Your new role
About Us:
It takes a whole lot of passion to be at the centre of what makes a house feel like home and thats just what we do at DFS. Were the leading sofa retail specialist in the UK, helping people find a comfy seat on their great quality sofas since 1969.
About the role:
As an experienced Upholsterer, you will play a key role in crafting our high-quality furniture, taking pieces from frame preparation and spring fitting to final fabric or leather upholstery. Working within a collaborative team, you will uphold our exacting standards of craftsmanship while maintaining a safe, efficient, and clean workspace.
Heres what we offer:The Highlights
1. Competitive Pay: £ per hour until fully trained and the piecework with potential earnings of £30 - £40k per annum
2. Shifts: PM Shift Monday to Thursday - to
3. Location: Somercotes, Derby, DE55 4QQ
4. Growth and Training: Learn new skills and develop your career with us.
Theres more
5. Generous holiday allowance the time you need to rest and relax and the longer youre with us, the more time youll get. Opportunity to purchase additional holidays each year.
6. Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave: to give you the time you need to settle in with your new family member.
7. Discounts: Get 30% off DFS and Sofology products for yourself, discounts for friends and family plus discounts and cashback at hundreds of retailers
8. Well being Perks: Access healthcare services, an Employee Assistance Programme, and discounted gym memberships.
9. Pension and Savings: Join our Group Pension and Share save schemes.
10. Life Assurance & Sick Pay: Peace of mind with Life Assurance and Company Sick Pay.
What you'll be doing:
11. Being self motivated to produce high quality upholstered products in line with specifications
12. Ensuring all products produced are of the highest quality ready to go to our customers
13. Preparing frames for upholstery including adding different foams and fibres
14. Using a range of springs to ensure our products are prepared for upholstery
15. Filling cushions using different fillings to complete the product
16. Working with a large range of materials including fabrics and leathers to upholster our products
17. Cutting various materials ready for upholstery
18. Ensuring tension and straining methods are used when positioning materials
19. Using a range of trimmings and finishings including buttons, facings, piping and decorative studs
20. Using compressed air equipment like staple guns as well as hand tools
21. Creating different types of pleats including scroll arm, envelope and puckering
22. Ensuring you work as part of a team on piece work production, to ensure manufacturing runs smoothly
23. Maintaining your knowledge of all DFS products to ensure you know the specifications
24. Ensuring that the Companys Health and Safety Policies are applied and adhered to
25. Ensuring your workspace is tidy and not causing any obstruction for you or your colleagues
26. Assisting on other areas of manufacturing
Were looking for someone who:
27. You have upholstery experience
28. Have hands on experience working with Power tools
29. Can work in a high pressure and high volume environment
30. Have a key eye for detail
31. Are a logical problem solver
32. Organised
33. Highly Motivated
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Were committed to a culture where everyone feels welcome, valued, and can thrive at work. We celebrate diverse voices, champion inclusion, and support each other through our growing colleague networks. We invest in partnerships that drive change, from introducing the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower and supporting Doncaster Pride, to partnering with Carers UK and developing leaders with Diversity in Retail.
We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to building a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. So, if your experience doesn't quite match the specification, we'd still really love to hear from you.
(All roles are subject to satisfactory DBS checks.)