I. General provisions

1. The chief designer belongs to the category of managers.
2. A person with a higher professional (technical) education and design work experience in engineering, technical and management positions in the relevant industry profile of the enterprise for at least 5 years is appointed to the position of chief designer.
3. Appointment to the position of chief designer and dismissal from it are made by order of the director of the enterprise.
4. The chief designer must know: 4.1. Legislative and regulatory legal acts, methodological materials on design preparation of production.
5. 4.2. Profile, specialization and features of the organizational and technological structure of the enterprise.
6. 4.3. Prospects for technical development of the industry and enterprise.
7. 4.4. Systems and design methods.
8. 4.5. Organization of design preparation of production in the industry and at the enterprise.
9. 4.6. Production capacities, technical characteristics, design features and operating modes of the enterprise equipment, rules of its operation.
10. 4.7. Procedure and methods for planning design preparation of production.
11. 4.8. Technical requirements for the structures being developed, the conditions for their installation and commissioning.
12. 4.9. Methods for carrying out technical calculations.
13. 4.10. Fundamentals of technical aesthetics, artistic design and ergonomics.
14. 4.11. Standards, technical specifications and other guidance materials for the development and execution of design documentation.
15. 4.12. Fundamentals of patent science, standardization and certification.
16. 4.13. Computer-aided design systems.
17. 4.14. Modern computing and telecommunications tools, including means of copying and reproducing design documentation.
18. 4.15. Requirements for rational organization of labor for design and engineering developments.
19. 4.16. Domestic and foreign achievements of science and technology in the relevant industry.
20. 4.17. Advanced domestic and foreign experience in designing similar products.
21. 4.18. Fundamentals of economics, organization of production, labor and management.
22. 4.19. Fundamentals of environmental legislation.
23. 4.20. Labor legislation.
24. 4.21. Internal labor regulations.
25. 4.22. Rules and regulations of occupational health, safety, industrial sanitation and fire protection.

II. Job responsibilities

Chief designer:

1. Manages the creation of new and modernized designs of products (complexes, machines, devices, devices, mechanisms) of existing production, ensuring their high technical level, competitiveness and patentability, compliance with modern achievements of science and technology, the requirements of technical aesthetics and the most economical production technology.
2. Takes measures to accelerate the development of advanced design developments, new materials in production, and the widespread introduction of scientific and technical achievements.
3. Organizes the development of projects for new pilot and industrial installations, non-standard equipment and devices in connection with the reconstruction of facilities, automation of production and mechanization of labor-intensive processes.
4. Carries out work to improve the level of qualifications, standardization and certification of developed product designs.
5. Ensures compliance of new and modernized structures with technical specifications, standards, requirements for rational organization and labor protection, and safety standards.
6. Manages the preparation of feasibility studies on the effectiveness of new design developments and their advantages compared to previously manufactured ones.
7. Organizes the development of long-term and current plans for the introduction and development of new technology, design preparation of production, research and development work, and monitors their implementation.
8. Ensures the implementation of computer-aided design systems, timely preparation, coordination and approval of drawings and other technical documentation developed by design departments.
9. Together with customers, it develops technical specifications for design, ensures protection and approval in the prescribed manner of developed preliminary, technical and working designs, and submits design solutions for approval.
10. Organizes storage in accordance with current rules, reproduction and timely provision of production with drawings and other design documentation.
11. Takes measures to reduce the time required to master new technology, the cost and the cycle of design preparation for production through the introduction of advanced design methods, computer and telecommunications technology, advanced methods of reproducing technical documentation, and the widespread use of standardized and unified parts and assembly units in projects.
12. Manages research and experimental work carried out in pilot production units.
13. Organizes the production of experienced sellers, their experimental testing, testing of pilot batches and the release of the first industrial series, achieving constant improvement in the quality and reliability of products, the level of their manufacturability, environmental friendliness, reducing their cost, labor and material intensity.
14. Participates in the installation, testing, adjustment and commissioning of new product designs and their operation.
15. Submits for approval changes made to the technical documentation for design preparation of production.
16. Takes part in the certification of products by quality categories, development of proposals for reconstruction, technical re-equipment, intensification of production, increasing its efficiency, provides design development of rationalization proposals and inventions accepted for implementation.
17. Reviews and gives feedback and conclusions on the most complex rationalization proposals, as well as on draft standards and other design documentation received by the enterprise from third parties.
18. Organizes work to improve the qualifications of workers carrying out design preparation of production.
19. Manages department employees, directs and coordinates the activities of subordinate units.

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should include the following sections: general regulations, job responsibilities of the chief designer, rights of the chief designer, responsibilities of the chief designer.

The job description of the chief designer should reflect the following points:

Job responsibilities of the chief designer

1) Job responsibilities.

