TECHNICAL DESIGNER

RÈLIER GROUP; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

RÈLIER GROUP in Melbourne seeks a Senior Technical Designer to lead the technical execution of collections, ensuring fit, construction, quality and consistency across products. You will mentor the technical team, partner with Design, Product Development and Production, and drive improvements in processes and supplier performance.

You’ll oversee tech packs, grading, and size sets, maintain fit standards, and manage offshore factories while ensuring alignment with brand standards and timelines.

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience in premium or luxury womenswear technical design.
• Advanced expertise in fit, pattern making, grading, garment construction, and textiles.
• Proven leadership experience managing technical teams and offshore manufacturing partners.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Excel.
• Commercially minded, highly organised, and detail-focused with strong technical decision-making and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee technical design across all assigned categories, ensuring consistency of fit, construction, and brand standards.
• Own the creation, accuracy, and approval of tech packs, garment specifications, grading rules, and fit comments.
• Define, maintain, and approve fit standards across collections and size ranges.
• Lead and conduct fit sessions, providing clear, solution-focused direction and approving final fit prior to production.
• Review patterns, construction methods, stitching, trims, and finishes to proactively identify and resolve risks.
• Partner closely with Design to ensure design intent is maintained through development, fit, and production.
• Work alongside Product Development and Production to align timelines, technical feasibility, and costing considerations.
• Manage technical communication with offshore factories, vendors, and agents, ensuring clarity and follow-through.
• Approve grading and size sets to ensure fit consistency across all sizes.
• Oversee QC of PPS, TOP, and bulk samples to ensure alignment to approved standards.
• Anticipate and resolve construction or quality issues that could impact bulk production.
• Mentor and manage Garment Technicians, and Pattern Makers as required.
• Drive continuous improvement across technical processes, fit accuracy, and supplier performance.

Skills

Experience in luxury womenswear

Technical design leadership

Pattern making

Garment construction

Grading & sizing

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Excel

Offshore manufacturing partnership

Quality & fit standards

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Excel

Job description

For over a decade, this contemporary womenswear label has taken inspiration from the relaxed yet glamorous lifestyles of the brand’s dual homes in Melbourne and Los Angeles. The brand has made a name for itself in the premium occasion and event dressing space, recognised for confident silhouettes, statement pieces and effortless tailoring.

Founder led and backed by a dynamic team, our client has earned a reputation for knowing exactly who they are in the contemporary design space and continues to deliver elevated pieces season after season. You’ll thrive here working alongside like-minded, driven individuals. It’s the kind of name you’ll be excited to have on your resume.

THE ROLE

The Senior Technical Designer is responsible for leading the technical execution of all collections, ensuring garments meet brand standards of fit, construction, quality, and consistency. This role works in close partnership with Design, Product Development, and Production to translate creative vision into technically sound, production-ready product, while mentoring the technical team and driving continuous improvement across processes, fit standards, and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee technical design across all assigned categories, ensuring consistency of fit, construction, and brand standards
• Own the creation, accuracy, and approval of tech packs, garment specifications, grading rules, and fit comments
• Define, maintain, and approve fit standards across collections and size ranges
• Lead and conduct fit sessions, providing clear, solution-focused direction and approving final fit prior to production
• Review patterns, construction methods, stitching, trims, and finishes to proactively identify and resolve risks
• Partner closely with Design to ensure design intent is maintained through development, fit, and production
• Work alongside Product Development and Production to align timelines, technical feasibility, and costing considerations
• Manage technical communication with offshore factories, vendors, and agents, ensuring clarity and follow-through
• Approve grading and size sets to ensure fit consistency across all sizes
• Oversee QC of PPS, TOP, and bulk samples to ensure alignment to approved standards
• Anticipate and resolve construction or quality issues that could impact bulk production
• Mentor and manage Garment Technicians, and Pattern Makers as required
• Drive continuous improvement across technical processes, fit accuracy, and supplier performance

YOU'RE A FIT IF YOU

• 6+ years’ experience in premium or luxury womenswear technical design
• Advanced expertise in fit, pattern making, grading, garment construction, and textiles
• Proven leadership experience managing technical teams and offshore manufacturing partners
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Excel
• Commercially minded, highly organised, and detail-focused, with strong technical decision-making and communication skills