Job Description
Job Title - Joiner
Apply promptly! A high volume of applicants is expected for the role as detailed below, do not wait to send your CV.
Hours - Full time, 40 hours per week, employed
Reporting to - Buildings and Projects Manager, Managing Partner
We are looking to add a highly skilled and experienced Joiner to our expanding building and maintenance team of 15 crafts people. This is a full-time role working in our fully equipped joinery shop at Rotherfield producing products to use and integrate into our property portfolio and the wider estate setting. Crucially, this position will also encompass responsibility for overseeing all Health and Safety requirements in the workshop.
Integration and fit with the team are essential, with good time management working to production schedules. A willingness to upskill and share ideas with the team will help this role grow into the future.
The role is workshop based, but a familiarity with site work would assist in design ideas and fabrication.
The right candidate should have experience working with a range of timbers for internal and external joinery.
Background
Rotherfield is a progressive mixed farming estate in East Hampshire, near Alton. It comprises residential, commercial and agricultural property as well as commercial farming, forestry and environmental management.
The Estate is committed to long-term responsible stewardship to help create a sustainable community in which employment is not solely dependent on agriculture or local economic conditions. The landscape in which our community sits should produce the optimal long run resilient yields of food and other crops whilst still being home to a diverse range of wildlife.
We are on a mission to continuously improve our buildings and infrastructure across the Estate, by making thoughtful choices as to how we approach maintenance, refurbishment, and repair, to minimise and streamline our future needs.
We look at the whole life cycle cost assessment of our design decisions and have been milling timber from our own woodland for use in our projects to lock up carbon.
There are over 30 people working on the Estate across different teams. A strong group of Team Leaders work together directly with the Owner on our long-term strategy of enhancing all the environments across the Estate.
We value our team which is predominantly in-sourced and encourage them to succeed and progress in whatever way is most suitable to them.
Responsibilities
- To contribute to the planning, design and delivery of projects
- Respectfully challenge our thinking with alternative ideas and suggestions
- Interpret and work from instruction, drawings and specifications appropriate to the respective trade, without supervision
- Estimating the materials needed for a job and producing cutting lists
- Appropriate timber and material selection for the project in hand
- Working to production schedules
- Using hand and power tools along with machinery safely and efficiently
- Assembling timber structures in a workshop, such as window and door frames
- Attending site as and when required
- Conducting quality checks
- To ensure workshop machinery and equipment is properly maintained and stored
- To maintain the cleanliness and tidiness of the workshop and yards and ensure working areas are left in a good condition at the end of tasks
- To take ownership of the workshop's compliance with Health and Safety regulations
- Cataloguing and controlling stock of materials and fixings
- Liaison with contractors appointed on maintenance tasks, capital projects and minor upgrade works
- Communication with other team members, including the wider team
- Be willing to share ideas and advice with team members, to upskill the team
- Work into the seasonal flow of the other crafts people on the team
- Reporting to senior Team Leads
- Dedication, commitment, and genuine pride in a job well done is required of all applicants.
- Discretion, accountability, strong verbal and written communication skills
- Understanding of building pathology and repair principles
- A sound knowledge of the building and construction industry
- Experience of carrying out risk assessments and adherence to Health and Safety procedures.
- Knowledge of COSHH, RAMS, PUWER an advantage.
- Proficient in planning and prioritising workloads
- A proven ability to work to production schedules
- Self-motivated to strive for effectiveness and excellence
- Driving licence
- Working with a great team
- Flexibility
- 24 hour access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous employer pension contribution.
- 23 days holiday, plus bank holidays
We are looking for an instinctive team player, to assist in making healthy and long-lasting buildings which are as low carbon as possible.
Rotherfield offer a flexible and dynamic work environment, with access to ongoing training and development programmes with many opportunities to grow within the company.
You'll be a valued member of the team, you'll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions that will last on for generations to come.
At Rotherfield you will be able to thrive in your own way!
Any questions, please call the Estate Office: 01420 588 207
Application closing date: 16th February 2024