Role Description

Produce accurate and detailed CAD models & technical drawings for the manufacture of Unibox products & bespoke requirements against customer focussed design briefs.

Liaising with multiple departments, being the key design contact on live projects with Sales (and sometimes customers), Project Management, Procurement, Production & Installation teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Generating detailed drawing packs for both customer sign-off and production

• Understanding the differences in communicating drawing detail to customers and for production.

• Willing development of knowledge of Unibox products and applying for production through project understanding, in-house training and self-development

• Project ownership and full understanding to facilitate communication across sales, production and installation teams

• Creating production detail design from design briefs or concepts

• Modifying and updating existing drawings as required

• Working with the Solidworks PDM Vault to ensure revision-controlled drawing detail

• Ensuring all drawings produced are accurate to brief and completed to schedule

• Ensure drawings meet the specifications required by the production team

• Provide technical advice and support to internal and external stakeholders

• Working within a strong and developing design team

• Maintain excellent levels of communication with internal teams: Sales & account management, Procurement, Project Management, Production, Installations & external suppliers

• Point of contact for design queries from clients or internal team members when required

• To look for opportunities to reduce costs in design, process, materials used and manufacturing techniques

Key skills and experience

• Minimum 4 years solidworks experience

• Experience in revision controlled & process driven design environment

• Working to critical deadlines

• Strong level of knowledge in some or all of the following areas would be advantageous:

  • Aluminium profile

  • Sheet metal fabrication

  • Tubular fabrication & welding

  • Sheet timber construction

  • Sheet plastics construction

• Collaboration with all areas of the business

• Experience in retail design or exhibition sector advantageous

• Electrical and/or LED experience advantageous

What we offer you

• Attractive salary

• Training opportunities for personal and professional development

• 23 days annual holiday (plus bank holidays)

• Christmas shut down

• Additional paid "Unibox" bank holiday on the last working day of the year before Christmas

• Cash health plan for everyday medical expenses (after passing probation)

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Non-corporate working environment

• Regular social events

• Free onsite parking

• Introduction incentive program is offered for employees who successfully introduce a new starter (t&c's apply)