Location: Plymouth, Devon
Closing Date: 18/03/2025
Hours: Full-time - 8.00am- 17.00 – 42.5 hours per week
Job Description
Westcountry Group is looking for Trainee CAD Furniture Designer who is, pro-active, and a results-driven team player for our Plymouth office. Ideally this person has an education background in interior design and is looking to build a career in furniture design
Westcountry Group is a certified Investors in People organisation with a strong positive culture which extends to all members of the team and all their operations.
The working environment is highly people-orientated, friendly and fast-paced; the successful candidate will be working in a lively sales office with similarly-minded enthusiastic achievers.
Westcountry Group believe in training and career development to ensure our team become the best they can be and we offer on-the-job training and external training courses where appropriate to deliver this investment to our team.
This person will fill a key role in the company’s strategic plan to continue the dynamic growth of our SmartSpace business; the role will suit someone who is hungry for success and actively looking to start their career journey. Previous experience in the education market is not essential.
Closing date for applications: 18th March 2025
Interviews: w/c 24th March 2025
Role & Responsibilities
- Assisting in the creation of technical and production drawings for flat-pack furniture
- Supporting the design team with estimating and pricing projects
- Learning to work with panel products, laminates, and CNC-ready drawings
- Collaborating with a wider team including designers, sales teams, estimating, projects and manufacturers
- Gaining hands-on experience with bespoke and standard educational furniture designs and assembly
- Dealing with logistics relating to furniture panels
Desired Skills
- Honesty, Loyalty, and Respect
- Enthusiastic and willing to learn—no experience needed, just a passion for design!
- Willingness to work to and achieve sales targets/KPI’s
- Basic knowledge of CAD software (SolidWorks) is a plus.
- Interest in furniture, manufacturing, or engineering
- Positive, energetic and driven by achieving personal and company/team success.
- Good attention to detail and problem-solving skills
Benefits
Additional benefits :
- To be agreed at interview stage
