Product Designer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £30000 – £32000/annum
Sterling Recruitments client based in Newton Aycliffe have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Product Designer to join their in-house Product Development team. As the leading supplier of kitchen components and worksurfaces to the UK Kitchen industry, the business is undergoing an exciting period of transformation and growth with the role offering the opportunity to design, develop new and existing product that meets the business and end user requirements in terms of quality, fit and function balanced with aesthetics, specification and cost.
The role encompasses the following key responsibilities:
* Develop products across the full business portfolio including key categories associated with kitchens, bedroom and home office
* Knowledge and experience of product design and industrialisation, fundamentals or mass production, process engineering, project and resource management of new product design
* Effectively review, identify and inform other members of the team about new materials, processes, products and technologies
* Ability to effectively understand and translate customer and enduser requirements from industry insight, trend analysis and concept exploration
* To assess whether products/processes can be effectively implemented into the business both from a technical and production viewpoint
* To ensure that all technical data is in place to enable products to be launched/processes to be implemented satisfactorily to the required timescale, legality and quality requirements
* Understanding of the capabilities, capacities, technologies and techniques of our own manufacturing and key supply partners achieved through developing close working relationships, investigation and product understanding
* Knowledge of design development stages – from initial research and concept development, through prototyping and manufacturing testing
* Strongly communicate concepts or ideas visually, with a creative approach to problem solving
* Work with the Quality department to establish standards and processes to maintain production standards and reduce production issues
* Ensure technical manuals are completed as required containing all data and process instructions for operations team
* Required to work cross functionally in partnership with Category Management, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, Marketing and Production Teams in development of new products from concept through to launch
The successful candidate should embody the following attributes:
* Degree level education in a design discipline – ideally Product, Industrial or Furniture design related
* 2 years industry knowledge in a similar role
* Knowledge of industry software such as Solidworks, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, alongside Microsoft Office
* Effective and creative problem solving skills
* Passion for design
* Impeccable eye for detail
* Strong communication skills, teamwork and proactiveness
* Have excellent time management and organisational skills
* Ability to juggle priorities between tasks, working at pace and meeting deadlines
* Full driving license
More Information
- Address Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
