Product Design Manager - Chester, United Kingdom - 3R Consulting Ltd

3R Consulting Ltd

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Chester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Client
My client specialises at designing and manufacturing exceptional quality playground equipment.

They are rapidly expanding their team have been designing, manufacturing, and installing playground equipment throughout the UK since the early 90's.

My clientworks with a vast variety of customers from Parish Councils to Schools to Hospitality establishments.

The Role

Working alongside our design department and reporting to the Design Director, you will be responsible for managing and steering Product Development throughout the company.

The role requires a creative talent and technical background to create exciting andinnovative new products, whilst also managing and continuing to improve our existing product range of over 500 products.

Key Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of a Product Design Manager include, but are not limited to:

Manage our existing product range and look to introduce improvements
Creating innovative and exciting new product ranges in line with British Standard EN117
Injecting creativity to produce industry leading new products
Produce detailed drawings for manufacture & installation
Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Responsible for producing programs for CNC machines
Liaise with other internal departments and management to spearhead new product development
Managing Bills of Quantities and Materials
Deliver the product development plan on time and to specification
Provide support for technical queries
Identify and deliver on opportunities to improve quality through redesign/production engineering
Communicating and presenting new ideas and products to all stakeholders
Responsible for market research

The Person
The key skills and qualities of a Product Design Manager are:

Outstanding creative and technical skills
A passion to drive projects and see through to completion
Strong Product Design background
An experienced people manager who is passionate about developing designers and responsible for getting the best out of a team
Hands on approach and a great collaborator with different departments
An empowering and strong leadership style
Experienced in use of Adobe and Microsoft Software packages
Strong 3D CAD skills (Rhinoceros)
Knowledge of CNC programs
Ability to present and showcase new products and ideas to board members

Employee Benefits

20 days of paid annual leave
8 days bank holidays (dates as defined within your employment contract)
3 days Christmas shutdown
Enhanced Company Sick Pay
Company benefits portal from Wrkit
Holiday entitlement increases by 1 day after 2 years' continuous service and continues each year of service to a maximum of 5 additional days
Free use of our employee assistance programme (EAP)
Free onsite parking
Onsite electric vehicle charge point