Industrial Designer
hace 2 días
Alresford
Industrial Designer Location: Hampshire Employment Type: Full-time Reporting to: Managing Director About McGregor Group McGregor Structures designs, manufactures, and delivers modular structures for customers across the UK and Europe. We work across sectors, including recycling, agriculture, aggregates, distribution/logistics, and military applications. Our products are built around standardisation, speed, and reliability. We are focused on building a strong core product range rather than creating one-off bespoke solutions, with Europe playing an important role in future growth. Role Summary The Industrial Designer supports the development and improvement of McGregor’s products. This role combines industrial design, product refinement, SolidWorks development, prototyping, and technical documentation. The focus is on helping create practical, well-designed products that are easy to manufacture, install, communicate, and improve over time. A key part of the role is bridging product design and manufacturing. The Industrial Designer must be proficient in SolidWorks and work closely with manufacturing teams to develop products in a practical, production-ready manner. This reflects the need for McGregor’s manufacturing and product functions to work closely together. Key Responsibilities Product Design & Development • Support the development of new products from concept through to launch, • Help improve existing products in a structured and practical way, • Research user needs, market opportunities, and product trends, • Use SolidWorks to develop products into practical, manufacturable designs, • Produce 2D and 3D design information suitable for manufacture and assembly, • Work closely with manufacturing to improve quality, reduce waste, and simplify production, • Create and maintain product manuals, installation guides, technical documents, and customer-facing product information, • Ensure documentation is clear, professional, and up to date, • Work with manufacturing, operations, construction, sales, and marketing, • Use feedback from internal teams and customers to improve products, • Support the wider team with technical product information where needed Requirements Experience & Skills • Degree in Industrial Design, or similar, • Experience in product development, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial business, • Strong SolidWorks capability, • Good understanding of manufacturing processes and design for manufacture, • Able to create production-ready drawings, models, and product information, • Creative but grounded in real-world manufacture, • Good communicator, • Organised and self-motivated, • SolidWorks, • Adobe InDesign, • Adobe Illustrator What We Offer A varied role with involvement across product design, manufacture, and documentation The chance to improve existing products and support new product development A close-knit team with the opportunity to make a real impact on the business The opportunity to support McGregor’s growth across the UK and Europe *