Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Designer - Facades

Location: Warrington

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

The Client

Our client is a leading commercial glazing, curtain walling, cladding and façade specialist and they are looking to add a Senior Designer 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 Senior Designer - Facades

The Senior Design Technician will report directly to the Design Manager / Lead Design Manager and will be a key role in the Design team, ensuring the accurate production of drawings and designs in accordance with client specifications. Candidates must have a proven, successful track record of a similar role, using AutoCAD, for products such as curtain walling, cladding and facades. Candidates will need to be motivated, flexible, work well under pressure with exceptional attention to detail.

• Aid in design and assist the Design Manager and Lead Design Manager 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.
• Lead on some allocated projects
• Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, from tender and contract through on-site supervision, to completion.
• Ensure all drawings and associated specification, e.g specified products meet all aspects of regulation such as fire safety
• 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.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of timesheets and submit in accordance with reporting formats and deadlines.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role with similar products is essential - curtain walling, cladding, facades etc.
• Extensive experience and ability of AutoCAD
• Experience of MS Offices applications, Word, Excel & Outlook
• Experience of Revit/Sketchup/Rhino desirable
• Experience of planning and delivering design programs
• Experience of producing fabrication/detailed drawings
• Ability to interpret structural and architectural drawings and information
• Ability to work with 2D & 3D drawings

What's on Offer

• Salary of £45,000 - £55,000
• Healthcare Cash Plan

• 25 days holiday
• Pension
• Death in Service

Keywords: Design Manager, Curtain Walling, Facades, Glazing, Cladding, Commercial Construction, Rainscreen, Designer, Senior Designer, Designer, Design Technician, Design Engineer

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