- Professional
- Office in Hialeah
Job Title
Engineering Fabrics Technician
Company Snapshot:
Born in Miami more than a quarter of a century ago, Tuuci is the global leader in premium shade and placemaking products for hospitality, commercial, and residential outdoor settings. From locations in North America, Europe and Asia, our teams strive to meet and exceed the Tuuci vision: to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service. We work in a fun, fast-paced, and diverse environment in which close collaboration and the spirited exchange of ideas are encouraged. Our culture supports our vision by encouraging creativity, driving excellence, and supporting personal growth and development.
Position Summary:
The Engineering Fabrics Technician (Pattern Designer) provides direct support to manufacturing and engineering activities including day-to-day production support and new project start-ups This person designs fabric pattern templates for new prototype designs while managing and maintaining the files of established product design standards. Responsible for creating a unified look and feel across all textile pieces of all Product family groups. This individual will be responsible for collecting data, including costs and specifications of patterns. This will include creating patterns for fabric, vinyl for a variety of upholstered furniture designs and will assist Manufacturing with job specific questions about new products and/or changes to existing products.
Reporting Relationships:
The Engineering Fabrics Technician will report to Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Location: This position will be based in Hialeah, FL.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provides technical and application assistance/troubleshooting to production, quality, and sales departments
- Makes corrections and updates to routers and BOM (Bill of Materials) per redlines or engineering
- Assists in the resolution of quality / engineering errors
- Use analytical and conceptual skills to troubleshoot and resolve design and manufacturing issues
- Proactively gets involved in helping to launch new projects that involve fabrics and Upholstery
- Maintain current Canopy, Curtains and Cover Bags Designs
- Create New Canopy Design for New products
- Create digital CAD Files for Fabric Patterns and CNC cutting programs
- Complete understanding of the fabrics design, cutting and sewing process
- Create Renderings and 2D Cad layouts
- Accurately interpret the furniture designer’s shape and contour details from 3D or 2-dimensional drawings and design cover patterns to meet the design criteria
- Extract data from 3D models to design fabric pattern components
- Create prototype patterns for each material and ensure the cut and sewing components meet design, manufacturing and quality requirements. Document cutting/sewing specifications for product costing
- Other tasks as assigned
Education and Qualifications:
- Must be fluent in English and Spanish
- Two-Year Associate Degree or proven experience in 2D-CAD drafting
- Experience in Computer aided Drafting, AutoCAD, DraftSight or SolidWorks
- Possess the technical knowledge to perform all design functions with CAD and design software.
- Minimum of 2 years’ hands-on experience in manufacturing environment.
- Experience in the upholstered furniture industry a plus
- Skilled at using hand tools and light manufacturing equipment
- Ability to complete tasks on-time with minimal supervision/guidance
- Basic math, blueprint reading and problem-solving skills.
- Must be able to multitask, think analytically, solve problems, communicate strongly, pay close attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy and react quickly to business needs.
Tuuci offers:
- Welcoming friendly environment
- Culture that encourages diversity of thought
- Support for professional growth and development.
- Dynamic and talented staff of creative professionals
- Collaborative environment that welcomes innovative ideas and allows you to make an immediate impact on the team.
- Health benefits, matching 401k retirement plan, paid holidays, personal days
For more than 26 years, Tuuci® has revolutionized outdoor living spaces with durable, innovative shade and furniture products featuring nautically inspired designs. Founded by Dougan Clarke in 1998, the Ultimate Umbrella Company, Inc., (simply known as “Tuuci”), was born from his seaside roots in Miami, where Clarke began his career as a marine outfitter for high performance yachts.
With a keen eye on design and a passion for form and function, Clarke applied his craftsmanship to the shade industry to create Tuuci’s unique brand of marine grade shade architecture. Today, Tuuci’s distinctive, award-winning parasol designs, luxury indoor-outdoor furniture, cabanas and pergolas, and space-making accessories are experienced around the world and sought by leading design professionals within the commercial, hospitality and residential design communities.
Globally headquartered in Miami, the company owns two additional manufacturing centers in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia, and operates showrooms in Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and The Netherlands.
Tuuci’s sense of community is a cornerstone of the company’s foundation, providing charitable outreach across a host of environmental and humanitarian concerns. The company’s mission is to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service.
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