Title: Mechanical Drafter

Location: Irving MN - Onsite

Type: Full time

Key words: Drafting, AutoCAD, Technical Drawings

This position is for an experienced Mechanical Aerospace Drafter role to join a growing aerospace team. As an important part of the Mechanical team here at Client, you will actively be providing critical value to our customers by helping to ensure high quality and accurate data is made available to the customers' engineering and quality teams to meet operational goals.

This role will work with the Client team and our major aerospace customer to identify and create sectioned drawings to update a newly implemented QMS system. The successful candidate will have experience preparing technical drawings and plans, utilizing Computer Aided Design applications. The successful candidate will have a diverse skill set and leverage capabilities to check the quality of all incoming drawings for accuracy before preparing to move into the ATS Inspect system. You will be a firm advocate of quality in our business.

The ideal candidate will have a trained eye for detail and will be reliable and committed. A passion for quality standards and quality product output is essential and job duties may include technical reviews, designing new tools or systems of measurement, interpreting data, or researching the science of engineering to better processes/accuracy.

This is an on-site position, meaning much of this role will require working out of our customers' facilities located in Minneapolis, MN.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Coordinate with engineers for design requirements and understanding the requirements for the tasks
• Create, modify or revise CAD drawing using available CAD applications to meeting the project requirements under engineering direction
• Provides CAD and drafting support for new and existing products as well as support manufacturing process when needed
• Ensure adherence to company and industry standards
• Estimate time needed for completing the assigned tasks
• Ensure tasks performed are error free
• Use computer-based programs to clock in and out and to perform other self-serve duties
• Work quickly and accurately in a fast paced environment
• Ability to use standard inspection tools to verify parts meet print or technical manual specifications (calipers, height gages, optical comparators, etc.)
• Maintain records of measurement information and various metrics within customer proprietary software
• Participate in FAA inspections, ISO Certification and surveillance audits and customer audits as needed
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Experience with SolidWorks, CREO, or related 3D engineering modeling software
• You know, drafting. You’re a CAD enthusiast with at least three years of experience or technical training
• You’re a people person with the ability to interface and collaborate effectively with other team members.
• Detail oriented, with strong organizational and communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a team environment.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

Education and Experience:

• Associate degree in technical drafting or drafting certifications a minimum; Will consider work experience in lieu of degree
• Minimum of three years of progressive experience related to drafting and technical drawings, preferably in related to the aerospace field.
• Experience with ATS Inspect software preferred, but not required

Tools/Software:

• Microsoft Office Suite
• CREO
• Solidworks
• ATS Inspect

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods standing and sitting at a desk working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• mechanical drafting: 3 years (Required)
• technical drawings: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person