and responding to the needs of customers and the management team.

• Translating a brief or a concept design into working drawings.

• Delivering creative full detailed drawings (experience and proficiency using SketchUp is essential) with speed and accuracy.

• Taking responsibility for your own task lists, time and diary management.

• Overseeing the delivery and installation of multiple cabinetry projects across multiple locations. Site presence will be essential at times during installation.

• Snagging and critiquing work, implementing improved processes and raising issues with the wider team when appropriate.

• The ability to monitor and control profit margin on projects, tracking all outgoings, optimising all procurement for responsible and best practice purchasing.

• Supporting the director and wider team as appropriate.

We are looking for someone with:

Excellent organisational skills: to ensure work is carried out efficiently, ensuring deadlines are met.

Drive, motivation and creativity; a passion for design-led cabinetry; the ability to carry out the role with heart and mind.

Self-awareness and accountability for actions; learning from project outcomes and making changes to protocols for self and others as a result.

Strong communication and relationship-building; able to maintain excellent communication and build relationships within the business, with customers and other stakeholders.

Adaptability: ability to change course when needed, in response to changing project requirements.

Positivity; carry out duties in a positive and constructive way.

Problem solving; find satisfactory solutions to everyday problems and unique issues alike.

Ability to negotiate and influence, in relation to interactions with suppliers, external contractors, designers and architects.

Further additional benefits:

• Health and wellbeing support programme.

• Lively company social calendar.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Electric vehicle acquisition support scheme – with onsite charging point.

• On-site parking.

In the first instance, please send your CV to lucy.w@barrjoinery.co.uk

More detailed information is available on application.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Thame OX9 2HQ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Sketch Up in Bespoke Cabinet Design: 2 years (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person