CAD Designer/Technician

SUMMARY:

Drafts detailed construction drawings, design drawings, and other CAD/BIM (Revit) or manually generated drawings used in planning and construction of architectural projects by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Reviews rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other documents received from their supervisor
• Plots maps, drawings, and charts showing the necessary elements of the construction documents for the construction of buildings
• Drafts detailed drawings of structures buildings, and other facilities related to the building industry and are normally accepted as elements contained in construction documents and other design documentation
• Ability to coordinate with the various consultants involved in the documentation process
• Ability to operate both CAD and BIM (Revit) programs, as well as other graphic programs (Photoshop, SketchUp, etc.)
• Is a trainer and mentor to other CAD technical staff
• Responsible for job-specific quality system tasks as defined in the quality manual

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

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 and/or EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of a high school/GED diploma, associate’s degree in technical drafting, and 3 years experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read in the English language and comprehend technical instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write coherent correspondence in the English language. Ability to effectively, verbally present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved, written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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 frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color 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. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

TECHNOLOGY:

The candidate must have primary knowledge of:

· AutoCAD (current version)

· Revit (current version)

· SketchUp (current version), optional

· Photoshop (Design Suite) – (current version), optional

· Microsoft Office Suite –

o Word

o Excel

o Project, optional