Garment and Pattern Designer

**Key Responsibilities and accountabilities**:

- Creating master patterns for each size within a range of garment sizes using charts, drafting instruments, computers or grading devices
- Ensuring patterns include all notation to ensure they are accurately followed by production colleagues (including joins, positions of pleats, pockets, buttonholes and other features).
- Adapting or draws new patterns as needed
- Effectively translating design specifications and original models of garments into the separate pattern pieces needed for each garment and determines the best layout of pattern pieces to minimise material waste
- Computing dimensions of patterns according to sizes, considering stretching of material
- Producing master or sample patterns using appropriate equipment. Marks samples and finished patterns with information, such as garment size, section, style, identification and sewing instructions
- Creating design specifications that provide instructions on garment sewing and assembly
- Tests patterns by making and fitting sample garments, adjusting patterns as needed after fittings
- Exanimating sketches, sample articles, and design specifications to determine quantities, shapes, and sizes of pattern parts and to determine the amount of material or fabric required to make a product
- Performing a range of site maintenance activities, troubleshooting and diagnosing equipment and systems for emergency repairs. Carries out preventive maintenance inspections
- Providing help to install complex systems and conducts inspections of that equipment with guidance
- Following Survitec HS&E policies, procedures and mandatory instructions, identifying and mitigating risks to safeguard the environment and the wellbeing of self and others
- Conducting complex analysis, quality tests and inspections requiring a high level of independent judgment

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

**Essential Criteria**:

- Educated to Secondary School level, with 5 GCSEs
- 1 - 3 years of relevant experience with the ability to work unsupervised
- Illustrator or equivalent
- 6 months experience of supervising and holding others to operating standard is an advantage

**Desirable**:

- Gerber skills

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

**Salary**: £32,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Free parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- null, PO13 0FZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person