Manages the creation of new and modernization of product designs (complexes, machines, devices, instruments, mechanisms) of existing production, ensuring their high technical level, competitiveness and patentability, compliance with modern achievements of science and technology, the requirements of technical aesthetics and the most economical production technology. Takes measures to accelerate the development of advanced design developments, new materials in production, and the widespread introduction of scientific and technical achievements. Organizes the development of projects for new pilot and industrial installations, non-standard equipment and devices in connection with the reconstruction of facilities, automation of production and mechanization of labor-intensive processes. Carries out work to increase the level of unification, standardization and certification of developed product designs. Ensures compliance of new and modernized structures with technical specifications, standards, requirements for rational organization and labor protection, and safety standards. Manages the preparation of feasibility studies on the effectiveness of new design developments and their advantages compared to previously manufactured ones. Organizes the development of long-term and current plans for the introduction and development of new technology, design preparation for production, research and development work, and monitors their implementation. Ensures the implementation of computer-aided design systems, timely preparation, coordination and approval of drawings and other technical documentation developed by design departments.

The chief designer must know

2) When performing his duties, the chief designer must know:

legislative and regulatory legal acts, methodological materials on design preparation of production; profile, specialization and features of the organizational and technological structure of the enterprise; prospects for technical development of the industry and enterprise; production technology of the enterprise's products; systems and design methods; organization of design preparation of production in the industry and at the enterprise; production capacities, technical characteristics, design features and operating modes of the enterprise equipment, rules of its operation; procedure and methods for planning design preparation of production; technical requirements for the structures being developed, the conditions for their installation and commissioning; methods of technical calculations; fundamentals of technical aesthetics, artistic design and ergonomics; standards, technical specifications and other guidance materials for the development and execution of design documentation; basics of patent science, standardization and certification; computer-aided design systems; modern computing and telecommunications tools, including means of copying and reproducing design documentation; requirements for rational organization of labor for design and engineering developments; domestic and foreign achievements of science and technology in the relevant industry; advanced domestic and foreign experience in designing similar products; fundamentals of economics, organization of production, labor and management; basics of environmental legislation; basics of labor legislation; rules and regulations of labor protection.

3) Qualification requirements. Higher professional (technical) education and design work experience in engineering, technical and management positions in the industry relevant to the enterprise for at least 5 years.

General provisions

1. The chief designer of the project belongs to the category of managers.

2. A person with a higher professional education and design work experience, including in management positions, of at least 8 years is accepted for the position of chief designer of the project.

3. The chief designer of the project is hired and dismissed by the director of the organization.

4. The chief designer of the project must know:

• legislative and regulatory legal acts, guidance materials of higher authorities relating to ongoing design and engineering developments;
• prospects for the development of economics, science and technology;
• organization and planning of design and engineering work;
• design and construction methods; technical requirements for the structures being developed, conditions for their installation and technical operation, production technology;
• A unified system of design documentation and other guidance materials for the development and execution of technical documentation;
• the procedure for drawing up feasibility studies and calculations of the economic efficiency of design developments;
• labor organization requirements for design and engineering developments;
• fundamentals of technical aesthetics and artistic design;
• methods for carrying out technical calculations, assessing the quality of projects and developments;
• modern technical means for designing and performing computational work, copying and reproducing design documentation;
• advanced domestic and foreign experience in designing similar products;
• basics of standardization and certification;
• basics of patent science;
• economics, organization of labor, production and management;
• Copyright;
• labor legislation;
• rules and regulations of labor protection, safety, industrial sanitation and fire protection.

5. In his activities, the chief designer of the project is guided by:

• legislation of the Russian Federation,
• Charter of the organization,
• orders and instructions of the director of the organization,
• this job description,
• Internal labor regulations of the organization.

6. The chief designer of the project reports directly to ____ (specify position).

7. During the absence of the chief designer of the project (business trip, vacation, illness, etc.), his duties are performed by a person appointed in the prescribed manner, who acquires the corresponding rights, duties and is responsible for the performance of the duties assigned to him.

Job responsibilities of the chief designer

Chief designer of the project:

1. Manages the development of complex projects at all stages and stages of work, while ensuring their economic efficiency and competitiveness, high technical level, operational convenience, compliance with the requirements of technical aesthetics and the most economical production technology in a market economy.

2. Organizes the necessary research and experimental work, as well as the implementation of the results of completed developments, ensures the preparation of feasibility studies for projects, technical specifications and design proposals, their coordination with customers, the timely issuance of approved technical specifications to the performing units, reviews, agrees and approves the technical documentation they develop.

3. Provides technical and methodological management of design, coordination of all parts of projects, coordinates the implementation of work across the entire complex of projects.

4. Directly participates in research, design and construction, developing sections (parts) of the project in his specialty.

5. Ensures compliance with requirements and standards for labor organization when designing new and reconstructing existing enterprises, developing technological processes and equipment, and environmental protection.

