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CAD Technician - Northamptonshire

£25,000-£30,000 - Manufacturing
Ref: 278 Date Posted: Monday 02 Mar 2020

CAD Technician

Daventry

£25000 to £30000 DOE

Role Profile:

Reporting to the Technical Manager, our client is seeking to recruit an outstanding CAD Technician/Product Development who will have strong 2D & 3D CAD skills and ideally be qualified to a HNC / BTEC level or higher within a relevant subject.

Their products are industry specific therefore they are open-minded about the candidate profile and would consider somebody with the right background or a lesser experienced/qualified person with the right attribute who could develop into the role with training and guidance.

 The role would be mostly office based, but could involve external meetings with suppliers, customers and industry related meetings.

Key Responsibilities

  • Revisions/updates to CAD drawings; products and applications.
  • Assist identify opportunities for new products.
  • Understand new product opportunities, market needs and consumer preferences.
  • Set design requirements based on briefs from internal and external teams.
  • Research materials, products and manufacturing relevant to the client
  • Sketch draft ideas on paper or digitally (for example, using CAD).
  • To work on agreed design programs/products using 3D modelling software to design products and components.

·         Administration of new and revised product design projects from concept to production stage. Liaising with various internal departments/personnel and external sources regarding manufacturing, marketing, production & external toolmakers.

  • Produce prototypes and test functionality.
  • Improve/update the design of existing products as required.

·         Designing & assisting design & fabrication of bespoke product assemblies.

·         Designing new and revised tooling for production line.

·         Keeping all CAD data up to date, updating drawings, adding new drawings as required.

·         Managing Design and Development sector documentation to comply with ISO & BSI standards.

·         Attend new product meetings and provide update status of projects, next steps and issues.

·         Creating 3D photo realistic/CGI renderings of products for Marketing purposes.

·         Assist with Marketing material when required.

·         Carry out new and existing product trials/testing & creating report records.

·         Managing/developing CAD drawings, 2D & 3D.

·         Research/recommend new CAD software to the company as appropriate.

·         New product demonstrations internally and technical support for the company.

·         Assist with technical enquiries from sales team, customers, architects and designers etc

·         Attend external meetings as required.

·         Development of product data files/BIM as required.

 

Ideal Experience

  • Familiarity with construction products and techniques.
  • Understanding of Building Regulations and Standards.
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally injection moulding.
  • Experience within the construction industry ideally with the roofing and cladding sector.
  • Comfortable with reading/interpreting detailed drawings.
  • Knowledge of 3D modelling software & creation of photo realistic renderings/CGI images
  • Experience with design programs (e.g. Illustrator, Photoshop)

 

Skills Required

  • Able to work on own initiative.
  • Good time management skills.
  • Good attention to detail.
  • Technical/engineering bias with some creative skills.
  • Ideally qualified to Ordinary or Higher Certificate/BTEC level.
  • Good IT skills including 2d & 3d CAD – Software packages used currently are AutoCAD 2020, Autodesk Inventor 2020, Fusion 360 or 3ds Max.
  • Good IT skills including Microsoft office
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Commercial awareness.
  • The ability to cope with the pressure of deadlines.

A willingness to build and maintain positive working relationships and to share information with others