Research & Development Assistant

Job Title: Research & Development Assistant

Location: Blackpool

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

About us:

The Glasdon Group is a market leader in the design and supply of a wide range of environmental and safety products. Our products have been helping make the world a cleaner, safer place for over 65 years.

Our international range includes street furniture, recycling products, road safety equipment, winter safety products, water safety products, cycle shelters and modular buildings/housings.

Our success at designing innovative new products is attributable to our commitment to excellent Research, Development and Product Design. You may just recognise the Glasdon Group product portfolio of market leading environmental and safety products!

About the role:

To ensure ongoing group expansion, we are looking for a self-motivated individual with either a product design or marketing background to help identify and develop new product opportunities across all market sectors at home and abroad.

If you have a genuine desire to succeed and wish to join a progressive company, with excellent opportunities and benefits then look no further!

The successful candidate with be provided with full and comprehensive support and training.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct market research.
• Identify new product ideas.
• Monitor trends and market opportunities.
• Manage concept creation.
• Develop concepts through customer research.
• Write design briefs.
• Face to face research meetings
• Business travel.

About you:

• Have a product design or marketing related degree (minimum 2.1).
• Skilled in research.
• Innovative and forward thinking.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• Technically and commercially minded.
• Friendly, personable and willing to travel.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• An effective individual and team worker.

Benefits:

• 33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 depending on length of service).
• Buy/sell up to 5 days holiday each year.
• Holidays can be booked flexibly in 30-minute blocks.
• Company related performance bonuses.
• Company final salary pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service.
• Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date.
• Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service.
• Private health insurance scheme after a minimum of one years' service.
• Health cashback plan.
• Company sick pay scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Compassionate leave
• Relocation support loans.
• Long service awards.
• Subsidised on-site café/social space.
• Free on-site parking.
• Special occasion gifts.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• On-site Gym and changing facilities.
• Team building activities / days.
• Flexitime work pattern.
• Company events.
• At cost on-site electric vehicle charging points.
• Paid charity days.
• Charity fundraising events.
• Social activities.
• Promotion opportunities
• Skills development.
• Professional study support.
• Comprehensive training programmes

Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Presentation Skills, Project Management, Product Design, CAD, Solidworks, Drawing, Sketching, Concept, Production, Software, Organisation, 3D, Research, Innovation, Graduate, Creative, Manufacturing, Model Making, Product Development, Marketing, Front End Research, Face to Face Research, Problem Solving, Multi-tasking and Project Lifecycle may also be considered

The Glasdon Group of Companies is an equal opportunities employer.