Product Designer

Birmingham | £42,000 per annum

Employer: Dalen Limited
Sector/Specialism: Manufacturing & Production

Product Designer
Birmingham, West Midlands

Are you a creative Product Designer with lateral thinking skills who takes pride in producing both stylish and functional designs that encompass design for manufacture principles?

The Company

Our client is the national leader in the design, manufacture and installation of innovative metal fabricated products in its field, supplied to an ever-expanding marketplace. The company is led by an inspirational business owner who has a clear vision of how the company will progress.

Your Rewards

- Salary from £42,000 DOE
- On-site parking
- Easy access to rail links
- Design innovative and wide-ranging products
- See your ideas come to fruition in the production environment

This is a rare and exciting role for a talented design professional with strong SolidWorks skills to enhance their career with a fantastic, innovative and growing company.

You’ll discover a company with a rich history of outstanding products, exciting designs and practical solutions that has embraced new technology and the requirements of a modern, connected society.

From the latest in digital signage to impressive technical furniture and Esports desks, you’ll be getting involved in all manner of design projects and will have the chance to set your creativity free and deliver some incredible solutions.

Your Role

As a Product Engineer, you will be tasked with creating new products, updates for existing items and developing prototypes.

Working with sheet metal and complementary materials, you’ll be balancing concepts with functionality and will be able to follow each design through to manufacturing, seeing it come to life and succeed in the marketplace.

The role will also involve:

- Undertaking some custom design work
- Occasionally liaising with customers to discuss their requirements
- Using SolidWorks for your design efforts
- Communication with the onsite manufacturing team
- Developing the technical requirements for designs and products
- Working with internal teams during the design process to ensure that the product is designed to the correct specification, and all aspects of component pricing, purchasing and manufacturing are discussed and agreed.

About You

To be considered as a Product Designer, you will need:

- Professional experience of using SolidWorks
- An engineering or product design degree (or an equivalent qualification)
- A good understanding of manufacturing principles (sheet metal experience is advantageous)
- The ability to create clear unambiguous technical or engineering drawings for suppliers and production staff to easily understand

Specific knowledge of designing the types of products Dalen manufacture, such as audio visual, furniture or lecterns would be beneficial to your application. Some experience of managing multiple projects against demanding deadlines would also be an advantage.