SENIOR MACHINIST CABINETMAKER : $33–$41 per hour
WOODWEB · City of Orange, NJ · Yesterday
ManagementFull-time
Historic Door Replication – Olek, Inc., a traditional millwork shop established in 1950, is seeking a Senior Machinist Cabinetmaker for full-time employment in City of Orange, NJ.
About the role
A 30-person shop specializing in doors, windows, casegoods, paneling, and furniture offers long-term, steady year-round employment with substantial overtime available. Many employees have worked continuously for decades in a pleasant shop environment.
Responsibilities
- Independently lay out complex door and millwork components.
- Grind, select, or specify custom knives and cutters.
- Set up traditional shapers and molders safely.
- Machine curved, tapered, or irregular components.
- Produce cope-and-stick, mortise-and-tenon, and haunched joints.
- Match historic moldings from samples.
- Develop fixtures for short production runs.
- Diagnose machinery, tooling, and tolerance problems.
- Minimize waste in costly lumber and veneer.
- Supervise junior operators.