Product Design Placement

deVOL Kitchens is one of the leading and most highly regarded kitchen companies in the UK, with manufacturing and design offices based in Leicestershire, London, New York, and Bath. We are looking for a highly motivated, capable, and friendly person to join our Product Design team at our Leicestershire office for a placement year.

We are ideally looking for a student studying furniture or product design, or similar. You will be working closely with our product design team to help develop new kitchen and accessory ranges. A good knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes is essential, and some workshop experience is desirable.

You will assist the team in all aspects of the design process and have the opportunity to be involved in the following areas:

• Research (market research, materials, manufacturing processes, suppliers, and manufacturers).
• Communicating with suppliers and manufacturers.
• Continued development of existing products.
• Collating drawings and information for product documentation.
• Liaising with other departments.
• Continued product quality control.
• Product costings and profitability.
• Sample ordering, reviewing, and testing.
• Prototyping.
• General administration.
• Initial production of new products.
• Product compliance, certification (UK & US), and Intellectual Property.

You may be required to help out in other departments at our other Leicestershire sites during busy periods, or to help introduce new products and processes into their production.

We would love you to –

• Have a genuine passion for design.
• Be able to prioritize and plan your workload.
• Show initiative and be self-motivated.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Be experienced in 2D and 3D CAD.

We offer a competitive salary of £22,000 per annum. You will receive training in the role and performance appraisals, where your pay will be reviewed.

Throughout your placement year, you will receive continued support and guidance from our Product Design team.

You will receive 22 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), which can increase with length of service and experience, as well as a wellness program and company events.

If you would like to be considered for this placement opportunity, please apply below with your CV, Cover Letter, and Portfolio of Work.