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Garment Technologist - Menswear, Hertford
Client:
QHQ
Location:
Hertford, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
10
Posted:
26.04.2025
Expiry Date:
10.06.2025
Job Description:
Our Client is a leading manufacturer of sports and entertainment merchandise, including apparel, accessories, toys, collectibles, and novelty items. They hold major sports and entertainment licenses and have a strong infrastructure, dedicated team, and diverse product range, reaching new heights daily.
Their success relies on innovative designs, ideas, and manufacturing techniques.
We are seeking a Menswear Garment Technologist to join their expanding apparel department and ensure team objectives are met at all levels.
Role Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with suppliers, designers, and the client's technical team to develop products.
* Manage all stages of product development from proto sample to production.
* Handle approval processes for lab dips, trims, fabrics, strike-offs, and measurements.
* Create specifications for initial samples, standardized blocks, and graded specs.
* Maintain style workbooks with technical drawings and provide comments during the PLM process.
* Update the production critical path regularly.
* Check garment construction and quality, advising on quality assurance options.
* Work with compliance and QC teams to meet production standards.
* Interpret test reports and provide wash care instructions.
* Request AQL reports from suppliers and manage production sealing.
* Travel overseas and within the UK as needed.
Candidate Requirements:
* Demonstrate the client's core values.
* Relevant recent experience as a Menswear Garment Technologist.
* Knowledge of garment construction, fit, quality assurance, wash/care instructions, and pattern understanding.
* Experience with testing parameters and processes.
* Understanding of critical path management.
* Willingness to travel to China and other countries based on supplier locations.
* Organized, efficient, able to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Illustrator.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills and relationship-building ability.
* Must have own transport and driving license due to location constraints.
Working hours: 9am - 5.30pm Monday – Thursday / 9am – 5pm Friday.
Benefits include:
* 20 days holiday plus bank holidays.
* Subsidised gym membership at Everyone Active gyms after probation.
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