Design Manager

Job Title: Joinery Design Manager

Location: Bramling, Kent

Position Type: Full-time

Job Description:

The Design Manager will manage the day-to-day design process attending design meetings, conducting surveys and ensuring full compliance in line with sustainability and building regulations. The Design Manager will need to be experienced in Solid Works & SWOOD as this is our primary design software. The Design Manager will be responsible for attending project handovers, identifying potential design and programme challenges, recording and discussing design changes, producing production drawings specifically for joinery and associated materials, ensuring both internal and external customer needs are met in accordance with delivery dates, to the defined specification and quality standards.

The Design Manager should be comfortable working to deadlines and attending meetings with clients and architects and communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Working with the estimating and commercial teams on potential projects to provide expert advice where necessary
• Attend on site design meetings and conduct site surveys as necessary, ensuring full understanding of the requirements of project
• Understand the sustainability requirements of the project (BREEAM, LEED, SKA etc)
• Identify any potential design and programme challenges early in the project and raise this with the Project Manager in a timely manner
• Identify, record and communicate all known design changes to the commercial team as soon as they are found
• Carrying out site meetings as and when necessary
• Maintain and complete internal design trackers and assist Document Controller with project documentation for client approval and O&M manuals
• Manage all design elements of the project to ensure works are completed as per the customers required delivery dates
• Liaising with internal teams and project managers to ensure effective and timely handover of drawings for production
• Responsible for the creation of production drawings using relevant systems for manufacturing purposes specifically for Joinery and associated processes and materials.

Required Skills:

• Attention to detail and a strong desire for accuracy
• Good organisational skills
• A flexible and proactive approach to work
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent judgement and decision making.
• Knowledge of Joinery manufacture (preferably with bench experience)

Required Qualifications:

• A relevant technical Joinery qualification.
• Experience in AutoCAD 2D (minimum) working to a high level of detail and resolution
• Excellent IT Skills, (Microsoft Office)
• Experience with in a manufacturing joinery business is essential
• Experience in Solid Works & SWOOD.
• Experience of modelling production joinery specifically using Autodesk Inventor an advantage

Behaviours:

• Confident.
• Calm under pressure.
• Professional.
• Team focused.
• Organised and disciplined.
• Self-motivated.
• Result driven.
• Quality focussed.
• Inquisitive and open minded.
• Flexible with a can-do attitude.
• Fully committed.

Position Details:

• Full-time position.
• Salary is based on experience.
• Located in our extensive operations, including a state-of-the-art 23,000 sqft manufacturing facility and finishing studio.