Industrial Designer

About Us

WernerCo is the World leader for innovative safety and security solutions that trade professionals prefer over all others. Whether working at height, on the ground, or on the way, WernerCo solutions increase jobsite productivity and provide unmatched performance that trade professionals trust with their lives and livelihoods. With a Global presence in over 100 countries, our industry leading brands include Werner, WeatherGuard, Knaack, Youngman, BetterBuilt, Zarges and many more.

Overview

We are looking for exceptional industrial designers to design and develop future products to help take the globally recognized brands within our portfolio forward. The right person will work alongside cross functional teams and other industrial designers as needed, on new innovative product designs, help guide existing projects in development and bring a passionate focus on creativity, user experience, human factors and usability to a variety of product ranges. An enthusiastic collaborator, excellent communicator, and a drive to meet challenging business needs, the role is an exciting new opportunity within a Global product development organization.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will help push the caliber of concepts and bring a focus on user experience to all projects. With a deep understanding of concept design, industrial design development and a background in innovative consumer/professional goods, successful candidates will leverage their design skills to a variety of challenges including hard/soft goods design and development, ergonomics, user experience, and will be able to touch on the full life-cycle of projects to deliver high level design quality and intent.

This is a new role for the organization and therefore brings with it a high degree of opportunity and excitement for someone who relishes a challenge and want to make a long-lasting difference across market leading brands. In addition to being enthusiastic, inspiring and fun to work with, you will have the capability to deliver outstanding results, whilst learning and developing alongside World Class people.

Qualifications

Experience

Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Industrial Design

2 years of experience in consumer goods, consulting or commercial product design environment

Skills

A strong portfolio that portrays a hands-on user experience focused approach

Excellent sketching and visualization skills (hand sketching, digital 2D and 3D rendering) – Sketchbook, Keyshot, Photoshop, Illustrator, Solidworks etc.

Prototyping, mock-up and sketch modelling ability

Strong verbal and visual communication skills, with an ability to develop and socialize design narratives and rationale

Passion

Enthusiastic interest in what you do, with innovative problem-solving mindset

A natural collaborator, embracing all facets of a holistic and dynamic design process

Can-do attitude, embracing challenges and coming up with creative solutions whilst identifying opportunities

Intuitive and motivated with an interest in manufacturing processes and assembly to deliver exceptional end products that meet demanding user needs

Location

Charlotte area, Hybrid/Remote, travel up to 15%

EEO Statement

WernerCo is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. WernerCo is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants to WernerCo are considered for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. WernerCo will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind based on these characteristics.