Workshops - Craft Operative

Canal & River Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A national waterways organization in Wakefield seeks an experienced Joiner/Carpenter. You will be crucial in manufacturing and supplying lock gates, ensuring safety and quality of waterway experiences. Essential qualifications include an apprenticeship in carpentry/joinery, and a valid UK driving license. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday, increasing to 30 after 5 years

Competitive contributory DC Pension scheme

Learning & growth opportunities

Free access to specialist counselling

Employee benefits including store discounts

2 days paid volunteering leave

Free fishing facilities

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Carpentry/Joinery, including reading technical drawings.
• Ability to operate various machinery and tools.
• Full valid UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Comply with health and safety policies and report incidents.
• Manufacture and refurbish joinery within defined standards.
• Operates machinery safely according to standards.

Skills

Carpentry

Joinery

Technical drawing interpretation

Plant/equipment handling

Education

Apprenticeship or equivalent qualification (e.g. City & Guilds Level II, NVQ Level II in Joinery/Carpentry)

Job description

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Location: Site based - the successful applicant will be required to be based at Stanley Ferry (Ferry Lane, Wakefield, Yorkshire WF3 4LZ) 5 days a week. See our Stanley Ferry Workshop here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ma3xHhNvgA

Working hours: 37 hours a week and the hours are 07:30am to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 07:30 to 12:30 on Fridays.

We are looking for an experienced Joiner/Carpenter to join our Stanley Ferry Workshop team. As a Craft Operative (Joiner/Carpenter) you will bring your specialist, experienced skills to our waterways via our workshops.

As a Craft Operative your experienced crafts person skills you will be helping to provide excellence in the visitor experience for the Canal & River Trust through efficiently building/supplying complete lock gate and lock gate parts for the entire network in line with safety requirements and heritage standards. This role is vital to enhancing the reputation of the network, whilst protecting its integrity for decades to come.

Hands on experience in Carpentry/Joinery, including reading of technical drawings, is essential to be successful in this role.

To see how our workshops operate:

Click here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD5wtd36NHc) AND here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGucbWhD5s8).

Further information here (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/engineering/building-lock-gates).

About the role

Key responsibilities:

1. Comply with Canal & River Trust’s Health & Safety policy and defined standards; report incidents, accidents and near misses. Complete point of work risk assessments for non routine tasks and make adjustments to work methods where appropriate.
2. Use carpentry/joinery or fabricator/welder expertise to undertake the manufacture & refurbishment within a timely manner, in accordance with defined standards and agreed programmes. Work outside when required.
3. Work within quality assurance protocols, uploading documents digitally where required.
4. Operate a variety of machinery, plant, tools, and other equipment in accordance with Canal & River Trust’s safety standards and where appropriate support in-house maintenance.
5. Undertake general housekeeping of personal equipment, workshop equipment and workspace ensuring all are maintained to defined standards.
6. Timely response to customers’ queries and requirements, including responding to emergencies.
7. Ensure all equipment (PPE, plant, materials etc) is appropriate for the task.
8. Assist with the measurement of locks and lock gates in order to identify correct lock gate measurements for manufacture - you will be working alongside an experienced team of specialists to learn this heritage skill.
9. Understand and interpret technical drawings to translate into production.

About you

Carpentry/Joinery skills are a minimum requirement. Whilst it is also important that you can turn your hand to other skills which will be taught along the way, an understanding of, and high level of competence in understanding technical drawings, measurement & jointing are necessary. You may have a background in the building trade, or from a specialist joinery background, where measuring, cutting and joining is all second nature to you.

Skills/Qualifications/Experience:

• Apprenticeship or equivalent qualification e.g. City & Guilds Level II, NVQ Level II in Joinery, Carpentry.
• Experience handling plant/equipment in group A e.g. chainsaw, hand power tools, forklift truck.
• Experience of working within relevant discipline e.g. Joinery, Carpentry.
• Experience of reading technical drawings.
• Full Valid UK Driving Licence - you will need to be able to respond across the region and get to where the team need you.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact [e-mail]

What we offer

All our Craft Operatives step up their salary through a salary progression plan. Starting at £28,154.

Further to salary offered, the Canal & River Trust offers a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, great holiday entitlement (increasing with years of service) and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits, all of which can be found here (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/our-benefits).These include:

• Competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, where we will double your contribution to a maximum of 10%.
• 25 days paid holiday (plus paid Bank Holidays), increasing to 30 days after 5 years.
• Learning & growth opportunities through diverse internal and external courses available.
• Free access to specialist counselling on a range of issues, e.g. health, financial, well-being and domestic matters.
• Access to a range of employee benefits including store discounts, boating holiday discounts and holiday purchase scheme.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave per annum, allowing you to volunteer for a local community project etc.
• Free fishing facilities across our canal network.

Find out more about us on our website: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us

INDHP

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Production
• Industries: Civil Engineering, Building Structure and Exterior Contractors, and Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

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