Your new role
As an Upholsterer at our Lincoln House DFS manufacturing site, you will be a key member of our fast-paced production team, responsible for crafting high-quality upholstered furniture. Working in a results-driven environment, your role will involve applying your expertise to ensure that each piece meets our exacting standards of craftsmanship and quality. You will be expected to work efficiently and effectively while maintaining attention to detail.
Your key duties will include cutting and fitting fabrics, foams, and other materials to frames, using a variety of tools and techniques to upholster furniture to specification.
This is a dynamic role that requires a strong work ethic, the ability to work under pressure, and a commitment to maintaining the high standards that DFS is known for. Once you have completed your training, the role is paid by results, meaning you will have the opportunity to earn more based on your productivity and the quality of your work. You will be part of a supportive team, but must be able to work independently and stay focused in a fast-moving environment.
If you're looking for a rewarding and challenging opportunity in a busy manufacturing environment, where your skills and speed are directly linked to your earnings, this is the role for you.
Location - Birchwood Way, Somercotes, Alfreton DE55 4QQ
Shift Pattern - Afternoon shift - 2.00pm - 12.20am Monday - Wednesday & 2.00pm - 11.05pm Thursday
What you'll be doing
- Producing high quality upholstered products in line with specifications
- Preparing frames for upholstery including adding different foams and fibres
- Using a range of springs to ensure our products are prepared for upholstery
- In some instances, fill cushions using different fillings to complete the product
- Work with a large range of materials including fabrics and leathers to upholster our products
- If needed, cut various materials ready for upholstery
- Ensure tension and straining methods are used when positioning materials
- Use a range of trimmings and finishings including buttons, facings, piping and decorative studs
- Use compressed air equipment like staple guns as well as hand tools
- Creating different types of pleats including scroll arm, envelope and puckering
- Ensure you work as part of a team on piece work production, to ensure manufacturing runs smoothly
- Maintain your knowledge of all DFS products to ensure you know the specifications
- Ensure that the Company’s Health and Safety Policies are applied and adhered to
- Ensure your workspace is tidy and not causing any obstruction for you or your colleagues
- On occasion and as required assist on other areas of manufacturing
The role is for you if...
- You are skilled in Upholstery
- Ability to work in a high pressure and high volume environment
- High attention to detail and a key eye for detail
- Logical problem solver
- Organised
- Highly Motivated
About DFS
It takes a whole lot of passion to be at the centre of what makes a house feel like home — and that’s just what we do at DFS. We’re the leading sofa retail specialist in the UK, helping people find a comfy seat on their great quality sofas since 1969.
We're a market leader in the UK because of one thing: our people. Our people made us who we are and will drive us into our ambitious future, together. We offer incredible opportunities to get stuck into fun and meaningful work as well as learn new skills — so you can really ‘find your thing’.
DFS Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer; celebrating diversity and committed to a culture of inclusion and belonging. We extend a warm welcome to everyone, embracing a variety of voices and perspectives. As we continue to work on building a workplace that is representative of the customers we serve and the communities we live and work in, we strongly encourage applications from members of minority and under-represented groups. Across the Group, we want to create an environment where everyone feels at home.
DFS Benefits
- A huge 30% colleague discount, plus 15% friends & family discount across our Group (DFS, Sofology, Dwell)
- Holiday allowance – the time you need to rest and relax (and the longer you’re with us, the more time you’ll get!)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave to give you the time you need to settle in with your new family member
- Access to a range of high street & online discounts from: Sainsbury’s, ASOS, Currys PC World, IKEA, John Lewis and more.
- Discounted Gym and Cinema memberships to help you unwind
- Progression and Development opportunities to grow your skills
- Group Pension Scheme
- Group Sharesave Scheme
- Life Assurance & Company Sick Pay
- Potential opportunity for over time