Product Designer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary :
Job Title: Product Designer
Location: Blackpool
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
About us:
The Glasdon Group is a market leader in the design, marketing and supply of environmental and safety products including street furniture, recycling products, road safety equipment, winter safety products, water safety products, cycle shelters and modular buildings
About the role:
Are you looking for an exciting, challenging and rewarding long-term career opportunity?
Do you have what it takes to succeed as an innovative and creative Product Designer?
Our success at designing innovative new products is attributable to our commitment to excellent Research, Development and Product Design. To ensure ongoing portfolio expansion, we are looking for an innovative and professional Product Designer to help develop the next generation of bestselling products
If you have a genuine desire to succeed and wish to join a progressive company, with excellent opportunities and benefits then look no further!
Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop your ideas from concept to production
Sketch ideas and develop concepts
Create models and prototypes
Conduct market research, visit clients, and gather feedback
Use all manufacturing processes
View and review tooling trials with potential for overseas travel
Quality test new products
Work individually and as part of a wider team to establish your products across the globeAbout you:
Have a design related degree (minimum 2.1 classification)
Ideally 3-5 years' work experience
Creative, innovative, and forward thinking
Proficiency with CAD software (Solidworks)
Technically minded
Product Design or Industrial Design experience
Practical, with the ability to create models and prototypes
Be organised, self-motivated, pro-active and the ability to multi-task
An effective team worker
Valid UK Driving Licence (Essential)Benefits:
A competitive commencing salary
33 days annual leave
Flexible annual leave
Comprehensive training programmes
Company Final Salary Pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service
Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service
Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date
Cycle to Work Scheme (subject to minimum criteria)
Flexitime / Hybrid Working (subject to minimum criteria)
Long Service Awards
Private health care scheme after a minimum of one years' service
Cashback plan for dental care, eyecare, prescriptions, physiotherapy and more
Subsidised on-site Café / social space
Team building
Paid charity days and company events
Relocation SupportPlease click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of: Product Design, CAD, Solidworks, Drawing, Sketching, Concepts, Engineering, Production, Software, Organisation, 3D Printing, FDM, Research and Development (R&D), Innovation, Creative Thinking, Manufacturing, Model Making, Product Development, Environmental Products, Recycling, Safety, Workshop Tools, Prototyping, Testing, Fabrications, Injection Moulding, Rotational Moulding, Casting, Tooling, Pressing, Processes and Project Management may also be considered for this role
The Glasdon Group Limited is an equal opportunities employer
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