Team Leader — Shopfitter Joiner Cabinetmaker

You're the bench guy other bench guys ask for help. You set the pace on a job without being asked. You spot a build going off before anyone else does, and the apprentices learn more from working next to you than from any course. We're hiring that person.

We are a custom commercial joinery business based in Revesby, making commercial fitout work. 3,500m² two-building factory. 8+ concurrent jobs running 2–4 week windows.

You'll lead a bench pair as part of a 3-pair floor. The job is half tools, half judgement — you build the difficult components yourself, you make the call on how a tricky job comes together, you set the standard the rest of the bench works to, and you train the apprentices and second-tier bench staff as you go. You'll be the senior voice on the floor when the Production Manager isn't standing next to you.

You'll own:

• Building the parts of each job that need the most experience

• Setting the daily build standard for your pair and the floor

• First-line quality call — if the build is wrong, you stop it

• Training apprentices and bringing newer tradespeople up to standard

• Calling out a job that's tracking to blow its hours before it actually does

• Working with the Production Manager on sequencing and OT decisions

Must-haves:

• Trade-qualified — cabinet maker, joiner, shopfitter, or millworker

• 8+ years on a custom commercial joinery, shopfitting

• Built complex custom carcasses, curved work, mitred face frames, or commercial-grade detail with minimal supervision

• Reads drawings and setout packs fluently — picks up errors before the cut

• Comfortable training and correcting other tradespeople, including older guys

• Owns the work — doesn't pass a defect down the line to install

Nice-to-haves:

• Background in hospitality fitouts, hotel joinery, or commercial bars

• South / south-west Sydney based (Sutherland, Campbelltown, Liverpool, Fairfield, Bankstown corridor)

• Apprenticeship training history

What you get:

• $40–$48 per hr base wage + super

• Genuine OT on top — not absorbed into salary

• Working hours 7:00am–3:30pm with closes when the job's done, not the clock

• Stable shop with full pipeline, no off-season

What this role is not:

A foreman role. A scheduling role. A path to running the floor at the expense of building the work. You'll be on the tools daily. If you've stopped wanting to be on a bench, this is not your role.

To apply: Send your CV and a short covering note (one page or less) describing the most complex custom job you've personally built and led others on — what made it hard, what you did with it, how it turned out.