Development CAD Operator

at  Sofa Brands International

WHO ARE SOFA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL?

Sofa Brand International is a market leader, and home to five unique sofa brands: Duresta, Parker Knoll, G Plan, Collins & Hayes, The Lounge Co.
Our range of contemporary and classic styles reflect the individual needs and lifestyles of our customers and can be found in 600 retail outlets across the UK. Sofa Brands International has a collective heritage of over 500 years experience in the industry. With a wealth of design, manufacturing, sales, and marketing talent, we are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to British-made, handcrafted furniture.
At the heart of the group lies great British design and craftsmanship. Every piece of furniture from SBIs six brands is made by hand in purpose-built factories in Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. The group excels in combining the best of traditional furniture making methods with cutting-edge techniques.
At Sofa Brands International, we work hard to offer the best in the industry and were the largest manufacturer of quality sofas in UK. Our employees are the lifeblood of SBI; the group currently employs 1,100 people.

JOB OVERVIEW

We are seeking a Development CAD Operatorto join our Design and Development team, where you will work alongside your peers designing furniture in our purpose-built manufacturing facilities. This is where we proudly hand-make every single Duresta and Parker Knoll sofa and chair. Our sofas are an investment piece, and our consumers know they are buying a sofa designed with the values of enduring comfort and quality at its core.
If you have the passion and commitment to help us continue to manufacture and supply our quality products, then we would love to hear from you.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• To create and maintain CAD cutting files.
• To create CAD sewing drawings.
• Using Gerber cutting machine for cutting development prototypes when required. Training will be provided.
• To ensure that the company has the new models, completely production friendly, for when they show and introduce them.

DUTIES

• Manage and operate the full running of the CAD system.
• Responsible for checking upholsterers patterns.
• Digitize and create new pattern pieces into the CAD system.
• Responsible for generating all variants.
• Create marker lengths for all variants for fabric and hide, so this information can be accessed via quality workbench for accounts SBL and purchasing.
• Create cutting specifications for quality workbench for SBL to use.
• Responsible for creating sewing drawing which are let-tered up this information is used by the NPD office to aid the creation of sewing specs which are then put on quality workbench for use in SBL and Gplan.
• Responsible for creating lettered up mini markers, area specifications and perimeters for hide this information is then added to quality workbench by NPD office for use in Gplan and SBL.
• Convert all markers into PLA format to be used on Gerber cutters in SBL.
• Amend/Change CAD templates where required.
• Ensure that all amendments/changes are on the CAD sys-tem and tracked via the change process.
• To liaise with the NPD office on all new models and changes to maintain accurate information on quality workbench.
• Responsible for sending cutting and sewing information to SBL and external suppliers to deadline.
• Provide markers which have the optimum efficiency in ac-cordance with company guidelines. To minimise fabric us-age.
• Owner of CAD operations process, responsible for adher-ence to process.
• Owner of CAD amendments process, responsible for ad-herence to process.
• Responsible for managing the CAD file structure.
• To help set up and dismantle shows when required.
• Maintain a high standard of housekeeping.
• To act as point of contact for printing of templates when required.