All About Us
Barrett Steel Tubes is part of Barrett Steel Limited is the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 30 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. We are committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder. For more information about the company visit our website.

All About the Role
 We are looking for a  CAD Technician to join our team, this is a great opportunity to become part of an integral team who are operating in a high volume, fast paced environment. This role is not a design role, it’s an end-to-end customer focused delivery opportunity, balancing between interpreting, creating & producing digital drawings & 3D models from the customers specifications & requirements to aid in the programming of our profiling machines. We are looking for the right individual to help drive the company forward and be part of this exciting time for the business.

Specific tasks could include:

• Programming for profiling machines such as lasers & saws
• Producing digital drawings & 3D models from the customers specifications & requirements
• Minimising waste & scrap per program.
• Responsible for machine workload
• Working with operators to achieve overall Equipment Effectiveness
• Customer liaison on a daily basis
• Liaising with all internal departments

We offer you

• Competitive salary depending on your experience
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life assurance
• Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
• Access to health and wellbeing
• Barrett Steel pension 
• Career progression

 
All About You
You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.
Essential Skills for the role:

• Excellent verbal, written & numeracy skills.
• Experience as a  CAD  Technician in a similar heavy industry environment, ideally within the steel industry
• Expertise in Solidworks and  ideally Artube Lasertube Programming Software
• Must have confident computer skills & a good understanding of Microsoft Applications with excellent attention to detail.
• Good organisational skills including the ability to manage time and prioritise effectively.
• A positive flexible attitude and approach.
• Team focused
• Has worked in a similar CAD technologist role in the steel industry or similar heavy industry 

 
How it feels to work for us
We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change. 

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