Garment Designer

**Vacancy Title: Product Designer**

**Vacancy Location: Gosport**

**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 Gold Award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

**Your New Role**

Are you an innovative, team player and highly organised Product Designer with a Marine background? Survitec has the perfect role for you

Reporting to the Principal Engineer, our Marine division has an exciting opportunity to bring on board a Product Designer Engineer on a full time, permanent basis at our Gosport Site.

You will focus on executing and coordinating product design tasks as part of a wider design team. You will require the development and use of specialist design, prototyping and engineering skills.

**What You Can Expect from the Role**

**Key Responsibilities and accountabilities**:

- **Develop design concepts to meet business and customer requirements, creating detailed plans and drawings to support the engineering and production. Support the prototyping process, working closely with commercial, production and test colleagues to deliver product excellence
- Carry out a range of product design, development and engineering activities, using established systems and processes to analyse customer needs, define and deliver products or product improvements to meet those needs
- Carry out formal product / technical reviews, identifying shortcomings in existing processes, systems and procedures; uses established change management programs to address shortfalls and drive improvement
- Help others get the most out of knowledge management systems by offering support and advice; supports customers to ensure
- Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific business and function goals

You will have the opportunity to develop in your role and feel proud of the work you do. Working at Survitec is fast paced, challenging, and incredibly rewarding. This is not just another job; this is your career.

**Skills**

**Essential**
- **2+ years engineering experience
- Educated to University Degree Level
- You will have an excellent team player attitude
- You will have a proactive and reactive mindset
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages

**Why You Should Work for Us**
- 33 days holidays including public holidays
- Additional day holiday to celebrate your birthday
- Early finish on Friday dependent on workload
- Global Travel Opportunities
- Life Assurance up to 4X salary
- Pension Scheme
- Management 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, and 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.**

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

**Salary**: Up to £27,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Yearly bonus

Work Location: One location