Design Manager

We are looking for a Design Manager to lead a small design and CAD team delivering bespoke sheet metal fabrication and architectural metalwork for construction projects.

You will take work from customer concept through detailed design to workshop manufacture. That includes overseeing drawings, flat-pattern development, bend allowances and production-ready CNC data, while remaining hands-on with complex designs. You will plan and check the team’s work, work closely with the workshop, advise customers on technical changes, and visit live construction sites to survey work and resolve engineering or installation issues.

You will need hands-on sheet metal fabrication or architectural metalwork design experience, strong Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD skills, and experience leading a drawing office or CAD team. You must be comfortable dealing directly with customers and working across both manufacturing and live construction sites. Experience with Radan or similar CAM/nesting software and a CSCS card would be useful.

When applying, please describe the fabrication work you have designed, the team you have led, and how your drawings and production data were handed over to manufacture.