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.

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