Job description

Custom Woodworker
Job Posting:

If you are an experienced fabricator who works with solid woods to incorporate metal items, able to read CAD drawings, proficaient with measurements in order to execute on the details, and you have a sense of urgency to complete projects without the quality suffering, we want you to be part of our custom creative team. Your experience and ability to work with the tools of the trade that are provided in the workshop will help you excel at providing exceptional quality products.

What Monkey in the Metal Expects From You

More than a just another business. We’re colleagues with a shared mission, a passion for excellence, a reverence for quality, an enterprising spirit, and an energetic drive toward to make the best product possible. Above all, we’re a strong group of people who respect each other and enjoy working together. We find it exciting to work at a company with a holistic approach to helping people create their homes and businesses. Monkey in the Metal is full-service. We conceptualize, design, source, manufacture, market, advertise, style, sell, distribute, and install. But our job is surprisingly straightforward: that is, to raise the bar — in all aspects of the company every day.

Making sure the job gets done. With entrepreneurial spirit. Superior commitment. Creative thinking. Skillful networking. Scrupulous attention to detail. Exceptional quality. Ours is a fast-moving business with multiple channels and sources. We have to stay flexible, stay focused, and stay on top of it. We challenge ourselves every day because we know we’re expected to be the best.

Creating the most beautiful, functional, and well-designed interiors, home furnishings, and accessories around. We envision, invent, style, communicate, and present. We push ourselves to achieve the extraordinary. Our talented team designs just about everything: furniture, accessories, and spaces. Every day, we put on a fabulous show. We believe that design is important. Today, more than ever, people understand the significance of a well-designed home or business.

Fabricator Job Description

Summary

Responsible for creating finished furniture products using tools, machines, and their own hands.

Primary responsibilities

• Listen to directions from supervisors.
• Fabricate furniture, architectural treatments, and accessories from metal and wood components.
• Determine if all parts and materials are present.
• Read and interpret blueprints and sketches.
• Assemble tools and materials.
• Positions parts and subassemblies.
• Interpret measurements.
• Verify specifications.
• Assemble components.
• Ensure all parts are fitted and attached properly.
• Alter dimensions to fit specifications.
• Resolve production issues.
• Complete preventive maintenance.
• Troubleshoot malfunctions and perform repairs as needed.
• Ensure working environment is clean and safe.
• Report errors in product line.
• Check stock to ensure inventory is replenished.
• Place orders for supplies.
• Participate in product development.
• Build prototypes and test products.
• Qualifications:
• Experienced custom furniture makers & metal fabrication experts.
• Advanced finishing skills including metal patinas, wood finishes (lacquers, tints, wax, spray finishing, brush, and other high-end techniques) as applicable.
• Knowledge of routine fabrication & finishing tooling & machinery.
• Computer experience including: working from sketches and blueprints, email, and CAD experience a plus.
• Valid driver’s license with reliable vehicle transportation.
• Detail orientated with the ability to work independently.
• Good hours – light travel – in house or local work.
• Monkey in the Metal is an Architectural and furniture fabrication company searching for serious, mature, career minded individuals wanting employment as a fabricator in wood and metal. We often are called upon to make items that no other shop can make. We work closely with architects and designers to craft metal and wood furniture, bookshelves, and tables and chairs and well, you name it. Please visit our website for more information at monkeyinthemetal.com
• We are focused on the development of company and personal character and intellectual capacity, as well as technical skills, along with an understanding of tools, materials, processes, and a sense of care and commitment to excellence in craft.
• Each one of our projects builds on previous learning and requires team members to solve increasingly complex problems.
• MUST HAVE PREVIOUS WORKING SHOP EXPERIENCE.
• THIS POSITION REQUIRES GOOD ORGANIZATION AND SUPERB LAYOUT SKILLS
• A great opportunity for responsible, mature artistic types with metal/wood shop experience. Must be able to work well with current team. We are a non union shop. We generally, as a rule, do not build cabinets, but on occasion, we do.
• This is a full time position. Pay based upon experience. Paid vacation is part of our benefits package, as well as work schedule flexibility.

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible

Work Remotely

• No

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous
• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
• Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Autonomous/Independent -- enjoys working with little direction
• Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: $16.00 - $30.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Relevant Shop: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: In person

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a portfolio of your work that you can share with us?
• Are you willing to take a Culture Index survey as it is part of our hiring process?

Experience:

• Woodworking: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Baltimore, MD 21206: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person