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Description
Key Responsibilities
Brighten Our Team
Benefits
Makers Gonna Make!
We are seeking full-time trainees to join a team of passionate artisans to produce high-end lighting parts. Must have some experience working with metal (plus if experienced with brass) and patinas. Our finishing department produces 6 Brass Patina finish techniques. You will train to handle our various parts from prep to finish. Finishes will be added as you master techniques.
Some of the problems we solve daily include how to consistently create meticulous handcrafted, bench-made finishes better on our workshop floor, how to improve our jigs and tools to better that work and how to continually elevate our products to create heirloom quality lighting for the home.
Some of the problems we solve daily include how to consistently create meticulous handcrafted, bench-made finishes better on our workshop floor, how to improve our jigs and tools to better that work and how to continually elevate our products to create heirloom quality lighting for the home.
This position is located in Glen Cove, NY. To be considered, you must live or relocate to Long Island ( Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties).
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with and under the direction of the Senior Finishers to apply high-quality finishes and patinas to lighting fixtures
- Deburr and softening brass edges to safety from fabrication processes
- Clean brass surfaces and material build-up to preparing the fixtures to receive finishes
- Maintain high-level finish quality throughout the completion of work orders while consistently adhering to the studio’s established safety and finishing standards
- Collaborate and communicate with team members to complete tasks in an adequate and timely manner
- Maintain an organized and clean work area, taking proper care of equipment, tools, and facilities
- Identify poor inventory with material scarring too deep for finishing around the studio
- Quality check against control samples and drawings
- Keep the production system up to date with the most current finishing status on your orders
Brighten Our Team
Required Skills:
- Experience with sandblasting, buffer wheels, lathes, and hand tools should be cultivated to perform the job well.
- Physically able to lift 50 lbs.
- Excellent physical organization skills
- Excellent eye for attention to details
- Able to work in a very fast-paced environment
- Valid drivers license
Who you are:
- Passionate & creative maker with a high personal drive to meet and maintain company standards of craft
- A mature team player who works well in a collaborative environment
- Self-motivated, energetic and production-minded
- Be a strong collaborator and organized multitasker
- Have the ability to dive in and understand the construction of our fixtures, interest in electronics or sculpture is a plus
- Someone with attention to detail who can learn an extensive catalog of parts
- Knows how to maximize their time
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401K
