Door Assembly Operative

Netbox Recruitment; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime opportunities

Company pension

Training & development

Career progression

Stable role

Job summary

Netbox Recruitment is representing a growing manufacturer in Sidcup, seeking a Door Assembly Operative to assemble timber door sets and components to precise drawings and customer requirements.

You will work on a production line, using routers, chisels and drills to prepare doors for hinges, locks and ironmongery, while ensuring quality checks and safety compliance throughout the process.

Qualifications

• Experience in door assembly, joinery, carpentry, or woodworking.
• Able to read and follow technical drawings and specs.
• Strong attention to detail and quality standards.
• Reliable with good teamwork in a production setting.
• Familiar with health and safety procedures in workshops.

Responsibilities

• Assemble timber door sets to specification.
• Route and prepare doors for hinges, locks, keeps, vision panels and other ironmongery.
• Use woodworking hand and power tools, including routers, chisels and drills.
• Read and interpret manufacturing drawings, job specifications and production instructions.
• Accurately measure, mark out and prepare doors for assembly and fitting.
• Carry out in-process and final quality checks.
• Ensure completed products meet required quality and dimensional standards.
• Maintain a clean, organised and safe working environment.
• Follow all health and safety procedures and PPE requirements.
• Work as part of the production team to achieve daily and weekly output targets.

Skills

Joinery / woodworking experience

Read technical drawings

Attention to detail

Team player

Health & safety awareness

Tools

Routers

Chisels

Drills

Measuring tools

Job description

Door Assembly Operative

Salary: £30,000-£36,000 DOE

Location: Sidcup, Kent

Working Hours: Full Time, Permanent

Benefits: Overtime opportunities, company pension scheme, ongoing training and development, career progression and a stable role within a growing business.

The Company

Our client is a successful and growing international manufacturer, supplying specialist products to customers across multiple global markets.

With ambitious plans for continued growth, they are now seeking an experienced Door Assembly Operative to join their production team and play a key role in assembling high-quality timber door sets.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a background in door assembly, joinery, carpentry or woodworking who enjoys hands‑on work and takes pride in producing accurate, high-quality products.

The Vacancy

Working from the company's production facility in Sidcup, as Door Assembly Operative, you will be responsible for accurately and efficiently assembling timber door sets and associated components in line with manufacturing drawings, specifications and customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities for Door Assembly Operative

• Assemble timber door sets and associated components to specification.
• Route and prepare doors for hinges, locks, keeps, vision panels and other ironmongery.
• Use woodworking hand and power tools, including routers, chisels and drills.
• Read and interpret manufacturing drawings, job specifications and production instructions.
• Accurately measure, mark out and prepare doors for assembly and fitting.
• Carry out in-process and final quality checks.
• Ensure completed products meet required quality and dimensional standards.
• Maintain a clean, organised and safe working environment.
• Follow all health and safety procedures and PPE requirements.
• Work as part of the production team to achieve daily and weekly output targets.

About You

• Previous experience as a Door Assembly Operative, or from a joinery, carpentry, woodworking, shopfitting or similar manufacturing environment.
• Confident using routers, chisels, drills and other woodworking hand and power tools, with experience in bench joinery or workshop carpentry.
• Able to read and follow technical drawings, job specifications and production instructions.
• Experience with fire-rated door sets and ironmongery preparation would be advantageous, including fitting locks, hinges, closers, vision panels and seals.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to producing high-quality, accurate work.
• Reliable, hardworking and positive, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Good understanding of health and safety within a workshop or production environment