NSI Projects
CAD Designer /Project Manager, Warehouse, Office Fit-Out and Solar Projects
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CAD Designer /Project Manager, Warehouse, Office Fit-Out and Solar Projects
The Role: Where Design Meets Delivery
This is not a heads-down, screen-only drawing role. It is a hybrid position combining hands-on AutoCAD design with full project management ownership. You will take projects from the very first sketch through to installation and handover, working shoulder-to-shoulder with clients, internal teams, and suppliers to deliver safely, on time, and to specification.
Every project brings brilliant challenges. One week you might be designing the simplest load-bearing pallet racking; the next, a complex automated storage structure, a high-spec office refurbishment, or a rooftop solar PV system. The role suits someone technically strong in AutoCAD layout design who is equally comfortable running a project and talking confidently with a customer on site.
Your Key Areas of Responsibility
Design & Technical (Hands-on AutoCAD)
- Creating compelling designs and schemes for warehouse and commercial projects in AutoCAD, translating customer needs into practical, efficient, buildable solutions.
- Conducting site surveys to understand the design challenges, constraints, and opportunities first-hand.
- Updating designs throughout the project lifecycle to reflect client changes while maintaining full compliance with Health & Safety standards and Building Regulations.
Project Management & Delivery
- Managing the full project lifecycle, from order through to completion and handover.
- Procuring materials, labour, and plant, and coordinating multiple contractors on site.
- Producing work programmes and H&S documentation, ensuring CDM compliance throughout.
- Kicking off and monitoring projects with regular site inspections and proactive customer liaison.
- Monitoring progress, budgets, risks, and opportunities, and keeping every project on track.
Client & Relationship Focus
- Acting as a trusted, visible point of contact for clients from first survey to final handover.
- Building genuine relationships with warehouse managers, operations directors, and facilities leads.
- Representing NSI Projects professionally on site.
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Standards, Quality & Improvement
- Maintaining accurate drawing standards, templates, and project records.
- Feeding practical insight back into how we design, price, and deliver.
What We’re Looking For
- Located within a commutable distance of our Leyland office; this is an office-based role with regular travel to sites.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD (2D essential; 3D a bonus).
- Ideally experience in racking and shelving, mezzanines, or internal fit-outs (partitioning, ceilings, etc.). Candidates with other relevant construction and/or engineering experience are also welcomed.
- Strong negotiation, organisation, and communication skills.
- Understanding of contract conditions and H&S legislation.
- A customer-focused mindset and a genuine passion for delivering great results.
You Are
- Technically sharp and detail-driven; you take pride in getting a drawing right.
- A confident communicator, equally comfortable discussing load capacities and talking a client through their options.
- Organised and calm under pressure, able to juggle several projects without dropping the ball.
- Someone who takes ownership; you see a project through from first line to final handover.
Why NSI Projects?
We’ve been in the industry over 45 years and have a growing reputation in solar PV and sustainability services. We deliver smart, sustainable commercial spaces across the UK, from cutting-edge warehouse solutions to high-spec office refurbishments and innovative solar installations. We are proud of our reputation for quality, teamwork, and innovation.
We work with household names such as DHL, Coca-Cola, Victorian Plumbing, and Polestar, alongside a host of SMEs who value our design, procurement, and project management expertise.
You will join a small, ambitious team where your wins are visible and your impact is immediate. You won’t get lost here — you’ll be central to how we design, win, and deliver great work, with the opportunity to shape your own projects and grow your career.
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First 3 Months: Your Success Scorecard
| Month | Key Focus | Success KPIs |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | Learn the Toolkit & the Sites | - AutoCAD templates and drawing standards mastered |
| - Shadow 3+ site surveys | ||
| - Produce first pallet-racking layouts | ||
| Month 2 | Own Your Drawings | - Independently produce 5+ schemes for live projects |
| - Own 1 project from design through to order | ||
| - Ensure compliant H&S / CDM documentation on every job | ||
| Month 3 | Drive Projects & Standards | - Manage 2+ projects to completion and handover |
| - Keep budgets and work programmes on track | ||
| - Implement 1 improvement to design templates or workflow |
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