Design Engineer

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Chant Productions is an Ellerslie based manufacturer of high-end and bespoke door hardware for the local and export markets. We produce an extensive range of beautifully crafted pull and lever handles, locks and accessories and specialist door machining equipment to assist in the installation of our products.

As our business is specialized rather than a mass production operation, a typical day can be widely varied; in this dynamic environment resilience and adaptability will be needed to deal with change.

We are experiencing sustained growth in the company and need an SME to work collaboratively with the rest of the Design team to deliver the outcomes that make us a respected international provider of door hardware. 

There is the opportunity to extend or exercise your skills not only in Design Engineering but to be more actively involved in graphic design through to our manufacturing processes.  This might see you contributing ideas to concepts to meet customer requirements, managing the design and upload of product information to our website, passing on your knowledge for the design and monitoring of testing regimes for our products, programming and operating a small CNC machine to create casting patterns, or learning a variety of other skills. 

Core duties and responsibilities will include:

• Product and component design and improvement;
• Producing drawings for manufacturing purposes including appropriate tolerances;
• Product quality and process improvements
• Creating solid and accurate 3D CAD concepts and final models;
• Contributing to team outcomes by using your SME skills to train others in the team to support a collaborative way of working; and
• In turn learning skills from other SMEs.

There will be a steep learning curve to understand the product range and while training will be provided, personal initiative will be a key requirement. To support you in this role, familiarity and knowledge of industrial processes and material requirements will be an advantage.

Do you have:

• Creative flair, conceptual/visual ability and originality;
• Demonstrated design engineering skills with a solid portfolio of work;
• The ability to positively interact, communicate and present ideas;
• The desire to participate in and drive change while observing key disciplines of the design engineering field;
• Self-motivation; and
• The desire to learn wider skills than is common for design engineering.

We'd like to offer you:

• Competitive remuneration commensurate with experience and skill set;
• A dynamic pace of work;
• Interesting and challenging work; and
• The opportunity to grow your knowledge in graphics, engineering and manufacturing.

Our standard workshop hours are from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday with the opportunity to negotiate some flexibility in start and finish times.

If this sounds like you, please submit a covering letter, your CV and a sample portfolio of your work to start the application process.  Only candidates with the entitlement to work in New Zealand need apply.