Furniture Repair & Touch-Up Technician

GENERAL PURPOSE

The Furniture Repair & Touch-Up Technician is responsible for inspecting, repairing, and restoring stained and/or finished furniture components to meet established quality standards. This role focuses on identifying defects, performing skilled touch-up and repair work, and ensuring finished products meet or exceed company expectations. This position requires strong attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and ownership of product quality. All work must be completed with a high regard for personal safety and the safety of others.

Essential Functions

• Inspect finished furniture components to identify defects or damage and determine appropriate repair methods.
• Perform touch-up and repair work on wood, laminate, and metal components, including correcting finish defects, scratches, dents, or other imperfections.
• Ensure repaired materials meet or exceed established quality standards.
• Use hand tools and finishing materials to complete repair work effectively and efficiently.
• Communicate quality issues and recurring defects to production team members and supervisors.
• Aid in identifying root causes of product defects and support continuous improvement efforts.
• Provide guidance and training to team members on proper repair and touch-up techniques when needed.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment.
• Perform additional duties as needed to support production and business objectives.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Ability to acquire, within a six-month timeframe, a competent level of the skill knowledge required around quality and production standards.
• Experience using hand tools.
• Must have excellent color acuity.
• Ability to read, understand, communicate and interpret written and verbal instructions, work documentation, policies and practices, etc.
• Ability to work cooperatively within the team as well as with members of other teams to meet goals.
• Willing to adapt to a continually changing environment.
• Committed to team success through reliable attendance.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Ability to bend, twist, and stand for periods of up to 10-12 hours.
• Ability to transfer up to 75 lbs. with the help of another person.