CAD Technician

Job Title: CAD Technician

Duration: 12 months, potential for extension

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Job Description:

• Minnesota engineering group. Help facilitate CAD designs for the engineering group. Mostly piping projects for apartments, gas meter sets, commercial customers, customers with gas meters, etc. lots of piping, above ground projects. Highways and roads. Utilizing autocad, autodesk. Detailed, localized level.
• Want someone with an associate degree in architectural design. Autocad experience.
• Want- education. Right chemistry on the team. Only 2 on the team right now so teamwork is important. CTH role.
• Ok with junior. 0-2 years experience.
• Onsite per week 5 days per week. Will move to remote on Friday.
• Reason behind the need- partially growth. 1 person retired. Used ot have 3 on team. Then one person took another role. Have another contractor backfilling one. Want 3 on the team.
• Interview process- onsite. Will do an exercise with Autocad.

Summary:

The main function of a CAD Tech is to prepare detailed drawings of architectural and structural features of buildings or drawings and topographical relief maps used in civil engineering projects, such as highways, bridges, and public works. A typical CAD Tech utilizes knowledge of building materials, engineering practices, and mathematics to complete drawings.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed design drawings and specifications using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment.
• Coordinate with and consult other workers to design, lay out, or detail components and systems and to resolve design or other problems.
• Analyze technical implications of architect's design concept, calculating weights, volumes, and stress factors.
• Build landscape, architectural and display models.
• Coordinate structural, electrical and mechanical designs and determine a method of presentation to graphically represent building plans.
• Draw rough and detailed scale plans for foundations, buildings and structures, based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other data.
• Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary.
• Calculate weights, volumes, and stress factors and their implications for technical aspects of designs.
• Determine quality, cost, strength and quantity of required materials, and enter figures on materials lists.
• Draft plans and detailed drawings for structures, installations, and construction projects such as highways, sewage disposal systems, and dikes, working from sketches or notes.

Skills:

• Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem solving ability.
• Team player and detail oriented.
• Basic knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Basic knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology.
• Basic knowledge of relevant computer application, such as CADD (Computer Aided Design and Drafting).

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 0-2 years’ experience required.

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20 - $25