Draughtsman/Woman – CAD Technician

We are looking to recruit an experienced Draughtsman/Woman/CAD Technician to work in an expanding local company in Newcastle (West).

The Role

• To design and deliver and maintain detail drawings, material specifications and other necessary supporting documentation for purchasing, production documentation and technical files.
• To maintain control and issue of registers of status of all drawings including issue, approvals and sign off both in hard copy within technical files and on company database.
• Maintenance and assembly of technical files
• Construction of systems to automate drawing delivery for standard products for timely customer response.
• To design and detail bracketry, door arrangements, sub-assemblies and parts for production, installation, and sales purposes.
• To issue accurately and timely all necessary documentation to achieve contract and work commitments.
• To liaise with all pertinent management and operatives to ensure everybody is working towards a common goal.
• Working both on your own and as part of a team:
• Complete necessary administration duties.
• Salary could be negotiable for the right person

Duties and key responsibilities

• Liaise and receive product data from sales and provide cut list, material specification and test and inspection plans timely as required.
• Submit for approval to production management.
• Monitor and report times and dates to ensure delivery dates are met.
• Control of drawings and maintenance in registers, issues, dates, sign off.
• Construction and maintenance of technical files ensure accurate, current updates are controlled in index and registers including OEM’s, data sheets and supporting documents.
• Liaison with factory, hand over and handshake job files.
• Liaise with sales and administration.
• Quality circles for eradication of NC’s (improvement opportunities).
• Reporting, time recording, job recording as required by systems and line manager.
• Completing SOP and procedures as required within QA system and general system processes and database.
• Computer systems data entry
• Work within teams on engineering, design and administration projects.
• General work requirements identified by management as appropriate.

Skills /training.

• Must hold a Draughtsman’s Diploma or associate degree (or equivalent) AUTOCAD  AUTOCAD LT: Expert.
• SOLID WORKS – Familiarity with system ability to print data (to be evaluated whether company will continue with solid works and if so, further training will be given).
• DATABASE – Good knowledge of system and ability to interact recording and updating relevant information and deliver KPI’s and reports.
• MICROSOFT OFFICE – good working knowledge of all software packages and planning software, including the ability to update manuals.