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Job Title: Design Technician
Location: Leeds
Salary: £37,000 - £40,000 per annum + Bonus (negotiated on experience)
Hours of work: 8.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday (flexible to circumstances)
The Company:
My client is a division within a well-established, market leading product design and manufacturing business supplying structural building products to the construction industry for over 30 years. The Façades division is currently developing a range of cladding products, including screen façade external envelope of a building or structure. The role as Design Technician requires the candidate to work with the Engineering Manager and R&D Team in the design and detailing of façade products.
You will be welcomed into a friendly and supportive team, which is happy to offer further training and qualifications where required. You will be given full training upon joining the company and on-going support. Progress and development opportunities will be available and a strong, ever growing portfolio of clients and projects across the UK.
The Role:
The Design Technician will be required to produce detailed designs and drawings to communicate the design intent with architects, engineers and other key members of a building design team.
As part of the project team the candidate will be involved in the formulation and implementation of a design and detailing process supported by software to automate and embed the design within the existing design teams and business systems. This process will include aspects of both product design and design for manufacture.
The product design outputs will be used throughout the product realisation process which will include design for manufacture right through to site installation.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills, experience and attributes:
* Design and detailing of construction products, façades engineering, light steel framing, structural framing systems or other relevant experience.
* Architectural or structural design experience.
* Brickwork | Cladding Products | Façades | Rain Screen | SFS | Steel Framing.
* An organised and structured approach to work and an attention to detail.
* A knowledge of building technology.
* Design software, including: Auto CAD and any experience of SolidWorks | Inventor | Tekla | Revit desirable.
* Microsoft Office Suite, including: Project | Excel | Work | Outlook.
* Manufacturing, in particular sheet metal and fabrication.
Suitable for candidates with any of the following experience:
Architectural Technician | Design Draftsperson | Technical Engineering | Façade Engineering | CAD Technician Product Design | CAD Engineer | Structural Technician | CAD Engineer | Drawing Office
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
* No evening or weekend work.
* Additional qualifications/training.
* On-site Gym.
* Private healthcare after 12 months service (teeth, glasses, and physio).
* Modern facilities with breakout areas.
* Company events.
* Free on-site parking.
* Cycle to Work.
* Pension Scheme.
* Continual Development.
* 23 days holiday + Bank Holidays, increasing to 25 with service