Furniture Carpenter

Most of the day you work oak, beech and ash, both solid stock and veneered panels. You cut to size on the panel saw and format saw, run parts through the planer and thicknesser, then shape edges on the spindle moulder and router. A good part of the work is joinery: mortise and tenon, dowels, dominoes and the odd dovetail for drawer boxes. You dry-fit a carcass, check it for square and wind, then glue up and clamp. Sanding, hinge fitting and a final once-over before the piece goes to finishing are also on you.

3 to 5 years working solid wood and veneer

Confident on panel saw, planer, thicknesser, spindle moulder and router

Can read a cutting list and a simple shop drawing

Knows standard joinery: tenons, dowels, dominoes

Clean, accurate sanding and assembly

Functional English (B1) for shift handover and machine settings

Relocation help and travel to Bulgaria covered

Shared accommodation arranged near the workshop

Daily transport to and from the site

One hot meal on every shift

Health insurance from day one

You start at 760 EUR net a month. Once you run the machines without supervision and your assemblies pass quality without rework, pay moves up toward 880 EUR net. Most carpenters reach that level inside the first year.

The workshop is a covered hall with dust extraction on the main machines, heated through the winter. Shifts run Monday to Friday, two shifts, with the occasional Saturday morning when an order is tight. Ear and eye protection are standard and the floor is kept clear.