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CAD Technician Leicester, England

Unity Doors Ltd

Full Time Leicester, England 35000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Unity Doors is a specialist in the design, manufacture and supply of Timber and Composite doorsets. We are recruiting for a CAD Technician to join our Leicester JCK Joinery team.

Reporting to: Managing Director / Commercial Office Manager

Location: Leicester site

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Dependent on experience – range £30,000 to £35,000 per annum

Benefits: Up to 23 days holiday (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, life assurance, EAP scheme, retail discount scheme, discount on products

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Produce all CAD drawings for timber door sets and associated products
Produce Cutting Lists for shopfloor production
Maintain the product specifications and drawings on ERP system, Joinerysoft
Provide support with programming of CNC machine for new specifications
Provide technical assistance on timber door sets to all customers – Architects, Main and sub-contractors, Local Authorities, Engineers – by phone and email
Active involvement in new and existing product development including fire door and security testing programmes
Administer and develop technical information such as thermal UV calculations
Ensure all technical filing is completed and easy to access (hard copy, digital, reference literature)
Provide assistance to the Commercial Office Manager and Directors with any ad-hoc technical duties or projects

Skills, abilities and characteristics

Significant experience in a similar CAD role, ideally within a construction-related product or systems environment
CAD skills (2D and 3D), ideally to include AutoCAD based software
Experience in manufacturing of building / construction products and systems – ideally timber joinery
Focused on providing excellent customer service
Must have a practical and logical approach to work
Able to present a calm and ‘can do’ attitude
Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
Confident IT user with experience in reporting and analysis