Title:  Design Drafter I

Summary:

Perform design, drafting, and other duties pertaining to the preparation of new or existing drawings for the purpose of manufacturing or other usage.  Responsible for managing design/drafting projects and providing design solutions for design/development projects and product change requests.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage design/drafting projects from concept to completion
• Provides design solutions for design/development projects and product change requests
• Prepare product documentation, checking the dimensions of parts, material to be used, relation of one part to another, and relation of various parts to the whole structure.  Drawings to include but are not limited to the following:  System/component model, installation/layout/ weldment/assembly drawings, piece part drawings, and isometric drawings
• Utilize red-lined drawings, engineering change requests, and any instructions supplied to prepare revised drawings incorporating dimensional change or pertinent data
• Utilizes knowledge of various machines, engineering practices, mathematics, building materials, and other physical sciences to complete drawings
• Uses computer assisted drawings (2D/3D CAD) equipment and software
• Interact with engineering and manufacturing personnel to solve any problems that may arise during the manufacturing process and to document the corrective action
• Participate in design reviews to determine the feasibility of proposed designs and offer opinions for product improvement
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education/Experience:

• Minimum one-year college or trade school education in mechanical drawing and related areas with a minimum of two years of on-the-job experience or
• Minimum four years on-the-job experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or comparable CAD software (experience with SolidWorks 2008 or newer is strongly preferred)

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• N/A

Language Skills:

• Ability to read andunderstand English instructions.

Mathematical Skills:

• Individuals, as a minimum, must possess basic Algebra skills

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to walk.  Individuals must be capable of thoroughly and accurately documenting the product offering through “hands-on” approaches. This involves working in and around the products and systems at the factory or installed at the customer site.  Occasional lifting may be required not to exceed 50 pounds without additional support. Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an office environment.  It may be required that individuals work in the manufacturing area when gathering data or researching problems.  This work environment may be at higher noise levels and lower air quality.  Individuals may also be required to document equipment where the outside environment may be encountered as well as environments commonly encountered in air-conditioning equipment installations.