Trainee Designer

Trainee Designer

Location – Colchester Area

Salary – circa £24,000

Are you a recent school/college leaver looking for your first job? Do you have good computer skills? If so, a leading manufacturer of high-quality construction products are looking to recruit bright, motivated candidates to train to be Designers. The ideal candidates will be good with computers and have excellent communication skills. Due to the companies location you will need your own transport.

Duties:

Produce layout drawings and calculations using AutoCAD / Revit / Microsoft Excel.
Issue drawings with covering letters/emails
Contact Clients, Architects & Engineers via telephone/email
Amend drawings and raise adjustments on orders
Update Database
Learn and understand the duties required under the Health & Safety at Work Acts and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
Full training will be provided

Skills & Experience:

Must have a high level of computer literacy with good working knowledge of a variety of computer packages including such as word, Excel and outlook
Knowledge of AutoCAD or Revit would be a benefit but training will be given
Must have good organisational & communication skills with good time management
Must have a confident and professional telephone manner and good attention to detail
Construction industry knowledge would be an advantage
Must be self-motivated, methodical with focus on customer service
Must have own transport due to location of the company
Candidates who have studied Construction in the Built Environmentment would have an advantage

Benefits:

Opportunity to train and develop within a leading manufacturing company
Support to attend day release college
Hours Monday to Friday 40 hours per week (core hours being 9.00am to 5pm)
23 days holiday plus bank holidays
Subsidised on-site canteen
Profit related and performance related bonuses
Pension – company contribution of 3% employee 5%
Free on-site parking Call Julia @ Prime Appointments for more information, candidates requiring sponsorship will not be considered for this role