Product Designer

7 months ago


Blackwood, United Kingdom Frontier Plastics Ltd Full time

**Scope of Appointment**:
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**Principal Accountabilities**:

- Design and develop innovative solutions for the safe disposal of sharps and clinical waste, that meet current regulatory framework.
- Create samples and working models for design testing, either by hand or using CAD prototyping equipment.
- Physical testing of new product design ideas.
- Focus on design for manufacturing including the development of efficient packaging options for NPD products, considering operator ease of packing, cost, and palletisation.
- Maintain accurate testing reports and present ideas to colleagues and customers at various stages of the design process.
- Set design and performance requirements based on briefs from internal teams and external partners.
- Own and maintain documentation required to satisfy quality management systems for product development and change control processes.
- Identify, review and improve the design of existing products.
- Review competitor products and market trends, to help identify unique selling points.
- Ensure attention to detail, rectification of design error, and cost control when engaging in design work.
- Work on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting schedule, cost, and quality controls.
- Project manage assigned projects and provide leadership for multidisciplinary core team meetings to ensure project progression.
- Assist the planning, tracking, and implementation of projects in alignment with the Phase Gate process.
- Arrange meetings and liaise with engineers and other departments, including marketing, to discuss and negotiate appropriate production processes, costs, and commercial issues.
- Work alongside the regulatory and quality teams to ensure product compliance in the relevant markets.
- Design and maintain product labelling, meeting regulatory requirements.

**SPECIFICATION**

**Skills and Experience**
- **Essential**_
- Apprenticeship/HNC/HND in Product Design or equivalent working experience
- 3+ years previous experience in a product/industrial design or engineering role.
- 3+ years previous experience working with injection moulding products.
- Ability to multi-task on various projects at any one time and be able to work under pressure to deadlines.
- Sound knowledge of CAD modelling software.
- Sound understanding of layout design through use of Adobe suite (Illustrator and InDesign).
- Demonstrable experience of product development work from concept to production.
- Experience interacting across departments and with customers and suppliers.
- Proficiency in working with full Microsoft Office package
- **Desirable**_
- BA/BSc degree in Product Design.
- Experience of medical product design.
- Experience in design for low cost, high volume manufacture
- Sound knowledge of Autodesk Inventor.
- Good understanding of a range of material and manufacturing processes.

**Personality**
- Reliable and trustworthy.
- Consistent and flexible - able to deal with changing and competing demands.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Thorough attention to detail

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £27,100.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Blackwood: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Product Designer - Blackwood


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