Industrial Designer

Industrial Designer
Work Type: Full Time, Permanent
Work Location: 7215 Wellington Rd 86 Wallenstein, Ontario
Language of Work: English
Salary: $74,000-84,000/year

At Earthscape Play, we create beautiful, innovative play sculptures and playground structures that inspire children and adults to play. By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in the world, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life. Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario in Waterloo Region. To see our one-of-a-kind projects, visit www.earthscapeplay.com.

The work environment we’ve created is positive, productive, fun and rewarding. We are a transparent, open, collaborative, team-focused company. We strive to continually innovate and to lead in creating the most beautiful and meaningful public play spaces. We believe in play and its role in bringing about healthy children, families, and communities. We are agile, creative problem solvers working closely with engineers, safety specialists, and craftspeople to build state-of-the-art timber playgrounds.

What do we need?

We are currently looking for an Industrial Designer to join our growing team. In this role you will be involved in all aspects of the creative design of children's play spaces. Your job will be to create early concepts, develop designs, and produce detailed solutions for product development. Your teammates have training in industrial design, landscape architecture, sculpture, architecture, and engineering, giving you the rewarding experience of working collaboratively with designers from different disciplines and nationalities. We believe the right person for this role will likely have a background in Architecture or Industrial Design with experience in making or building. Experience with child development is a strong advantage for this role. Our clients include internationally renowned Landscape Architecture firms; as well as cities, towns and municipalities; schools; non-profit organizations; and childcare centers.

If you feel you would be an asset to our team and would like serious consideration, please include your portfolio along with your resume in your application package.

What are we looking for?

As an Industrial Designer, your job duties will include:

• consulting with internal and external stakeholders to establish production requirements
• conducting research into cost properties of production materials and methods of production in consultation with estimation and fabrication teams
• delivering impactful and engaging presentations and storytelling
• reading and interpreting blueprints
• preparing fabrication drawings, specifications and guidelines for production and construction of prototype designs
• analyzing the intended use of playground equipment and user preferences
• working effectively as a collaborative team member, prioritizing tasks as required
• excellent problem-solving skills; our designers and engineers are constantly looking for feedback on how best to construct our unique playground pieces.

Employment Requirements

• successful completion of university degree in Industrial Design or Architecture (preference given to Masters degree)
• submission of portfolio of work showcasing custom playground equipment designs
• 3-5 years of experience in custom playground concept design
• experience in Rhino, AutoCAD, Adobe InDesign, SolidWorks, and Sketchup
• proven understanding of both ASTM and CSA safety standards
• strong illustrative skills, product development experience with extensive experience with hand sketching
• serious about the importance of play and has a play-centered approach to life
• abundant creativity with a strong intuition for constructability
• ability to be creative within the rules to meet safety standards
• deep curiosity and the ability to listen and comprehend others’ thoughts and visions
• communicates with contagious passion and energy when making public presentations to explain your designs

Wage: $74,000-84,000/year based on experience

What’s in it for you?

This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of the world’s most innovative playground projects. The pace, challenges, and problem-solving opportunities will mean you will never be bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are dynamic and highly skilled, with an impressive range of backgrounds, skills, and expertise. Above all, they are dedicated to Earthscape’s success.

We believe strongly in rewarding our staff with a combination of:

• profit sharing and performance bonuses
• employee share ownership options after one year of employment
• extended health and dental benefits
• flexible working hours and hybrid home/office work options
• social events such as summer BBQs, annual golf tournaments
• tuition reimbursement.

Accommodation: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Pre-employment checks: As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense, and driver’s license record.

At Earthscape Play, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible play spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.

*To apply, please submit a cover letter expressing why you feel you are a good fit with Earthscape, your resume, and your design portfolio*