Trainee Designer

Trainee Designer

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum (DOE) + benefits

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

About Us

Curtis is a leader in designing, manufacturing, and installing high-quality contract furniture for the hotel sector. Working with clients such as Hilton, De Vere, Holiday Inn & Crowne Plaza. With a Head Office located just 10 minutes from Leeds City Centre, we make high specification, bespoke hotel furniture. Our ethos is to provide a highly professional working environment with challenging and rewarding projects and opportunity for ongoing personal development.

Job Purpose

To support the design team with administrative and design related tasks which will contribute to the achievement of work completion within time frames required.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Using SolidWorks to produce production drawings and Bills of Material
• Produce basic drawings for outsource items.
• Follow a structured training plan which aligns with the design department requirements and that of the business
• Time management of job requests based on due dates and own working pattern
• Gathering information on long lead time items and providing purchasing with a 'shopping list' to order pre BOM.
• Printing and producing production workbooks ensuring they get to the right teams by the date and time required.
• Carry out any other necessary tasks to help the department output.

Skills & qualifications

• SolidWorks/CAD experience welcome but not essential.
• Be able to display efficiency and meticulous attention to detail.
• Be able to manage their priorities and show initiative.
• Work well in a team with the confidence to work independently.
• A proactive and creative thinker.
• Appreciation of the need to get the job done on time and to the correct standard
• Good eye for detail and problem solving
• Competent in Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel.

If you have a can-do attitude, a flexible approach please send your cv.

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