CAD Technician

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.

Location

Leicester site

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

• 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