Our client, an international fashion brand house and a long-standing partner of ours for over 22 years, is seeking an experienced Garment Technologist to join Hoodrich — one of the UK’s most influential streetwear brands.
We have placed hundreds of professionals within this group over the years. It is a business where people grow, develop, and build long-term careers. The culture is supportive, entrepreneurial, and values contribution and performance.
This role sits within the global product team of a fast-growing, culturally relevant streetwear brand. A genuine interest in and experience within streetwear is essential.
Garment Technologist Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Collaborating with designers and Product developers to turn design concepts into physical garments.
- Receiving overviews from designers and creating specs/workbooks to provide to product developers for submission to factories.
- Preparing and measuring of Protos, Pre-bulk, SMS, PPS and Shipment Samples before fit sessions.
- Creating Specs/Workbooks for INLINE collections and SMU’s
- Reviewing and maintaining all grade rules for Men’s and Women’s per product category. Conducting fittings on models or mannequins to make necessary adjustments.
- Leading fit meetings with designers and PD’s translating the comments to overseas factories advising clear, commercial solutions including pictures.
- Reviewing samples and making recommendations for improvements.
- Setting and maintaining quality standards for garments, ensuring consistency in production.
- Ensuring that garments are inspected and tested for technology, durability, functionality, and safety.
- Working with factories to ensure garment fit and sizing are accurate.
- Approving or revising samples at each stage of production.
- Ensuring production timelines are met and troubleshooting any manufacturing issues.
- Ensuring factories meet quality and ethical standards.
- Keep in mind that any size changes will impact the cost, so your line manager should be informed.
- Ensuring all garments comply with relevant safety regulations, labelling standards, and environmental guidelines.
- Identifying and resolving technical issues, such as fabric performance, sizing discrepancies, or production delays.
- Recommending solutions to improve product durability, comfort, and appearance.
- Maintaining a style tracker for all approvals and comments for each season / buyer
Personal Specifications:
- 4+ years’ prior experience in Garment Technologist role.
- Technical training and understanding of pattern cutting.
- Strong knowledge of fabric, garment construction, technical drawing, measuring and fitting.
- Good understanding of garment construction, textiles and the manufacturing process.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage own time and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Problem solving mind-set.
- Building relationships is key to this role. Internal relationships with product and design teams. External relationships with supply base, technical labs and SMU partners
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite particularly MS Excel.
- Experience working with sportswear product is preferable but not essential
Client offers:
- Excellent Salary
- Yearly bonus (at the Directors discretion) and/or Annual pay review
- 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- Additional days holiday between Christmas and New Year if the Directors decide to close the business
- Standard working hours 9 to 5:30 - 30 min lunch = 40 hours a week
- 1-day WFH after probation and training at the company’s sole discretion (non-contractual)
- Workplace Pension Scheme. https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions
- 60% Discount on our products that we have on Ecommerce.
- Sample sales 2+ times a year.
- Short Leave – with pre-approval from Line Manager to take up to 2 hours off without deduction from holiday allowance.
- Statutory sick pay.