Junior Cabinetry Designer
Full time, Barr Group HQ
About the Role
We’re looking for a Junior Cabinetry Designer to join our in-house design team. This is a hands-on, diverse role that will see you contributing across all stages of the design process—from initial concepts to technical drawings. You’ll work closely with senior designers and collaborate with our workshop team to bring a wide range of furniture projects to life.
Projects will vary in complexity: from modifying existing designs in our portfolio to developing bespoke, larger design briefs from scratch. This variety offers a great opportunity to broaden your skill set and grow as a designer.
You’ll also engage directly with clients via email, phone, and occasionally face-to-face at our workshop and design studio, so strong and confident communication is essential. Beyond client-facing work, you’ll play an important role in producing accurate technical drawings to present to clients and stakeholders, ensuring both the end user and our cabinet makers have a clear understanding of what is being produced.
Working in a small, collaborative team, you’ll contribute to design and technical discussions throughout the process—helping ensure that each piece meets budget, timeline, and client expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate design briefs into clear concepts and accurate technical drawings
- Represent the design team in communications with clients and stakeholders.
- Support senior designers with research, prototyping, and materials sourcing
- Work closely with the workshop team to ensure designs are practical, achievable and deliverable to quoted timeframes.
Skills & Experience
- Background and experience in bespoke furniture design, product design, or a related field
- A strong passion for design, furniture, and craftsmanship
- Proficiency in SketchUp is essential; rendering skills within the platform are a bonus
- High attention to detail and strong problem-solving abilities
- Comfortable working in a small, dynamic team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Competent in Excel and the Microsoft Office suite
Salary: Competitive and dependent on experience
More about careers with Barr Group:
We are looking for individuals who want to be a part of something bigger than just a construction company. The Barr Group are a "work family", who support each other and operate as a team. Our mantra is to "always build better" and every member of the organisation contributes to achieving this goal.
We are privileged to work on exciting design-led projects, with positive, challenging, supportive work environments, individualised training programs and a wealth of opportunities for future career progression.
At Barr Group we work hard and play hard. Because we all work in different places, we try to get together as much as possible. As well as after-work drinks meetups, the Barr Group social calendar includes a Tough Mudder, team bowling, a summer family BBQ, Junkyard Golf, karting and lots more. We also run company wellness sessions, a weekly HIT class and Tuesday night footy!
If you are interested in a career with Barr Group we would very much like to hear from you. Please send your CV, along with covering email to recruitment@barr.group
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An Interview with Chris Cattrall, Barr Joinery Director
Chris introduces himself and elaborates on the team’s shared vision for the company.
An interview with Chris Cattrall, Barr Joinery director