Staircase Surveyor / Bespoke Joiner (High-End)
7 days ago
Bishop's Stortford
Senior Technical Operator / Measurer — Curved & High-End Staircases \n Are you a skilled joiner, cabinet maker, or staircase craftsman with a passion for precision and an eye for high-end design? Do you enjoy a mix of hands-on site work, technical specification, and customer-facing conversations at the premium end of the market? \n We're working with a well-established staircase manufacturer, expanding into curved staircases and high-end hardwood work, alongside their traditional range. Due to this growth into a higher-end market, they're looking for a Senior Technical Operator / Measurer to raise our technical standard and help lead this next chapter. \n What You'll Be Doing, split role between: \n Site Surveys & Design: \n\n • Visiting residential and high-spec project sites across London and the Southeast\n, • Taking detailed measurements and designing staircases on-site, including curved and bespoke configurations\n, • Liaising directly with clients, builders, and site crews to ensure technical accuracy\n, • Producing designs and specifications to a premium standard, balancing client vision with engineering requirements\n, • Supporting and strengthening the measuring and technical team. Providing measuring backup and technical support.\n\n Office-Based Technical & Sales Support: \n\n • Selling high-end staircase and joinery work directly to customers\n, • Advising on design solutions for curved staircases, curved handrails, and bespoke hardwood details\n, • Managing technical specification and project coordination from enquiry through to delivery\n\n What We're Looking For: \n\n • Proven background in high-end, bespoke, or made-to-measure joinery, cabinet making, or staircase manufacture - production-line or standard-spec experience alone won't be enough\n, • Hands-on background - you've been on the tools and understand the craft at a premium finish standard\n, • Comfortable working to demanding tolerance and finish standards, with detail-focused, high-spec clients\n, • Curved staircases or curved handrail experience is a strong advantage - we're especially keen to hear from candidates with this background\n, • Track record on bespoke, one-off, or complex projects rather than repeat standard products\n, • Confident holding technical and design conversations with high-spec residential clients, architects, or interior designers\n, • Comfortable with technical specification and reading plans, ideally CAD\n, • Full UK driving licence, based within reasonable commute of Harlow\n\n What's On Offer? \n\n • £50,000-£60,000 depending on experience and background\n, • All required measuring equipment\n, • Full-time, permanent - Monday to Friday\n, • 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays\n, • Travel across London & the Southeast for site visits\n\n A genuine opportunity to work for an established market leader - helping drive a product pivot into the high-end market. If you're ready to bring your craftsmanship and technical skill to a business investing in its future at the top end of the trade, we'd love to hear from you. \n