Development Upholsterer

Whitemeadow Furniture Limited; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Whitemeadow Furniture Limited is seeking an experienced Development Upholsterer to join our on-site team in Sutton-in-Ashfield. You will take concepts from bare frames to presentation prototypes, then develop and proof all pieces for production upholstery tracks.

You’ll pattern up, document dimensions, weights and materials, and create detailed guides for upholstering. Strong lean manufacturing sense and problem-solving are key.

Qualifications

• Experience in upholstery development and patterning.

Responsibilities

• Liaising / collaborating with all members of the development team, set up team and designers.
• Turning a bare frame into a presentation prototype.
• Patterning up, and providing fabrication details, of all tacking kits and fabric patterns.
• Recording all details of each development. Measurements, weights, specifications, components used, sundries required, etc.
• Producing step by step details (photographs) of how to upholster the furniture.
• Looking at frame construction and advising of any changes required.
• Simplifying and standardising processes wherever possible in line with lean manufacturing.
• Problem solving, trouble shooting, and coming up with new methods
• Questioning and advising of any problem areas encountered. Offering alternative suggestions.
• Any cutting work where necessary.
• Cushion filling, buttoning, tufting etc and dressing where necessary.

Skills

Upholstery experience

Job description

Monday - Thursday 7:00am to 4:00pm
Friday 7:00am to 12:00pm

TBC

On Site or Remote: On Site

Location: Sutton in Ashfield

Department: Development

Full time or part time: Full time

Specific days & hours: 39 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 7:00am to 4:00pm, Friday 7:00am to 12:00pm

Who we are

You might not know our name, but chances are, you’ve chilled out on one of our sofas.

At Whitemeadow, we design and develop trend-leading, commercially driven sofas for some of the biggest names in UK furniture retail. We’re white label, so the products we develop are stocked and branded by our retail partners. You’ll find our work in homes all over the nation, trusted by both independent and major retailers to deliver great product with commercial flair.

We’re proud to be the UK’s largest privately owned upholstery manufacturer, with multiple sites across Nottinghamshire. We’ve been growing for thirty years and counting, driven by the dedication of our talented team and our commitment to creating products people love coming home to.

But we’re not just about making great products. We’re about raising the bar.
Our mission is to lead - not just in what we create, but in how we work and who we work with. We believe that to make truly standout furniture, we need standout people. That’s why we hire talented individuals who live our values, bring a positive mindset, and take pride in what they do.

At Whitemeadow, we’re here to inspire, impress, and innovate - together.

About the job

The Development Upholsterers are key members of the Development Team and play a vital role in creating new products. Working with the designers, they will take initial concepts from a bare frame to a presentation prototype.

Then, when the models have been bought, they will spec up and develop all pieces in the range, proof them and train them into the production upholstery tracks.

Responsibilities

• Liaising / collaborating with all members of the development team, set up team and designers.
• Turning a bare frame into a presentation prototype.
• Patterning up, and providing fabrication details, of all tacking kits and fabric patterns.
• Recording all details of each development. Measurements, weights, specifications, components used, sundries required, etc.
• Producing step by step details (photographs) of how to upholster the furniture.
• Looking at frame construction and advising of any changes required.
• Simplifying and standardising processes wherever possible in line with lean manufacturing.
• Problem solving, trouble shooting, and coming up with new methods
• Questioning and advising of any problem areas encountered. Offering alternative suggestions.
• Any cutting work where necessary.
• Cushion filling, buttoning, tufting etc and dressing where necessary.