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Job Title: Design Technician - Facades
Location: Warrington
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000
The Client
Our client is a leading commercial glazing, curtain walling, cladding and façade specialist and they are looking to add a Design Technician to their team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful company that encourages innovative thinking, works as a team in line with its vision and values and is committed to progressing talented individuals from trainee roles through to senior management.
The Role of Design Technician
- To carry out all aspects of Design from Drawing to Construction
- Working with the Senior Design Technician to interpret drawings and designs for Curtain walling, fenestration, cladding.
- Assist in design and assist in management of projects, establish client brief, technical requirements, scope of works, cost plans and agree deliverables, i.e. reports, specifications and drawings scope for all projects with your Line Manager.
- Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, from tender and contract through on-site supervision, to completion.
- Using AutoCAD and other system to ensure the accurate and timely provision of drawings as per the client brief
- Ensure projects are undertaken in accordance with design briefs and that completion deadlines are achieved set by your Line Manager.
- Collaborate with internal & external design teams to produce co-ordinated designs that are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard.
- Provide positive contribution to design/project meetings. Maintain regular 'in house' design reviews and checks.
- Assist implementing and managing QA systems and procedures on all projects where appropriate.
- Effective management of own time, work and programme for allocated tasks, ensuring that information used is current and suitably recorded.
- Develop own technical expertise and performance against objectives, as agreed with your Line Manager.
- Implement Company Health and Safety. Ensure all designs respond to the CDM regulations.
- Continuous adoption of all Civil engineering rules and regulations, endeavouring to ensure protection of the Companies reputation and Professional Indemnity at all times.
- To raise any concerns or possible delays to deadlines immediately to your line manager
- Take personal responsibility for product knowledge, reading product manuals and guides to understand products and relevant specifications
- As a representative of Britplas you are expected to present yourself and your team to the highest standards and strive to deliver excellent levels of customer service.
- Maintain good communication with the staff in the office and factory to enable successful co-ordination of scheduling and sharing of information.
Desired Skills & Qualifications
- Experience in a similar role with similar products essential, curtain walling, cladding, windows, doors
- Experience of producing fabrication/detailed drawings
- Ability to interpret structural and architectural drawings and information
- Ability to work with 2D & 3D drawings
- Clean driving licence
- Extensive experience and ability of AutoCAD
- Experience of MS Offices applications, Word, Excel & Outlook
- Experience of Revit/Sketchup/Rhino desirable
What's on Offer
- Salary of £25,000 - £35,000
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- 25 days holiday
- Pension
- Death in Service
Keywords: Designer, Design Technician, Curtain walling, fenestration, cladding, glazing, glass
Bowdon Associates is a member of the Guild of Quality Employment Agencies and has agreed to adopt the compliance and recruitment standards that form the basis their code of conduct. A quality, transparent and responsible recruitment agency committed to raising the industry standards.
