New Product Developer
Location:
* Chesterfield
* This is an office based role. We do not offer hybrid or remote working. No relocation package offered
Would you like a job that can make a positive impact on people’s lives?! Would you like a job where you get real job satisfaction?
If you answered yes, then we may have the job you are looking for!
Rompa are the market leaders in sensory provision and we are looking to hire a New Product Developer to join our busy and growing development team.
We believe this would be a great opportunity for a degree level graduate, with in excess of one year’s industry experience, although consideration will be given to exceptional recent graduates.
We are looking for an individual with a genuine passion for new design who is adept at juggling a variety of projects at any one time.
What will be required?
* Developing own product ideas, and assisting with projects starting with initial research, through design and prototyping and to completion.
* Identifying new market opportunities and developing products to meet emerging needs.
* Fostering and nurturing creative skills and market intelligence from colleagues and channel these rich veins of information into efficiently managed projects delivering market leading new products.
* Building and maintaining strong relationships with our existing supplier portfolio.
* Creating detailed product specifications and designs.
* Ensuring product feasibility and producing a calculation/study for any capital projects.
* Demonstrating technical and product understanding to resolve customer issues using our technical support programme Spiceworks.
* Ensuring current products are accurately documented with supporting Solidworks design and DXFs for manufacturing.
* Creating product videos and graphics for sales, troubleshooting and user guides using Adobe Premiere.
Do you have what it takes?
* Experience with manufacturing techniques and knowledge of design for manufacturing concepts.
* Proficient in the use of Solidworks to create CAD designs.
* Experience of designing products with embedded electronics would be highly advantageous.
* Strong analytical skills and the ability to spot trends.
* Excellent time management skills and ability to meet strict deadlines.
* Exceptional people skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels
* Enthusiastic and highly motivated.
* Logical and creative mind and is eager to innovate, learn and develop.
* Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent administration skills to record work being completed and keep up to date records of all completed and current projects.
What do we offer?
* Competitive salary and benefits.
* An extremely rewarding and fulfilling job with great variety!
We will shortly be moving to our amazing new premises in Chesterfield and we can’t wait for the right candidate to come and join us!
Rompa is an innovative business consistently producing the very best in new, state of the art products and sensory solutions. Home of the Snoezelen®, Winslow and Older Adults brands, we operate throughout the UK and offer a full installation and mail order service to a varied customer base.
We also have over 50 international partners in our portfolio making us a truly global company.
Our multi-sensory rooms offer wonderful therapeutic care for children and adults with differing levels of abilities. Our rooms nurture the body and are designed to promote sensory modulation and facilitate the learning and practice of stress management. Our specialist rooms are being used in hospitals, health centres, developmental disability units and many other settings all over the country to help improve people’s quality of life.
Rompa is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race or marriage and civil partnership. We base our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs