Apparel Technical Designer Job at Myrtle (Lekki, Lagos) – Apply Today

Myrtle Management Consultants • Lagos • Full-Time

Job Description

Apparel Technical Designer/Pattern Maker role providing sustaining technical design and pattern-making support to a garment manufacturing operation in Lekki, Lagos. The position covers pattern model creation, tech pack modification, garment customization requests, and collaboration with manufacturing and design teams to improve overall garment quality.

  • Job Location: Lekki, Lagos
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Competitive (amount not stated)

About the Company

Myrtle Management Consultants is a recruitment firm hiring on behalf of a client that operates an apparel production factory in Lekki, Lagos. The client manufactures garments at scale and works with product designers, production officers, and manufacturing teams to deliver customer and product-line specifications. This is an on-site factory position.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design & Pattern Making

  • Provide sustaining technical design/pattern making support to garment manufacturing
  • Design responsibility for customer option/garment customization requests
  • Create pattern models to meet garment specifications for existing product lines
  • Modify existing work instructions/tech packs
  • Create rough-draft templates using computer drafting software and freehand techniques
  • Measure, cut, and design patterns in the material required
  • Double-check pattern dimensions and style

Collaboration & Quality

  • Work with manufacturing to establish and document best practices
  • Investigate to identify parts and gain understanding of assembly for TP building
  • Make recommendations with peer teams on specifications, patterns, construction methods, and techniques
  • Meet with product designers to discuss the base design
  • Read and interpret design models and blueprints
  • Send the initial pattern for a manufacture check
  • Meet with production officer and designers to review the final

Required Skills

  • Secondary School Cert., HND, OND, or Bachelors
  • Knowledge of garment construction standards and manufacturing methods
  • Ability to understand and generate Tech Packs
  • Effective verbal and written technical communication skills
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Experience with Adobe Illustrator
  • On-site factory position
  • A proficiency test will be given during interview
  • Experience in apparel grading and grade rule development
  • Understanding of ergonomic design and its effect on manufacturability
  • Understanding of project management
  • Previous experience as a patternmaker
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and design models
  • Detail-oriented
  • Ability to work to a deadline
  • Physically fit and able to stand for long periods

How to Apply
Interested candidates should Apply here.

Why This Job Might Be a Good Fit
This suits a patternmaker who wants to work close to production rather than purely in a design studio, since the role sits inside the factory and feeds directly into manufacturing decisions. The mix of customization requests and existing product lines means you'd touch both one-off garments and repeatable specs, which builds range.

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