A well established company specialising in innovative end-to-end materials handling solutions and equipment. Requires an experienced Draftsperson in the Design department to support the Sales and Marketing team by creating high quality drawings that sell, and to support the Production team by developing high quality drawings that can be built.
This position is based is office based in Diep River Cape Town.
Key Responsibilities:
Sales and Marketing Project Design
- To understand client needs and add value through quality High Level Designs for full product range (used for: presentation to clients, pricing, quotes, and planning)
- To assure buy-in from client, management and factory by facilitating communication and integration in the design and sign-off of specs
- Ensure that branding is visible, pervasive, consistent, unique and memorable
- Ongoing drawing focused collaboration with project managers and design consultants
- Printing of CAD drawings in various formats and packages, and delivering them to the correct contact in a timely manner
- Creating accurate CAD drawings from hand sketches, verbal instructions, and site visits
- Seamlessly integrating and working with project managers, design consultants, and sub-contractors, to produce and alter drawings
- Thinking creatively and critically to support the project team in the design process, to create sketches and drawings that work
- Creating and continually updating project drawings lists
- Seeking clarity and understanding from sales team, engineers and project managers when not 100% certain of something
Production Design
- To assure quality, value and timely delivery through comprehensive and accurate Detailed Designs (used for scheduling, buying, manufacturing and installation), once project is approved; including component designs
- To assure buy-in from factory & installation teams by facilitating communication and integration in the design and sign-off of specs
- Printing various formats of drawing sets for project managers and site supervisors
- Continually reviewing and checking sketches and drawings for errors, before being sent to architects, subcontractors, project managers, etc.
- Systematically saving sketches and drawings on our CAD server; keeping the server organized; updating project folders and files as jobs progress and revisions are made
- Organizing and uploading drawings to web based storage sites/collaboration project sites to share drawings with project and subcontractors
- Create, edit, and update standard details for use in projects
Competencies:
- AutoCAD 2D essential, MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) essential
- AutoCAD 3D advantageous
- Min. 2 years experience in a CAD Operator role
Outstanding fluency and skill within the AutoCAD program
- Excellent communication skills; listening, comprehension, and feedback; written & verbal
- Solution-orientated and client-focused
- A passion for doing high quality work
- The ability to think critically, innovate, and solve challenging technical problems
- High attention to detail
- Effective time management and logical decision-making ability
- Being able to self-start and self-motivate when there is no one available to provide instruction
- Capacity to handle pressure
- Strong work ethic, and the ability to handle peak work times
- Willingness to travel if necessary
- Mental and emotional fitness
Benefits
- Provident fund
- Performance bonus
- Working on world-class solutions
- You can gain excellent experience
- Gain specialist knowledge
- Great work culture and ethics and supportive working environment
If you think you meet these requirements then please do apply.
Goodluck,
The Invigor8 Team :)
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: R20,000.00 - R25,000.00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Do you have 3 years experience as a Draftsman?
