Enhance Your Jewellery Manufacturing Skills at a Company of Choice Delivering Quality Products for Employee Recognition Programs

If you combine experience and training as a stone setter with the ability to independently produce quality work in a busy, jewellery manufacturing environment, the role of Stone Setter offers you some great opportunities. You will:

• Play an important role on a proven team where you'll work independently but also interact with another stone setter, jewellers, polishers and others. When people join us they tend to stay, as demonstrated by the number of long-tenured employees.
• Work a consistent full-time, weekday schedule (Monday-Friday 7:15 AM - 4:00 PM) with ample opportunities for overtime.
• Join an industry expert in employee engagement; we apply that expertise internally, delivering a rewarding, fulfilling, and fun workplace for our employees.
• Earn a competitive wage and comprehensive benefits including extended health, vision and dental care, commuter benefits, paid time off, a possible $500.00 signing bonus after 30 days of employment, and more.
• Work in a great atmosphere. For example, we have a large cafeteria, picnic tables, couches, a pool table, gym equipment and we enjoy social events like company barbecues and lunches. Note, some activities are currently restricted due to COVID-19. 

We're expanding our team and have stone setter, polisher and jeweller positions available, so please feel free to share this information with your network of qualified peers. While the ideal candidate will work onsite full time, we may also have opportunities for off-site piece work for the stone setter. French or English speakers are encouraged to apply.  Quick question for you - click here  

Engage2Excel helps human resources organizations create unique candidate and employee experiences from pre-hire to retirement. We know that engaging workplace experiences are essential for motivating employees to care more, work smarter and stay longer. We understand what employees really want because we look at the entire employee lifecycle through a scientific lens. We help more than 3,000 client partners in 100+ countries around the world leverage employee engagement to increase competitive advantage and improve bottom-line results.

Pictured above: Our award-winning recognition solution accelerates engagement, improves the employee experience and drives business results in one easy-to-use platform.

To be a good fit for the Stone Setter opportunity, you will need:

• 3 to 5 years of experience as a stone setter with a combination of an apprenticeship and/or formal training Quick question for you - click here
• Secondary school graduation or equivalent, plus up to one year of other schooling (DEP) 
• ​Ability to work effectively under pressure; must be able to work quickly to produce high-quality products
• Knowledge of other jewellery production aspect
• Good eyesight and hand-eye coordination; dexterity; an aptitude for hands-on manufacturing related work
• Excellent attention to detail with extreme accuracy and ingenuity in building specialized tools required
• Knowledge of GRS Gravermax machine preferred

Pictured throughout: Jewellery team members working on various pieces.

Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing, Production Development and Costing, as Stone Setter, you will use hand tools to set precious, semi-precious, or ornamental stones in rings, charms, pendants, and other jewelled items. You will cut and file each setting to accommodate stones, using files, chisels, and hand or electric drills. You will position stones in the setting and fix them in place by pressing prongs, raising the retaining metal ridge, or by tapping the edges of the setting with a setting tool and hammer, forcing metal against the stones. You will smooth the edges, using an emery file and pointed steel tool, and examine the union of the stone and setting, using a magnifying glass. You may also drill holes in settings preparatory to setting stones in the piece and may also replace stones in rings. Work may be on line where tasks vary as different models of the same article move along line. The Stone Setter position is a manual-handling, labor-intensive job requiring dexterity, attention to detail and a commitment to quality. Quick question for you - click here
 

Excellent benefits
In addition to a competitive wage, you'll enjoy benefits including:

• Business casual dress code
• Commuter benefits (we subsidize a portion of public transportation)
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Extended health care
• Dental care
• Vision care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• Robust recognition and performance programs
• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Onsite recreation equipment/areas for use during your 30-minute lunch and 10-minute break
• Opportunity for a $500 signing bonus after 30 days (12-months of employment required to retain the bonus)

Trifecta of organizational culture
Throughout Engage2Excel we drive employee engagement and company success through three simple but powerful steps:

• Living what we do. In short, we enjoy what we do. It's as much a calling as a company because we ignite the inner accomplishment that drives pride, inspires others and makes work fun.
• Rewarding those that earn it. This means you, your team -- everyone. We work hard, play hard and help the customer reap the success we all can enjoy.
• Seeking new ways to solve problems. We relish the opportunity to take on and overcome challenges. We encourage everyone to lean in, invent and then reinvent. We value courage because we know the best ideas might involve some risk.

A commitment to safety
We are committed to creating a safe manufacturing environment. You'll wear safety shoes daily and we'll provide the PPE necessary for you to safely complete your responsibilities. 

 

More About the Requirements
In addition to the basics described under The Requirements tab, you will need:

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and also as a strong team member; accountability
• To enjoy artistic and creative work
• Initiative, patience and perseverance; ability to multitask
• Ability to focus on projects (small and large orders) through to completion 
• Strong communication skills with a customer-oriented mindset
• Solid problem-solving, analysis and synthesis ability paired with good judgment and decision-making ability
• Basic knowledge and/or ability to learn and follow in relation to the Jewellery department:
  • The field's concepts and practices 
  • Company policies, procedures 
  • Business rules and procedures
• Flexibility to work in all of the various job-related categories

The physical requirements for the stone setter position include:

• Hand-eye coordination and dexterity
• Ability to work seated most of the day with the ability to also work standing as needed
• Ability to bend and lift up to twenty pounds
• Ability to perform work with repetitive physical movements

More About the Role

Major responsibilities and duties will include:

• Setting precious and semi-precious stones in jewellery mountings in accordance with specifications  Quick question for you - click here
• ​Responsibility for rong setting, pave setting, channel setting, illusion setting and cup setting for different shapes of gemstones.
• Analysing and solving the problems pertaining to setting precious and semi-precious stones
• Maintaining the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and following prescribed safety regulations
• May occasionally verify the quality of stone and size
• Completing tasks as directed by manufacturing schedules with minimum supervision.

This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

About your success
We understand that there will be a learning curve as you get up to speed with our processes and company. At the same time, with your experience, you should be able to contribute in short order. We're seeking a stone setter who is reliable and accountable, takes pride in his/her work and is strongly goal oriented. A commitment to quality will be essential. In addition, in order to be an outstanding Stone Setter, you will:

• Provide excellent customer service and thrive in a busy, fast-paced environment
• Work efficiently, meeting established performance goals while maintaining quality
• Develop a reputation as a reliable, supportive and collaborative team member
• Take and apply feedback to improve and enhance your abilities

Your success will be measured by:

• Quality and productivity of your work
• Quality interactions with internal contacts to achieve defined goals
• Ability to consistently achieve operational goals