Optical Lab Technician - Lead a Great Team

Specsavers; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Store Bonus

Specsavers Perks

Birthday day off

Eyecare and Hearcare Discount

WeCare

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Specsavers Loughborough is seeking a dedicated Optical Lab Technician to lead a team and ensure high-quality eyewear. You will read prescriptions, cut lenses with blocking and glazing machines, assemble frames, tint lenses, and perform quality checks.

The role requires attention to detail, great communication, and reliability in a busy retail lab environment. We offer full-time hours (40 per week), a starting salary of £27k DOE, store bonus and extensive Specsavers Perks, eyecare and hearcare

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong eye for detail and accuracy.
• Flexible, adaptable, and dependable in a busy store lab.
• Patient and personable team player.
• Well organized with good time management.

Responsibilities

• Reading lens and frame specifications from prescriptions
• Using blocking and glazing machines to cut lenses to the correct shape and fit
• Assembling lenses into frames
• Tinting lenses for UV protection and colours
• Attention to detail in all tasks
• Ordering frames and lenses
• Quality checking of completed glasses
• Good housekeeping and machine maintenance

Skills

Great communicator

Eye for detail

Flexible and adaptable

Passionate people person

Organised

Hard worker

Good time management

Job description

Specsavers Loughborough is seeking a dedicated Optical Lab Technician to lead a team and ensure high-quality eyewear. You will read prescriptions, cut lenses with blocking and glazing machines, assemble frames, tint lenses, and perform quality checks.

The role requires attention to detail, great communication, and reliability in a busy retail lab environment. We offer full-time hours (40 per week), a starting salary of £27k DOE, store bonus and extensive Specsavers Perks, eyecare and hearcare