Industrial Designer
Location: Hampshire
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting to: Managing Director
About McGregor Group
McGregor Structures designs, manufactures, and delivers modular structures for customers across the UK and Europe. We work across sectors, including recycling, agriculture, aggregates, distribution/logistics, and military applications.
Our products are built around standardisation, speed, and reliability. We are focused on building a strong core product range rather than creating one-off bespoke solutions, with Europe playing an important role in future growth.
Role Summary
The Industrial Designer supports the development and improvement of McGregor’s products.
This role combines industrial design, product refinement, SolidWorks development, prototyping, and technical documentation. The focus is on helping create practical, well-designed products that are easy to manufacture, install, communicate, and improve over time.
A key part of the role is bridging product design and manufacturing. The Industrial Designer must be proficient in SolidWorks and work closely with manufacturing teams to develop products in a practical, production-ready manner. This reflects the need for McGregor’s manufacturing and product functions to work closely together.
Key Responsibilities
Product Design & Development
- Support the development of new products from concept through to launch
- Help improve existing products in a structured and practical way
- Research user needs, market opportunities, and product trends
- Generate and refine ideas through sketching, CAD, prototyping, and testing
Design for Manufacture
- Use SolidWorks to develop products into practical, manufacturable designs
- Produce 2D and 3D design information suitable for manufacture and assembly
- Work closely with manufacturing to improve quality, reduce waste, and simplify production
- Support the handover of product designs into manufacturing
Product Documentation
- Create and maintain product manuals, installation guides, technical documents, and customer-facing product information
- Ensure documentation is clear, professional, and up to date
- Support new product launches with accurate supporting material
Cross-Functional Support
- Work with manufacturing, operations, construction, sales, and marketing
- Use feedback from internal teams and customers to improve products
- Support the wider team with technical product information where needed
Requirements
Experience & Skills
- Degree in Industrial Design, or similar
- Experience in product development, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial business
- Strong SolidWorks capability
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes and design for manufacture
- Able to create production-ready drawings, models, and product information
- Able to define and brief product market fit
Personal Attributes
- Creative but grounded in real-world manufacture
- Good communicator
- Organised and self-motivated
- Interested in how products work and how they are made
Core Software Requirements
- SolidWorks
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
What We Offer
A varied role with involvement across product design, manufacture, and documentation
The chance to improve existing products and support new product development
A close-knit team with the opportunity to make a real impact on the business
The opportunity to support McGregor’s growth across the UK and Europe