Development Designer
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire
The Opportunity
We are looking for a driven Development Designer to join our fast-paced product development team. This role is perfect for someone who loves the challenge of taking a client's raw concept and turning it into a practical, manufacturable reality. You will spend your days balancing creative design with solid engineering principles and real-world commercial goals.
In this role, you will be the bridge between ideas and execution. Working alongside our sales, creative, and production teams, you will design innovative retail and display solutions, guiding them from the initial sketch right through to the factory floor.
What You Will Do Day-to-Day
Bring concepts to life: Translate initial client briefs into smart, sustainable, and highly functional design solutions.
Own the technical detail: Create everything needed for production, including precise manufacturing drawings, detailed specifications, and accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs).
Collaborate and problem-solve: Work closely with our internal teams and external suppliers to make sure designs transition smoothly into production, jumping in to provide hands-on technical support during assembly and initial production runs.
Test and improve: Evaluate components for quality and performance, keeping health, safety, and environmental standards at the heart of your work.
Manage the process: Keep multiple projects moving forward at once, ensuring all company documentation is accurate and organised. You will also travel across the UK and internationally when a project needs you on-site.
About You
You are a creative thinker who understands how things are actually made. You thrive in a collaborative environment, stay calm when managing competing priorities, and bring the following to the table:
Industry experience: A background in product development, industrial design, retail displays, POS, shopfitting, or manufacturing.
Technical know-how: A deep understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, and how to build accurate BOMs and technical drawings. SolidWorks experience is preferred, but we are happy to look at experience in other CAD packages if you have the right design foundations.
Great communication: The ability to explain technical ideas clearly to different stakeholders and work across multiple projects without losing your attention to detail.
What Success Looks Like
When you settle into the role, success will mean delivering high-quality designs on time and within budget, with minimal production hitches along the way. You will become a trusted partner to our sales and production teams, keeping our technical data accurate and always looking for ways to improve our products and processes.
What We Offer
Competitive pay: A salary of £50k+ on offer, depending on experience.
Exciting projects: The chance to design solutions for globally recognised brands.
Growth and learning: Exposure to a massive variety of manufacturing techniques, materials, and technologies within an international business.
A great environment: A supportive, collaborative team based in Loughborough, alongside a great benefits package