Technical Designer-Women's Knits & Woven

Job Summary

The Technical Designer / Patternmaker is responsible for ensuring women's knit and woven garments meet company standards for fit, construction, grading, specifications, and quality throughout the product lifecycle from development to production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop technical specifications, garment patterns, and production tech packs.
• Execute product development from initial design handoff through production.
• Review, measure, and evaluate samples for fit, construction, workmanship, and quality.
• Lead fit sessions and resolve garment fit issues with designers and cross-functional teams.
• Prepare fit documentation, evaluation sheets, and fitting reports.
• Communicate fit corrections and technical changes to overseas vendors using written instructions, photos, sketches, measurements, and construction details.
• Develop, modify, and maintain production and development patterns.
• Create and maintain block patterns, grading rules, and specification standards.
• Compare factory production patterns against approved blocks to ensure fit consistency.
• Review production specifications, detail pages, and technical documentation.
• Track sample approvals and monitor products through the production process.
• Maintain specification history, pattern libraries, revision logs, and technical records.
• Ensure consistency in fit, grading, construction, and tolerances within FlexPLM.
• Identify production, quality, costing, and design issues and recommend improvements.
• Conduct competitive fit and construction analysis.
• Review size sets and support quality improvements throughout production.
• Organize samples and ensure projects meet calendar deadlines.
• Support additional technical design activities as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Designer, Patternmaker, or Fit Technician for women's apparel.
• Experience with women's knit and woven garments.
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking, grading, and fit.
• Experience with Gerber patternmaking systems (preferred).
• Proficiency in FlexPLM, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
• Sewing skills and knowledge of industrial sewing equipment.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a global, cross-functional environment.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.