****** Please submit a portfolio of Furniture CAD: Production drawings or Line drawings to enhance your chances of being shortlisted.*****
CAD Designer (Luxury Furniture & Bespoke Cabinetry)
Ateliers London is a leading British designer and manufacturer, specialising in luxury upholstery and bespoke cabinetry for some of the world's leading interior design professionals, spanning high end residential, hospitality luxury sectors.
Based in West London, our offices, showrooms and production facilities are home to a team of over 40 of skilled professionals, working in a variety of luxurious bespoke materials.
The Role
As part of our growth, we are looking for an Junior CAD Designer / CAD Designer, with experience in luxury upholstered furniture and/or bespoke high-end cabinetry, to join our dynamic team.
Working on an exciting mix of bespoke furniture projects in Solidworks, you will liaise with Sales, Production and Workshop teams.
The role will involve interpreting our client technical drawings/concept sketches/inspirational images/ and turning these into furniture line drawings for our clients; interior designers/architects to approve.
The role also involves producing production drawings for upholstered furniture and cabinetry. These production drawings detail how to construct the wooden frame, spring/foam layers ect, as well as 1:1 scaled templates, which are given to our in-house workshop staff to manufacture directly. You will also liaise with with the workshop staff directly to assist with any technical CAD queries.
These manufacturing drawings, also includes any bespoke component's such as metal framework and the how this metal is built into structure of the furniture item. The metalwork technical drawings are also provided to suppliers to produce the component.
You must have CAD experience within directly manufacturing bespoke high-end furniture from initial concept through to finished production in a workshop environment. A clear understanding of how upholstered furniture and cabinetry is constructed is essential, however training can be provided.
This is not a Interior designer or Architect position.
This is a great opportunity with career progression opportunities to help grow and develop new product ranges.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
* Design and develop line drawings of bespoke upholstered furniture and cabinetry using Solidworks.
* Create full working production drawing packs and templates, clearly noting all details for all departments involved in the manufacturing cycle.
* Produce and manage efficient, costs effective manufacturing specification.
* Liaise with sales and production providing creative and technical advice where necessary.
* Capable of managing your own workloads with a hands-on approach to all aspects of the role.
* Implementation of good housekeeping.
* Some site surveys may be required.
Skills & Experience
* Hold a degree or equivalent in Furniture Technical design or portfolio to work.
* Highly experienced in Solidworks, AutoCAD
* Confident and experienced in producing clear professional manufacturing drawings.
* Sound knowledge of upholstered furniture and hard case manufacturing is required.
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and experience of bespoke upholstery and luxury furniture production.
* Good problem solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
* Excellent communicator, with a high level of numeracy and literacy in English.
* Excellent time keeping and ability to meet deadlines.
* Ability to work on a variety of projects simultaneously, both individually and as part of a team.
Must have experience:
* SolidWorks: 1-3 years (required)
* Upholstered or Bespoke Cabinetry Direct Manufacturing: 1-3 years (required)
****** Please submit a portfolio of Furniture CAD: Production drawings or Line drawings to enhance your chances of being shortlisted.*****
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Free parking
* On-site parking
* Sick pay
Experience:
* SolidWorks: 3 years (required)
* Upholstered Furniture CAD Line / Production Drawings: 3 years (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: CAD Designer