Trainee Colourist

**Trainee Colourist** We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Colourist to join our renowned printing site, Standfast & Barracks, based in Lancaster. As Trainee Colourist, you will provide support in the bulk colouration area and dyehouse. This includes sampling, bulk and dyehouse requirements. A key part of the role will be matching colour and meeting customer standards whilst following structured plans. The first part of this job role is the most critical, the learning phase, picking up the knowledge and understanding how colour works and the need for an efficient working method whilst having a keen eye for quality across the conventional and dye house departments. We’re passionate about every aspect of fabric production; from conception and design, right through to manufacturing, taking pride in our ethos which combines the traditional with the innovative. Our heritage is quintessentially British, and we are proud to produce some of the finest quality prints for many design-led home furnishing and apparel brands. **Responsibilities** - Creation of recipes for stenter tint menders in a timely manner - Weighing dyes and filling tanks for bulk menders whilst following SOP - Testing samples through mini padder and mini stenter. Working with the design/sampling team for initial prints submits - Using data colour to create new recipes for lab dips and meeting customer satisfactions - Weighing dyes in the lab for lab dye’s - Shade assessment against sample/approved bulk standards - Supporting print machines & printers with fenting, and matching colours on the print daily print plan - Ensure safe operating conditions and procedures, and high housekeeping standards - Maintaining up to date product and customer colour standards - Identifying improvement opportunities - Make alterations for Colour Kitchens - Support department with assuring print quality, D&K reductions, machine uptime, yield improvement and OEE target attainment - Keep the Print Supervisor fully informed of any issues impacting achievement of the daily print plan such that these issues are resolved in a timely manner - Provide training as required to other Colourists and Apprentices - Support the Quality Management System in line with BSI requirements to enable the retention of Company's ISO 9001 standard; and implement new procedures, as required to meet the system requirements - To commence training in Digital Colouration as the next step in your training and development - Completion of training on the Textile Management System for Conventional Colouration **Skills & Experience** - GCSE (C or above) in Maths & English and/or equivalent - Colouration training & knowledge of dyestuffs (nice to have) - General computer skills required (including Excel) - Experience in colour (nice to have) - Experience in manufacturing têxtiles (nice to have) - Good communication & strong relationship building skills - Excellent organisational skills - First aid trained (nice to have) *Must pass the Munsell colour test* (during interview) **About us** Sanderson Design Group is an international luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers and fabrics together with a wide range of ancillary interior products. In 2020, we brought our portfolio of brands home to Sanderson Design Group, evoking the combined longevity and prodigious creative history of our brands. Sanderson Design Group describes the ebullience of our past endeavours. It sketches the outline of our future. A collective of quintessentially British luxury interior brands and 2 manufacturing brands, at Sanderson Design Group we are Sanderson, Morris & Co., Zoffany, Harlequin, Clarke & Clarke, Scion, Anstey Wallpaper Company and Standfast & Barracks. Our purpose is "To bring the Beautiful into People’s Homes and Lives". This has defined and shaped our brands since our very earliest days. The oldest brand in our arsenal, from where we derive the namesake of our group, begun life in 1860, as an importer of fine French wallpapers to London. Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd played a pivotal role in defining English interior decoration tastes and its early success led to displaying designs at London’s finest showroom, at Berners Street. Around this time in 1924, Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd were awarded The Royal Warrant, becoming “purveyors of wallpaper and paint” to the court of George V. We recognise that each one of our brands contributes a unique chapter to our story. It is why we represent the full spectrum of British interior design, catering from cutting-edge sleek modern styles, to the hearty warmth of traditional forms. Our decision to rebrand as Sanderson Design Group in 2020 is our way of paying homage to our rich history, as well as marking our path towards a new future. As custodians of over 160 years of design experience, we are proud to Bring the Beautiful into People’s Homes and Lives. We are Sanderson Design Group. **Job Types**