SmallCorp is a well-established, family-owned, privately held company with approximately 40 employees, started in 1972. We manufacture museum-quality picture frames and exhibit cases, and many, many other items used in conservation and exhibition by museums, galleries, artists, and photographers. Most of our manufacturing is done in-house. We have a diverse range of technical capabilities and work with a wide variety of materials.
SmallCorp values innovation, integrity and forward-thinking. These core beliefs drive our operations as well as our relationships with both customers and employees and help to make us an industry leader. We believe in contributing to the community, whether it be our local community – through volunteering and contributions to important causes and organizations, our art-based community – by maintaining the highest standards of quality workmanship and attentiveness to archival design and materials, and participation in associations that promote learning and growth, and to the world community through our environmental and social awareness.
We are always looking for talented, thoughtful people.
Do you have…
an Arts degree?
framing, fabrication, or museum background?
exceptional technical skills?
If you answered yes,
Available Positions
Acrylic Fabricator
Employment Type:
- Full-time, in person
- 8-hour shift
- 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM Monday through Friday, with occasional opportunity for overtime.
Compensation:
$20 to $25.00 per hour
Job Description:
In this position, you will gain hands-on experience with every stage of our acrylic fabrication process, enabling you to produce museum-quality acrylic covers, picture frames, and a variety of custom acrylic products. Each piece is custom made to our customers’ specifications. Attention to detail is the name of the game with this position!
Primary Responsibilities:
This position involves sawing acrylic sheets with a CNC panel saw, routing, gluing, sanding, and polishing plastic boxes. Interpreting work orders, shop drawings, and the ability to understand verbal instruction is key. Our museum customers are incredibly fussy, so you’ll need to be as well.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Must be able to use a tape measure to a 1/32. No exceptions! A measurement comprehension test will be part of the interview.
- Must be able to read and comprehend shop drawings and written instructions.
- Must ensure that quality standards are continually and consistently met.
- Math skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing are required.
- Visual ability to see objects clearly at a close distance, in color, and adjust focus is key!
The duties of this job require standing, walking, and reaching for objects of various weights. The employee must:
- Regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, and crouch. The work can be physically demanding so a pre-employment physical will be required.
Must have reliable transportation.
Email your resume to jobs@smallcorp.com with the job title as the subject line. No phone calls, please.
Our Benefits Include
- Medical Insurance is 75% paid by SmallCorp
- Health New England Essentials 2000 Medical Insurance employee contributions for 2026:
- single $55.06 week
- 2-person w/child(ren) $101.87 week
- 2-person w/spouse $110.13 week
- family $156.93 week
- Health New England Essentials 2000 Medical Insurance employee contributions for 2026:
- Dental Insurance is provided to employees at no cost
- State-administered Short Term Disability Insurance based on wages (roughly $5 per week)
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 10 paid holidays. Veterans of the US Armed Forces receive Veterans Day off with pay
- 5 Sick days – eligibility after 90 days
- Paid Time Off (PTO) – eligibility after 90 days
- 401(k) Retirement Savings. SmallCorp currently matches up to $2,500/year -eligibility after 1000 continuous hours worked (about 6-months)
- Eligible to take employee hardship advances after 1 year
- Service milestone bonuses every 5 years
- Annual bonuses based on business conditions
- Free electric car charging
- Higher Education reimbursement if relates to SmallCorp position
- Some flexibility in work schedule may be available
- Free coffee all day, periodic pizza parties and cook-outs
- Average seniority at SmallCorp is 11 years
