Garment Designer

**Vacancy Title: Garment Designer**

**Vacancy Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire**

**Engagement Type: Permanent, Full Time**

**Your Company**

Survitec are the world’s largest survival technology provider. For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.

Today, we are a global community of 3,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.

That's why the world's leading maritime, defence & government, energy and aerospace organisations trust us when it matters most and why we have been awarded the Silver Award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

**Your New Role**

Are you an experienced garment clothing designer who has hands on experience with the designing of garment products? Are you looking for a fresh new challenge and work for a company that designs and manufactures lifesaving equipment? Survitec has the perfect role for you

Reporting into the deputy chief designer we have an exciting opportunity to bring on board a garment designer to join our team of design specialists in our engineering department at our manufacturing site in Ellesmere Port.

You will have the opportunity to work with an established team of professional engineers, as our new garment designer you will execute and coordinate product design tasks as part of a wider design team. Your role will develop and use your specialist design prototyping and engineering skills to deliver our products for our customers.

**What You Can Expect from the Role**

**Key Responsibilities and accountabilities**:

- You will develop design concepts to meet business and customer requirements
- Create and update detailed design documentations to support products in manufacturing
- Collaborate with the commercial, production and test colleagues to deliver product excellence
- Supporting product testing events both on and off site
- You will carry out product and technical reviews to identify shortcomings in existing processes

Formal and real-time training for the above will be given and you will have the opportunity to develop in your role and see the direct impact of your work on the business. Working at Survitec is fast paced, challenging, and incredibly rewarding and this role presents a significant opportunity for career acceleration.

**The Experience, Qualifications and Skills You Will Have**

**Essential**
- You will have a minimum of up to 2 years garment design experience
- University degree or Equivalent in clothing
- Experience with pattern and tailoring designing
- Excellent organisational skills
- You will have excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Knowledge of 2D AutoCAD would be highly beneficial
- Previous experience is desired working to process and procedures in accordance to accreditations such as ISO9001 and DAOS

**Why You Should Work for Us**
- 33 days holidays including public holidays
- Hybrid Working Policy
- 1pm finish on Friday (Depending on workload)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free Car Parking
- Life Assurance up to 4X salary
- Pension Scheme
- Training & Professional Development Opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme

**How to Apply**

**If you would like more information regarding this role before applying, please feel free to reach out to us via Linked In.**

**Survitec is an equal opportunities employer. Our diverse global workforce protects lives, every single day. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive culture where our people feel valued, appreciated, ad free to be who they are at work. Because, to provide service and excellence to our customers we must mirror their diversity. But more importantly because it is the right thing to do.**

**Salary**: £27,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

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