Glass Blower
Job Description
Suffolk Glass are seeking an experienced Production Glass Blower to join Suffolk Glass/ Jim Lawrence Lighting and Home team. You will become an integral part of ensuring it's heritage of design and manufacturing award-winning products is maintained.
Who are we?
Jim Lawrence has built up a reputation for making high-quality lighting and home accessories, using traditional handcrafted techniques. The team has expanded greatly since the brand began at the kitchen table of Jim's farmhouse, but their ethos to nurture British craftmanship remains the same.
Today Jim Lawrence employs a skilled team of 130 engineers, welders, painters, seamstresses, designers, lampshade makers and technicians, alongside a cohort of support staff in their Suffolk workshop. Jim Lawrence and Suffolk Glass individually handmake their products in a time-honoured tradition, befitting their rural East Anglian location, so it was a natural step to join forces.
Key areas or responsibility -
Heating, gathering and shaping molten glass using blowpipes and tools.
Hand finish products to quality control specifications.
Prepare and maintain the studio, furnaces and tools.
Follow health and safety protocols in a high-heat environment.
Skills and experience -
Essential
Experienced in working with different types of glass - fine fluted, fluted, clear and colour. Good numeracy knowledge. Ability to work without supervision after the initial training period.
Desirable
Experience in a production environment.
Other information -
Location - Suffolk Glass, Chilton Street, Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8QS
Work schedule - 39 hours per week, Monday to Thursday
Benefits -
Enhanced Annual Leave of 25 days plus bank holidays Company pension 3% to 5% Free on-site parking Health & wellbeing programme Referral programme 40% Employee Discount Company Sick Pay
Salary dependent on experience
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From 1.00 per year
Benefits:
Additional leave Company pension Employee discount Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Jim Lawrence - Glass Blower - Clare
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD3764381
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationSudbury, ENG, GB, United Kingdom
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EducationNot mentioned