6. Implements measures to reduce the time and cost of design work, as well as the volume of technical documentation through the use of progressive design methods, the use of standard and re-use of economical standard structures and parts, standardized and unified parts and assemblies, as well as computer technology, advanced copying methods and reproduction of technical documentation.

7. Leads the work on assessing the reliability, durability, operability, manufacturability, material consumption of the complex, and the accuracy of engineering calculations.

8. Ensures the completeness of technical documentation, compliance of the project with technical specifications, compliance with patent purity and a high level of unification, standardization and certification of developed products, compliance of the equipment, components and materials adopted in the project with current standards, technical specifications, the range of products produced by the domestic industry, requirements labor organization, safety standards, industrial sanitation and fire protection.

9. Organizes experimental testing and research of new technical solutions to justify the selected design parameters.

10. Provides the preparation of technical descriptions and operating instructions for designed products, as well as technical specifications, programs and test methods and other design documentation.

11. Manages the testing of created structures, their improvement after testing and carries out design supervision during the manufacture of prototypes (batch) at manufacturing enterprises.

12. Submits for approval and defends developed projects before the management of the institution (organization), higher authorities, customers and examination bodies.

13. Approves changes made to the complex project, drawings and other design documentation.

14. Prepares proposals for filing applications for inventions and discoveries.

15. Studies the latest achievements of domestic and foreign science and technology with the aim of using them in design.

16. Manages the preparation of reviews and opinions on scientific and technical documentation received from third-party organizations, on the most complex rationalization proposals and inventions, as well as on draft standards and technical specifications.

17. Complies with the internal labor regulations and other local regulations of the organization.

18. Complies with internal rules and regulations of labor protection, safety, industrial sanitation and fire protection.

19. Ensures cleanliness and order in his workplace.

20. Carry out, within the framework of the employment contract, the orders of the employees to whom he is subordinate in accordance with these instructions.

Chief designer rights

The chief designer of the project has the right:

1. Submit proposals for consideration by the director of the organization:

• to improve work related to the responsibilities provided for in this instruction,
• on the encouragement of distinguished employees subordinate to him,
• on bringing to material and disciplinary liability the employees subordinate to him who violated production and labor discipline.

2. Request from structural divisions and employees of the organization the information necessary for him to perform his job duties.

3. Get acquainted with the documents defining his rights and responsibilities for his position, criteria for assessing the quality of performance of official duties.

4. Get acquainted with the draft decisions of the organization’s management relating to its activities.

5. Require the management of the organization to provide assistance, including ensuring organizational and technical conditions and execution of the established documents necessary for the performance of official duties.

6. Other rights established by current labor legislation.

Responsibility of the chief designer

The chief designer of the project is responsible in the following cases:

1. For improper performance or failure to fulfill one’s job duties provided for in this job description - within the limits established by the labor legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. For offenses committed in the course of their activities - within the limits established by the current administrative, criminal and civil legislation of the Russian Federation.

3. For causing material damage to the organization - within the limits established by the current labor and civil legislation of the Russian Federation.

Job description for chief designer - sample 2021. Job responsibilities of the chief designer, rights of the chief designer, responsibility of the chief designer.

III. Rights

The chief designer has the right:

1. Act on behalf of the department, represent the interests of the enterprise in relations with other structural divisions of the enterprise, third-party organizations on issues of organizing and carrying out design work.
2. Request and receive necessary information from heads of structural divisions of the enterprise and specialists.
3. Participate in the preparation of draft orders, instructions, directions, as well as estimates, contracts and other documents related to the activities of the department.
4. Interact with the heads of all structural divisions on issues of organizing and carrying out design work.
5. Give instructions to the heads of structural divisions of the enterprise and specialists on issues of repair, operation and maintenance of technological equipment.
6. Within your competence, sign and endorse documents; issue, with one’s signature, orders for the enterprise regarding the organization and conduct of design work.
7. Independently conduct correspondence with structural divisions of the enterprise as well as other organizations on issues within its competence.

IV. Responsibility

The chief designer is responsible for:

1. For improper performance or failure to fulfill one’s job duties as provided for in this job description - within the limits determined by the current labor legislation of the Russian Federation.
2. For offenses committed in the course of carrying out their activities - within the limits determined by the current administrative, criminal and civil legislation of the Russian Federation.
3. For causing material damage - within the limits determined by the current labor and civil legislation of the Russian Federation.

Types of liability

The limits of responsibility of the chief designer are specified in the provisions of the current regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as in administrative, labor, civil and even criminal legislation.

The chief designer is responsible for:

• failure to perform or poor quality performance of labor functions assigned to him under the employment contract and reflected in the job description;
• offenses committed during the performance of their official duties;
• causing material damage to the company.

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