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Modus Furniture is seeking a furniture technical developer or designer to join its team in Chard, Somerset.

Modus is a highly respected, award-winning contemporary furniture brand, designing, manufacturing and selling its own ranges for home and commercial use.

Clients include multinational companies, British icons, architects, office and workspace interiors and luxury hotels around the world. We work with some of the world’s most renowned designers to produce furniture of an exceptionally high standard in terms of design and quality whilst keeping our footprint as light as possible.

We are an established team of dynamic professionals working in a fast-paced, stimulating environment. We are based in fabulous, architect designed, custom-built offices and production facilities, set in one of the most scenic rural locations you could imagine.

Job summary

A key player in the design team.

A senior furniture design and development role, responsible for new product development of brand and client products. Working closely with external designers, clients, our in-house production and development teams and external suppliers across Europe.

Perks 

You will be part of a dynamic, highly-motivated, growing team of individuals, working within one of the most highly respected British design brands with an open, progressive and forward-looking attitude. You will be working in a stunning, rural environment with impressive views over rolling countryside in a large, light, bright, beautifully designed, open office workspace. You will have access to a fun social calendar, pension and private healthcare.

Your role will include:

• close liaison with external designers and clients to ensure deliverance of product to brief
• all necessary production of technical drawings and specification for product development
• reviewing sustainable development of new product ideas
• overseeing development of prototypes internally and externally throughout the product development process
• research and development of materials and processes
• developing and evolving internal NPD processes and systems
• project managing furniture project plans to ensure on-time delivery of new products
• producing concepts, sketches and renders for either internal or external presentation
• producing reports and presentations as necessary
• keeping up to date with industry developments including benchmarking market exercises

You need experience in:

• you will have a degree in furniture design/design
• you will have a minimum of five years’ experience in the furniture design industry
• you will have an excellent understanding of manufacturing process and materials
• you will be aware of latest technological manufacturing and material advances
• you will be a creative thinker and look for best use of manufacturing methods and materials in our product development strategy
• you will be an expert in Inventor, 3D Max, AutoCAD
• you will be proficient in Microsoft Office
• you will have excellent time and project management skills
• you will ideally have experience in Vault, Rhino, Sketchup and Revit/BIM
• you will have a strong commercial acumen
• you will have an enthusiastic, energetic and outgoing personality
• You will be able to multi-task and work under pressure in an often-fluid environment
• you will exhibit a high degree of initiative and the flexibility required to successfully accommodate deadlines
• you will have excellent written and verbal communication skills

www.modusfurniture.co.uk

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