Reporting to the Design and Development Director.
What you will do:
- Work closely with our sales and technical support teams to understand the needs of our customers and provide solutions that exceed expectation
- Adapting our standard products
- Monitor and investigate new techniques, technologies, standards, products and manufacturing
- Delivering well-considered design solutions, on time and budget
- Line manager of two people
Who you are:
- Experience in, and a good understanding of, exterior lighting product design and the challenges therein
- Knowledgable in the leading LED optics and lighting component suppliers
- Strong electrical knowledge
- Customer and operations focussed. Your design solutions will be innovative, on-brief and designed with ease of manufacture in mind
- Innovative and a problem-solver
- A clear and confident communicator, you'll have excellent verbal and written skills and an eye for detail
- Exceptional 3D CAD modeller and 2D drawing
- Experienced with simulation software (ideally Solidworks)
Reporting to the Garda Business Unit Manager
What you will do:
- Production of general arrangement drawings for approval, part drawings for manufacture and production of bills of material as required
- Work closely with the project managers to deliver high-quality designs and to strengthen and improve service levels; enabling the growth of the business unit
- Responsible for interpreting and implementing details provided by the structural/electrical engineers
- Highlight potential project risks and changes to scope or specification
- Recommend changes to existing products and equipment to improve specifications, reduce cost and improve manufacturing methods
Who you are:
- A multi-tasker who meet deadlines and works well within a team
- Proven work experience as a CAD Engineer or similar role for a minimum of 3 years
- Fully conversant in AutoCAD
- Familiarity of Solidworks or Tekla highly desirable
- Good literacy and communication skills
- BSc / BA / HND in Engineering, or mechanical design or equivalent experience
- Ideally previous experience within handrails or balustrading or similar