Glazing Designer

Glazing Designer – Altringham, Nr Manchester – £35,000 p/a + Benefits

Do you want to push the design boundaries and make the impossible possible?

Do you want to work for an innovative business on projects you can be proud of?

If so, Lakesmere, is a world leader in roofing, cladding and is a complete building envelope specialist contractor, and they have an amazing opportunity for a Glazing Designer to join their team in Altringham near Manchester. Our expertise and the skills of our people has led to a trophy cabinet full of industry awards for excellence. We have made a successful name for ourselves in the construction industry…and so could you. Please apply today for the opportunity to join our team as a Glazing Designer.

About the Glazing Designer Role

As a Glazing Designer for Lakesmere you will be using state of the art technology and design systems to produce the buildings our clients dream of. Significantly all our design is undertaken in-house therefore providing our clients with an integrated design and detailing service ensuring single source responsibility. Working for main contractors, project management companies, architects and direct clients, we have established a strong reputation for first class service and reliability.

Main Responsibilities

– Produce working drawings/design in accordance with the specifications received from the customer and amendments agreed with the customer at pre-order stage;
– supervising and monitoring the issue of drawings and other design information by trainee draughtspeople ensuring adherence with the relevant processes and procedures;
– providing technical calculations and where appropriate, the commissioning of a structural engineer to produce supporting structural calculations in line with the Design Programme;
– ensuring all calculations are produced to meet the manufacturers delivery dates as appropriate;
– producing flashing schedules, procurement schedules and fixing lists for operation and maintenance manuals;
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What we are looking for in our Glazing Designer:

You will have a degree, HND or equivalent, ideally in a design related subject. Have at least three years` experience as a draughtsperson or designer for a main contractor or a specialist contractor, ideally in a related sector of the industry, ie roofing and cladding, glazing or modular buildings.

You will have high standards of numeracy, oral and written communication skills and be able to demonstrate a capability to organise and prioritise workloads effectively and on own initiative. Membership to a professional body is desirable not essential.

You will be someone who takes ownership for their work and be able to represent the company’s interests in a tactically appropriate way. The successful candidate will have impeccable communication skills as this role will involve extensive communication internal and external customers.

About Lakesmere

Established in 1993, Lakesmere is a market leading roofing, cladding and complete building envelope specialist contractor, proudly delivering many of the Construction industry`s most prestigious and award-winning buildings. We are approved installers for the world`s leading system manufacturers and are currently the largest installer of Kalzip standing seam roofing in Europe and the Middle East.

Lakesmere`s impressive project portfolio features such iconic buildings as the new Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 building, the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics, major infrastructure projects for Network Rail, the new King Abdullah International Airport in Jeddah as well as numerous schools, hospitals, retail and leisure parks and commercial developments.

Still interested?

Lakesmere is not a company to stand still. We are not afraid to put imagination before convention. If you share our vision and would like a rewarding career in construction as a Glazing Designer, then we would like to hear from you.