Senior Industrial Designer

• Are you an outstanding Senior Industrial Designer looking for a new challenge?
• Want to work for a market leader and drive innovation within our product offerings?
• Join the established Research & Development Team of JELD-WEN Australia.

JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD), founded in 1960, is one of the world’s largest door and window manufacturers, with more than 22,000 employees operating in 24 countries globally.  Within the Australasia region, JELD- WEN has over 70+ facilities, and employs over 5,000 staff.  JELD-WEN is the name behind iconic Australian brands – Stegbar, Regency, Corinthian, Airlite, Aneeta, Trend, Kolder, A&L and Breezway.  Our vision is to inspire our customers through leading brands, great service, innovative new products and solutions leveraging the full JELD-WEN portfolio, while significantly enhancing our ease of doing business built on operational excellence.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Industrial Designer to own the concept, design, and development responsibilities for the JELD-WEN product range (new and improvements). This role will see you becoming the ‘go-to’ or subject matter expert for any design-related matters, from idea to strategy to product improvement and performance.

JELD-WEN is focused on future growth by releasing unique new products that you will assist in designing and supporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and improve products using lean methodologies.
• Design, develop and improve products from concept/design scope to proof of developed concept.
• Project manage activities, as well as coordinating the implementation of changes.
• Actively improve processes where opportunities are identified and exist.
• Work closely with the Product Implementation team to resolve design details or discrepancies.
• Collaborate with Product Management to identify and visualise product opportunities.
• In conjunction facilitate design research activities and ideation workshops.
• Translate insights and ideas into viable design strategies and concepts.
• Present design work using a diverse toolkit (i.e. sketches, storyboards, 3D renders, CAD drawings, and physical prototypes).
• Continual research into new design products, technologies and processes.
• Work closely with Procurement to identify suitable manufacturing partners.
• Work with Product Management to manage the product lifecycle across the full range.
• Prepare and provide all relevant documentation for your design work.

About You

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in product design, windows or doors (highly desirable).
• Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, and/or Engineering.
• Understanding of building standards and legislation.
• Hands-on experience with collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Skills in graphic design, sketching, CAD, and 3D modeling.
• Demonstrable design portfolio of work that illustrates the capability to meet business needs.
• Experience with a range of materials.
• Continuous Improvement Knowledge (Lean methodologies).
• Understanding of marketing principles (i.e. Tollgate processes).
• Ability to adopt software systems seamlessly.
• Experience in multi-national business.
• Manufacturing or similar industry experience (highly desirable).

What's On Offer

• Flexible working hours
• Ongoing training and career development
• A competitive remuneration package
• Generous discounts on our extensive range of JELD-WEN products
• On-site parking
• Ability to schedule leave every year at Christmas

Your next steps

If you believe you can bring your design skills and experience that will help JELD-WEN grow its range of products this is the opportunity for you, apply now!

JELD-WEN builds businesses ethically and safely. Eligible applications must have legal rights to work in Australia, and undertake a pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol screening, and have a valid police check completed in the last 6 months.

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