Product Designer CAD- Part-Time at a Reclaimed Furniture Company

RizAndMicaMake are an ever-expanding reclaimed wood furniture manufacturer, with a strong focus on sustainability and caring for the planet, we create furniture for homes and businesses. Our items are designed to last. We sell through a variety of platforms and our website, with B2C and B2B sales.

Our ethos centres around these key principles:

• Designing and creating products with a net positive in the world
• Reducing the amount of carbon emissions involved in furniture through elegant design
• Bringing joy to our customers who support us in what we do
• Allowing each team member a say in day-to-day operations

What we can offer:

• Bonus scheme available for the right candidate
• Access to our range of woodworking machinery for personal projects
• A non-exploitative company where revenue is shared fairly between staff, with a transparent pay structure, the difference between entry-level pay and the highest being 3x
• Opportunity to work with like-minded people
• An ethically minded, inlcusive and diverse team, where your voice and opinion are valued
• Flexitime available- however best suits the work schedule
• The possibility to work from home after 6 months
• A dynamic workplace that adapts to challenges + opportunities week-to-week

www.rizandmicamake.co.uk

Brief Job Description/responsibilities:

We are looking for a Part-Time product designer with CAD furniture experience to help us expand our range of reclaimed wood products.

Autodesk Fusion 360 experience or a similar parametric modelling software (solidworks etc) is beneficial to this role, however this can be taught if needed, the crucial quality is having a great eye for design and trends

This is a 1 day a week part-time position. We're looking to fully design and model a new product every 2 weeks, which will then be passed over to our photographer and marketers to be listed on our site. Products will be nested and CNC cut from the stock material we manufacture (reclaimed solid wood panels), extra components can be bought in as needed.

Basic Duties will include:

• Designing new reclaimed wood furniture products that meet certain criteria
• Making detailed CAD models of them
• Nesting design components ready for production by CNC

Required skills/qualifications

The right candidate will:

• Be really passionate about the subject and furniture
• Share some of our values
• Be able to think outside the box
• Be able to think from both an aesthetic sensibility, and from a practical technical design stance, with good material understanding i.e of imperfections, faults and weaknesses (reclaimed wood knowledge a bonus!)
• Able to produce technical designs
• Excited by furniture, up to date with trends!
• Have a keen interest in the potential of reclaimed material, from an environmental stance, or a thrifty one, and able to see the character in secondhand material. We're open to eventually expanding into other materials to utilise novel waste streams

Work Schedule

• 8 hours per week (Mon-Friday), schedule negotiable

If possible, inclusion of a Portfolio is appreciated, either via attachment or a link

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 8 per week

Salary: £150.00 per day

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• A-Level or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• CAD: 2 years (required)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: RZM101104