Glazing Designer in Amersham on the Hill

Location: Amersham

Salary: from £28,000 PA depending on experience

Contract Type: Permanent, office based

THE BENEFITS

• Employee-owned business, annual profit share bonus and future share option possibilities
• Statutory pension
• Full private healthcare after 2 yrs service
• Employee Assistance program
• Up to 25 days annual leave plus paid bank holidays
• Fully stocked kitchen including weekly fresh fruit deliveries, breakfast provided and snacks throughout the day
• Contemporary office, break areas and game rooms
• Loyalty service awards at each important stage of employment
• An extended Christmas break
• In house training for support in progression and learning, we also do lots of charity activities and team building events at least once a quarter

THE COMPANY

IQ Glass are an employee-owned business and as such, our employees are at the centre of all we do. Founded in 2010, we have built the company on a foundation of strong individual employees who have worked hard and progressed quickly through the ranks, creating a company of progression, ambition and teamwork. We are now the UK’s leading architectural glazier and our architectural glazing is featured in some of the world’s most prestigious award-winning architectural projects as well as well-known buildings across the globe. IQ Glass works on high end residential projects and commercial projects, using luxury minimal glazing products, designing bespoke glazing solutions and working with unique materials. The company’s work has been featured in many well known TV shows and movies including Grand Designs, Restoration Man, Inside-Out Homes, The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes and The Luxury Property Show. Projects which the company works on also regularly win prestigious architectural awards. In 2014 we moved our business operations from Watford to Amersham and built Europe’s largest architectural glazing showroom where our head office is now located with further regional offices located throughout the UK.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a motivated and hard-working Glazing Designer to join our dynamic design team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills with the possibility of quick progression through the design department. The design team are a key department based at the group HQ in Amersham who undertake all of our technical design drawings for our projects across the globe. The glazing designer will work as part of the design team to work with architects, homeowners, structural engineers, and contractors on our projects to get our technical drawings completed on time and to the highest quality.

REPORTING TO the Design Co-ordination Manager

THE RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Glazing Designer, you will be responsible for preparing and updating technical CAD drawings for a range of project types, liaising with all decision makers on a project to make sure these are created correctly. As a Glazing Designer you will:

• Review the scope of works of our projects in line with the architects’ drawings to fully understand our remit
• Prepare shop drawings for client’s comments or approval
• Update drawings from site survey findings, creating construction issue drawings for manufacture
• Prepare ‘take offs’ and cutting lists from our drawings for procurement
• Maintain prompt and professional communication with all parties of the project team, ensuring our client and the wider project team are always kept fully up to date and that all their answers are responded to quickly
• Represent the design department in ‘handover’ meetings with the sales department to ensure the design team have all the information they need to begin drawings for confirmed orders
• Work to and hit an individual target for the value of approved drawings you have secured per month and quarter

A full job description is available to those interested on request.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Successful applicants to the junior glazing designer role will:

• Have excellent AutoCAD 2D skills
• Have the ability to read and understand technical building drawings and survey information
• Have excellent communication skills (written and spoken English)
• Be willing to learn about new products and systems
• Have the ability to multi-task, prioritise workload and work to company targets
• Live within a commutable distance of HP6 6JQ
• Candidates with glazing experience or experience with a similar trade would be preferable

THE DETAILS

Location: Amersham

Salary: From 28,000 PA depending on experience

Progression: Contract Type: Permanent, office based

Hours: Full Time (40 hours per week), 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday with 1hr lunch