Autocad Product Designer

Acorn has a fantastic opportunity for a Technical Product Designer to join their fit-out client's successful team, based near Swindon. Working part from home part office-based, applicants will have Solidworks experience or Inventor and AutoCAD.
Purpose of the role:

- To produce technical drawings and designs in line with the company philosophy of practicality and cost effectiveness
- To produce manufacturing drawings to a standard acceptable to Contractors, Suppliers within agreed time programme
- To represent the company to outside agencies (Clients, Suppliers and Sub-contractors) as and when required
Key activities:

- Report at least weekly to the Design Studio Manager during the design studio meeting to plan workload
- Effectively design and produce accurate and detailed drawings with clear information at all times to agreed programme with Design Studio Manager and in accordance with design studio procedure handbook
- Develop a brief with the client where applicable, and confirm this brief in writing and forward to client
- Be aware of design issues through manufacturing and to be responsible for developing and delivering prototypes to a high standard to meet with a specified design brief
- Liaise with the buying department during process, but manage prototype process with multiple customers, absorb feedback and implement required changes on future projects
- Liaise with project management / buying in order to maintain a practical and cost effective equipment design
- Produce technical drawing packages up to the standard required by the company and of sufficient detail to convey all points of the design to the client/supplier/manufacturer - this should also include presentation to the client
- Utilise the company's 2D & 3D CAD software, to the best of its capabilities
- Maintain CAD and associated files on the internal systems and carry out housekeeping on a weekly basis
- Adhere to the companies procedure for creating, superseding and maintaining digital files
- Keep up-to-date with current manufacturing techniques and technology in all areas in which the company is involved
- Make and keep commitments when asked to do so and work with other members of staff in a positive and progressive
- Meet with suppliers, maintain their information in the design studio library, and ensure that all relevant information is retained for access for all members of the studio
- Ensure that the drawing register and issue sheets are maintained at all times
- Be responsible for the upkeep of design office consumables
- Be aware of and ensure that equipment designs produced satisfy the Health and Safety & CDM 2007 regulations / British Standards and their effect on the designed environment
- Assist / support other designers on all projects
- Save down and print as required by the internal teams the drawings sent through to the design studio
**Requirements**:

- Design qualification and / or experience
- Extensive experience in manufacturing techniques, products and technical drawing
- 5 GCSE grades C/4 O Levels equivalent, including English
- Extensive familiarity with Microsoft packages also CAD packages incl. AutoCAD 2D & 3D
- Ability to read, critique and produce technical manufacturing drawings
Customer and suppliers:
Ensure that suppliers and manufacturers are briefed appropriately, accompanied by detailed technical drawing packages to ensure that prototypes and batch manufacturing requires are met on budget to assigned time scales.
For more information on this job role, please get in touch with Kristy at Acorn.
Acorn Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.