Position: WOODWIND REPAIR TECHNICIAN (Full Time)

Closing Date: October 31st 2026

Role Description

Dawkes Music is looking for an experienced Woodwind Repair Technician to join the UK’s largest Repair Team.

The workshop is where this business started. Dawkes has been repairing woodwind and brass since 1966, and sixty years on the benches are still the beating heart of the place — a constant flow of work from beginners' clarinets to professional saxophones, and a department that keeps growing to meet demand from customer repairs and stock preparation.

The work is varied and it moves. Alongside customer instruments, our technicians prepare new and pre-owned stock for sale, so a week might take in an overhaul, a run of pad replacements and setting up a vintage tenor for the showroom floor. Everything needed is on site: we hold an extensive stock of spare parts, pads and repair materials, and technicians draw on it freely.

Just as important is how the work is explained. This role involves talking repair solutions through directly with players - parents, schoolteachers, seasoned professionals - so clear, patient communication matters as much as clean bench work.

Main Activities & Skills

Delivering consistently high-quality repair work across the full range of woodwind instruments, to schedule
Explaining repair options to customers clearly, patiently and without jargon
Preparing new and pre-owned stock for sale
Working proactively with the Sales, Workshop and Logistics teams to keep instruments moving

What We're Looking For

Proven woodwind repair experience, or a repair qualification with solid bench time behind it
Confidence across flute, clarinet and saxophone; oboe and bassoon experience welcome but not essential
The judgement to balance quality against turnaround on a busy schedule
A genuine interest in helping players get the best from their instrument

Key Information

Contract Type: Full Time, permanent
Working Hours: 5 days from Monday–Saturday, 09.30–17.30, on a rota
Site Location: Reform Road, Maidenhead, SL6 8BT
Salary: Industry competitive and relevant to experience
Benefits: [holiday entitlement], pension, staff discount, tools and materials provided
Closing Date: October 31st, 2026

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Dawkes Music is not a licensed visa sponsor and is unable to sponsor applications for employment visas. In line with UK legislation, we ask all successful candidates to provide documentary evidence of their right to work before employment begins.

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Why Join Dawkes?

Dawkes Music began as a repair specialist in 1966 and has grown into a globally recognised music industry business, still on the same Maidenhead site. Our team spans products, performance, teaching and repair, made up of all ages and several nationalities, and our service has been recognised with multiple Feefo Platinum awards.

It is a busy environment but a supportive one, and creative thinking and solution-focused ideas are welcomed from every team member. Our purpose is to create, support, and inspire musicians whatever their age or ability - the workshop is a large part of how that happens.