Workshop Team Leader - Eureka Furniture

About us

Eureka Furniture is a family-owned Australian furniture and homewares business with 40 locations from Cairns to Victoria. Founded in 1986, we design, source, and retail high-quality recycled timber furniture, we also have and a wide range of lounges and homewares.

We have an opportunity for an experience team leader to join our assembly and refinishing area. Our ideal applicant would be a cabinet maker, or someone with carpentry skills, who can also manage a small team to ensure that key performance indicators are achieved consistently.

The Role:

As the Workshop team lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the operations of our workshops and ensuring the smooth functioning of these areas. You will play a crucial role in managing and supporting our workshop team in coordination work volumes in and ensuring needs are completed on time to a high standard.

The area will include a spray shop, assembly team, and repairs which will require you to provide hands on support to the teams.

Your Responsibilities:

To lead the workshop team, with a hands-on approach

To ensure good communication with other departments for supply into workshop and out to delivery area is smooth

To review work volumes and ensure adequate staffing to complete tasks

To ensure all required needs, consumables are ordered and available for work workshop needs

Be able to work on system to review needs in and out of workshop areas

To ensure delivery of product is on time and of a high standard

To identify and implement training for staff, including problem solving of product not up to standards

To document and report quality issues for suppliers to be billed

To oversee maintenance of working areas for flow and efficiency

To ensure completion of all paperwork relating to the completion of jobs, including timesheets, reports, and other required information

To adhere to all WHS protocols and policies.

Your Experience:

Experience in a leadership role

Ideally trade experience in cabinet making or carpentry

Ideally warehouse management systems experience

Strong organizational and multitasking skills.

Strong people skills

Running team meeting

Strong problem-solving skills

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interviews, thank you for your interest in joining our team.