Joiner / Pattern maker

Ibstock Plc; Thornley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Thornley is seeking a Joiner/Pattern Maker. The role involves manufacturing and maintaining timber moulds, managing materials, and supporting the production process. Candidates should have strong woodworking skills, practical abilities, and effective communication skills. This opportunity offers career progression in a company committed to innovation and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and ability to build effective relationships.
• Able to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Passionate about woodwork and joinery.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture and maintain timber moulds according to CAD drawings.
• Manage ordering and quality checks of materials.
• Support the production process during casting and demoulding.

Skills

Ability to take ownership of the role

Ability to plan and prioritise workload

Practical, hands-on ability

Ability to read CAD/GA drawings

Effective engagement and communication

Woodworking safety training

Basic IT computer literacy

Education

NVQ or equivalent in Woodworking Operations

Tools

Woodworking machines

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manufacture and Maintenance of timber moulds - Make moulds in line with customer requirements, from various materials, using the CAD Drawing.
• Refurb and setting of existing moulds - Refurbish current moulds using various techniques so they are ready for re-use and setting up to optimise production efficiency.
• Material Management - Ordering and management of all materials required for the Mould Making Department, e.g. wood, glues, screws and fixings. Including incoming quality checks.
• Support Production Process - Work closely with production operatives to support the production team throughout casting and demoulding process.
• General Site Maintenance - Supporting the Site and Facilities team with general carpentry/joinery maintenance tasks e.g. sticking doors, replacing locks, making erecting noticeboards.
• Creating items from wood and other materials, for example mould boxes
• Refurbushing items, for example mould boxes
• General woodworking maintenance tasks around the factory

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to take ownership of the role
• Ability to plan and prioritise your own workload reading from a production schedule
• Adhering to health & safety, quality and environmental systems
• Practical, hands‑on ability
• Ability to build effective relationships at all levels
• Effective engagement and communication
• Innovative thinking and solutions focussed
• Ability to read and understand CAD / GA drawings to reverse engineer moulds.
• Highly organised, able to work under pressure to deliver multiple priorities.
• Proactive, resourceful and self‑motivated, with a high level of detail focus.
• Basic IT computer literacy in the use of Outlook and Internet Explorer.
• Passionate about woodwork and joinery.
• Ability to operate woodworking machines, Kappa saw/spindle moulder/panel saw/planner etc.
• Wood working safety training
• General H&S awareness

Desirable

• IOSH Qualified
• NVQ or equivalent in Woodworking Operations
• Knowledge of wood working tools listed above.

About the Company

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions. Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain. We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building. To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Joiner/Pattern Maker to come and join our team at our Thornley site in County Durham, DH6 2QA.