CAD Designer – Façade / Glazing (Essential Experience Required)
Location: Cheshire
Salary: £38,000–£50,000 (DOE)
Job Type: Full-time
Working Arrangement: Office-Based
We are recruiting for an experienced CAD Designer with proven façade and glazing experience to join a long-established manufacturing business in Cheshire.
Please note: Applications without façade, curtain walling or glazing systems experience will not be considered. This is not a general CAD position.
With a Senior Designer retiring, this is a structured handover opportunity within a stable team and established workload.
The Role
* Produce detailed 2D and 3D CAD drawings for façade and glazing systems
* Design curtain walling, aluminium systems and bespoke glazing packages
* Develop technical construction details from architectural drawings
* Ensure drawings are fabrication-ready, accurate and compliant
* Check tolerances, interfaces and buildability
* Liaise with engineers, fabrication teams and installation teams
This is a technically involved role, not a drawing-trace position.
Essential Requirements
* Demonstrable experience designing façade / glazing / curtain walling systems
* Strong AutoCAD skills
* Experience working with aluminium or façade system suppliers
* Ability to interpret architectural and structural drawings
* Experience producing manufacturing or fabrication drawings
Applications without direct façade or glazing design experience will not be progressed.
Desirable
* 3D CAD or Inventor experience
* Background within a manufacturing environment
What’s On Offer
* £38,000–£50,000 depending on experience
* Company pension
* Free onsite parking
* Monday–Thursday 9:00–17:00, Friday 9:00–16:00
* Immediate start available
* Full handover from retiring Senior Designer