The World of Laings
Laings is a prestigious family-run jewellers with a legacy spanning over 180 years. Established in 1840 and now safely in the hands of the sixth generation of the Laing family, Laings is one of the largest independent jewellery businesses in the UK.
With seven showrooms across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Southampton and Cardiff, Laings offers an expertly curated selection of fine jewellery and luxury watches from some of the world’s most prestigious brands. We also proudly present jewellery design and services by our artisan team of watchmakers, goldsmiths and jewellery designers from our state-of-the-art workshops.
Despite an everchanging landscape, Laings continues to invest in its future. Over the coming years, the company will embark on a journey of evolution to challenge jewellery and watch retail experiences – bringing innovation to different touchpoints of the business, while never forgetting the deep-rooted heritage that anchors the Laings story.
A Career as Unique as You Are
At Laings we are focusing on the growth of our bespoke jewellery, jewellery manufacturing and jewellery servicing. We have an exciting opportunity for an accomplished and talented Goldsmith to assist as part of a highly skilled team who are supporting this goal. The successful candidate will embrace Laings’ passion for excellence and quality, as we constantly strive to uphold high-standards, ever mindful of our clients’ expectations.
Our Glasgow Jewellery Workshop team assist 37.5 hours per week, 5 days out of 7.
Here is How We Envision Your Role:
- Assist with jewellery manufacture to include, mount preparation and assembly, as well as manufacture of classic pieces to specific requirements and time-scales.
- Complete service work in line with skill level.
- Provide customer estimates for service work, using accurate amount of material and time to calculate.
- Provide clear and accurate manufacturing estimates for labour on cast pieces.
- Maintain or exceed all quality criteria for work undertaken in line with our brand standards.
- Maintaining accurate records of tasks undertaken and materials used.
- Responsible for a safe working environment, ensuring all health and safety policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Responsible for maintaining all tooling and equipment used in position to a high standard.
The Perfect Person We are Looking For:
- Exceptional eye for detail and be able to complete all Jewellery Service work and repairs.
- Manufacture of classic solitaire and articulated drop mounts for round and square stone items of jewellery in all precious metals and various setting styles (claw, bezel, rex) to correct dimensions and proportions.
- Manufacture various findings and fittings for jewellery pieces (hinges, box clasps, hinged shanks etc).
- Basic Wax Carving.
- Confident in both use of laser welder or solder along with testing all metals.
- Can tighten hard round stones in channel, bar, tension, claw and bezel settings.
- Pearl Drilling.
- Basic Stone Identification.
- Exemplary finishing skills.
- Proven track record within a professional jewellery environment
Why join us at Laings?
We offer you an attractive package commensurate with experience. From unrivalled employee discounts and service recognition awards, Laings has built our approach to benefits around the requirements of our colleagues. Our benefits have been created to ensure happiness and wellbeing across each person’s professional and personal life. We offer flexible benefits, where you can choose to match your individual needs through our bespoke benefits platform.
Laings are committed to fostering diversity, inclusion, equity and wellbeing. While our journey is ongoing, our shared commitment is to our culture of belonging and to the equality of opportunity, we follow practices which are free from discrimination. Please inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodation or clarification concerning our recruitment process.
Join us as we continue to tell our story, committed to staying at the forefront of the industry with a passion to provide personalised instore and aftersales experiences for customers, as well as delivering impeccable service that is paired with exceptional product knowledge.
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