Garment and Pattern Designer

Vacancy Title: Garment and Pattern Designer

Vacancy Location: Gosport, Hampshire

Engagement Type: Permanent, Full – Time

Your Company

Survitec are the world’s largest survival technology provider. For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.

Today, we are a global community of 3,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.

That is why the world's leading maritime, defence & government, energy and aerospace organisations trust us when it matters most and why we have been awarded the Gold Award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

Your New Role

In this role you will draw, and construct sets of precision master fabric patterns or layouts and may also mark and cut fabrics and apparel. Garment and Pattern Designer contributes ideas for improvement into the garment design process in line with customer feedback and evolving trends.

What You Can Expect from the Role

Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Creating master patterns for each size within a range of garment sizes using charts, drafting instruments, computers or grading devices
• Ensuring patterns include all notation to ensure they are accurately followed by production colleagues (including joins, positions of pleats, pockets, buttonholes and other features).
• Adapting or draws new patterns as needed
• Effectively translating design specifications and original models of garments into the separate pattern pieces needed for each garment and determines the best layout of pattern pieces to minimise material waste
• Computing dimensions of patterns according to sizes, considering stretching of material
• Producing master or sample patterns using appropriate equipment. Marks samples and finished patterns with information, such as garment size, section, style, identification and sewing instructions
• Creating design specifications that provide instructions on garment sewing and assembly
• Tests patterns by making and fitting sample garments, adjusting patterns as needed after fittings
• Exanimating sketches, sample articles, and design specifications to determine quantities, shapes, and sizes of pattern parts and to determine the amount of material or fabric required to make a product
• Performing a range of site maintenance activities, troubleshooting and diagnosing equipment and systems for emergency repairs. Carries out preventive maintenance inspections
• Providing help to install complex systems and conducts inspections of that equipment with guidance
• Following Survitec HS&E policies, procedures and mandatory instructions, identifying and mitigating risks to safeguard the environment and the wellbeing of self and others
• Conducting complex analysis, quality tests and inspections requiring a high level of independent judgment

The Experience, Qualifications and Skills You Will Have

Essential Criteria:

• Educated to Secondary School level, with 5 GCSEs
• 1 – 3 years of relevant experience with the ability to work unsupervised
• Illustrator or equivalent
• 6 months experience of supervising and holding others to operating standard is an advantage

Desirable:

• Gerber skills

Why You Should Work for Us

• 33 days holidays including public holidays
• Additional day off to celebrate your birthday
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance up to 4X salary
• Pension Scheme
• Training & Professional Development Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme

How to Apply

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If you would like more information regarding this role before applying, please feel free to reach out to us via Linked In or via recruitment@survitecgroup.com.

Survitec is an equal opportunities employer. Our diverse global workforce protects lives, every single day. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive culture where our people feel valued appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Because, to provide service and excellence to our customers we must mirror their diversity. But more importantly because it is the right thing to do.