Garment Technologist - Menswear

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Garment Technologist - Menswear, Hertford

Client:

QHQ

Location:

Hertford, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

c8bd92c9b37b

Job Views:

10

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

Job Description:

Our Client is a leading manufacturer of sports and entertainment merchandise, including apparel, accessories, toys, collectibles, and novelty items. They hold major sports and entertainment licenses and have a strong infrastructure, dedicated team, and diverse product range, reaching new heights daily.

Their success relies on innovative designs, ideas, and manufacturing techniques.

We are seeking a Menswear Garment Technologist to join their expanding apparel department and ensure team objectives are met at all levels.

Role Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with suppliers, designers, and the client's technical team to develop products.
• Manage all stages of product development from proto sample to production.
• Handle approval processes for lab dips, trims, fabrics, strike-offs, and measurements.
• Create specifications for initial samples, standardized blocks, and graded specs.
• Maintain style workbooks with technical drawings and provide comments during the PLM process.
• Update the production critical path regularly.
• Check garment construction and quality, advising on quality assurance options.
• Work with compliance and QC teams to meet production standards.
• Interpret test reports and provide wash care instructions.
• Request AQL reports from suppliers and manage production sealing.
• Travel overseas and within the UK as needed.

Candidate Requirements:

• Demonstrate the client's core values.
• Relevant recent experience as a Menswear Garment Technologist.
• Knowledge of garment construction, fit, quality assurance, wash/care instructions, and pattern understanding.
• Experience with testing parameters and processes.
• Understanding of critical path management.
• Willingness to travel to China and other countries based on supplier locations.
• Organized, efficient, able to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Illustrator.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and relationship-building ability.
• Must have own transport and driving license due to location constraints.

Working hours: 9am - 5.30pm Monday – Thursday / 9am – 5pm Friday.

Benefits include:

• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Subsidised gym membership at Everyone Active gyms after probation.