Hajjo Apparel Manufacturing is a suit factory in Obour City, Cairo. We produce suits, blazers, trousers, coats and vests for our own brands and for other brands. We are part of Hajjo Group, working in tailoring since 1960.

We are looking for a Pattern & CAD Specialist to run our CAD room. A key part of this job is transferring our full old pattern library from our old Gerber system to TUKAcad.

Responsibilities:

• Make patterns for suits, blazers, trousers, coats and vests

• Grade patterns across all sizes

• Work on CAD: digitizing, editing, and keeping a clean and organised pattern library

• Prepare and optimize markers to reach the lowest fabric consumption

• Calculate fabric consumption per style and per order

• Test and apply fabric shrinkage before cutting

• Do fit corrections after fittings and sample reviews

• Transfer the full old pattern library from Gerber to TUKAcad, and check that every transferred pattern is correct

• Prepare patterns for shell fabric, lining and interlining

• Operate the plotter and digitizer table

• Work daily with the sample room, cutting room and production manager

Requirements

• 5+ years of pattern making experience in men's formal wear: suits, blazers, trousers, coats and vests (must)

• Must know both Gerber (AccuMark) and TUKAcad

• Experience exporting and importing DXF / AAMA (ASTM) pattern files between CAD systems

• Strong experience in grading and marker making

• Good knowledge of fabrics, interlinings and linings, and how each one behaves

• Knowledge of shrinkage tests and fabric behaviour after fusing and pressing

• Able to solve fit problems and explain the correction clearly

• Organised, accurate, and able to maintain a clean pattern library

• Able to work full time on site in Obour City, Cairo

Preferred:

• Experience moving a full pattern library from one CAD system to another

• Experience with automatic marker making

• Experience with fit and block systems (Drop 4, Drop 6)