Cabinet Maker for outdoor kitchen business

Operate the CNC (training can be provided for those willing to learn)

Assemble and install

Back up the decking crew

- Help run the outdoor kitchen business
- Operate the CNC (training can be provided for those willing to learn)
- Design basic outdoor kitchens
- Assemble and install
- Back up the decking crew

Check every drawing and selection before production — flag problems early

Plan and schedule workshop production with Mike

Order materials, doors and hardware

Keep the workshop organised, safe, stocked and maintained and build any required improvements

Improve the process — you'll help shape how Carve runs

1. Help run the outdoor kitchen business

- Check every drawing and selection before production — flag problems early
- Plan and schedule workshop production with Mike
- Order materials, doors and hardware

- Keep the workshop organised, safe, stocked and maintained and build any required improvements
- Improve the process — you'll help shape how Carve runs

2. Operate the CNC

- Run CNC nesting and cutting for carcasses and panels
- Prepare and check files, optimise sheet yield, minimise waste
- Book routine machine maintenance, tooling changes and calibration
- Quality-check parts before assembly
- Provide feed back
- (our software helps allot with this)

3. Design basic outdoor kitchens

- Turn client briefs and site measures into basic layouts using our design tools
- Set out appliance bays to manufacturer specs (BBQs, fridges, sinks, ventilation, clearances)
- Nest the outdoor kitchens to be cut
- Work with Mike and the estimator so designs match what was quoted

4. Assemble and install

- Assemble carcasses, fit doors, drawers with quality hardware
- Install on site: level, scribed, fixed,
- Coordinate with plumbers, electricians, gasfitters and stone fabricators on site
- Fit-off, adjust and hand over to a high standard

5.



Back up the decking crew

- Work with the carpentry crew on decks, pergolas and outdoor structures when the workshop is quiet
- Finishing carpentry, decking, bench seats and built-ins

What we expect from you

- Quality: Work leaves the workshop right. Rework is tracked and should be rare but the main thing is we learn from it.

- Hours vs quote: Jobs land within quoted hours. If one is blowing out, you tell us early and track why.
- Accuracy: Designs, CNC files, cutting lists and door orders are checked before they're released.
- Ownership: You treat the outdoor kitchen division like it's partly yours
- Communication: Daily timesheets, job notes and photos in our system. Raise issues the same day.
- Reliability: Always punctual and you try solving the problem before you tell us.
- Site conduct: You're the face of the business in clients' homes — tidy, respectful, professional.
- Safety: Follow WHS procedures, wear PPE, maintain machinery and report hazards.
- Flexibility: Workshop majority of the time but it the carpenters need a hand you go where the business needs you.

What you need

- Trade qualification in cabinet making or joinery (Cert III) — carpentry experience a big plus
- 3–5+ years' post-trade experience
- CNC operating experience is a bonus or be willing to learn (nesting software experience a bonus)
- The ability to follow instructions well
- Confident reading plans and producing cutting lists

- Own hand and power tools, current driver's licence, reliable transport and White Card

What you get

- Competitive pay, reviewed annually against performance
- A real pathway to lead the outdoor kitchen department
- Variety — design, CNC, workshop and site, not the same panel all day
- Quality work on high-end Northern Beaches homes
- A business that runs on systems — transparent drawings, locked selections, no chaos
- Small, skilled team where your input shapes how we work

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📌 Cabinet Maker for outdoor kitchen business (Sydney)
🏢 MJ Leckie Carpentry
📍 Sydney