Job Description
Site Surveyor, estimator with CAD drawing experience
About the company
Stuart Canvas Group is a textile manufacturer based in the Northwest. The company designs and installs covers & structures for a variety of industries which includes professional sports, Military, Aggregate and concrete curing companies, general warehousing and many other sectors.
The company manufactures everything in the UK and has install teams to install the end product.
Stuart Canvas has been trading for over 50 years prides itself on the client base we have and the service we offer. We help design projects that cover our clients’ assets. We like to offer solutions to our customers problems by offering a bespoke design process.
Clients of ours include Laing O Rourke, Wimbledon, Pilkington Glass, Lords Cricket Ground, FI, Kier Bam and many others.
About the role
We are creating a new role within the business. The role is for someone who is multiskilled.
The role will require the individual to travel the UK site surveying many diverse types of locations. This will range from professional sports grounds to quarries to industrial warehousing. They will be required to measure up the customer requirements. They will then need to be able to design and CAD draw this up within the design team and then look estimate the BOM.
It is a role that is extremely diverse and will require the individual to use all their creativity to produce new designs and ideas for customers, as well as draw up on CAD standard designs.
The role will be working on sports grounds & halls, industrial yards, aggregate mines, Ports, concrete curing plants, and many other different and varied locations around the country.
CAD experience is fundamental along with a very strong practical ability.
Main Duties and responsibilities
· Site survey customer locations
· Measure for the relevant product
· CAD on Rhino todesign in 2D and 3D.
· Understanding of CorelDRAW
· Estimate through our existing pricing structures the job.
· Work closely with the design, sales and admin team.
· Work closely with the installation team once the job is confirmed to make sure that the job goes smoothly.
Experience
· A minimum of 2 years’ experience of site surveying and CAD drawing experience in a working environment
· A clear proven record of being diligent with a keen eye for detail.
· Min of 2 years’ experience in a commercial environment of technical drawings using CAD
Skills & Qualifications
· Degree educated
· Proficient in Rhino and can design in 2D and 3D.
· Proficient in using laser measuring equipment.
· Meticulous and highly organised
· Good with numbers and proven to be diligent.
· Practical thinker
· Strong IT skills
· Full UK driving license.
The person
We are looking for someone who has these key attributes.
· Practical thinker and with their hands
· A “doer” who has great attention to detail.
· A great communicator
· Works well across teams.
· Must be able to work to and hit deadlines.
· Can think creatively for design solutions.
· Willing to travel the UK and occasional stay away from home.
· Happy to work in an office environment.
· Diligent and organised both on site and in the office to share all the information collected.
· Manage their own time effectively in order to hit deadlines.
· Capable of working costs and using costing sheets accurately.
· Can use 3D laser measuring equipment.
Package
· Extremely competitive starting salary
· Annual bonus scheme
· Car allowance or a company car
· Mobile phone, laptop and all items required to do your job.
· Flexible working from home and office
· 22 days holiday + BH
· Pension
· In house training given and continuous and once probation has passed further professional training will be paid for by the company upon mutual agreement