Solidworks Drafter

Solid Works Drafter

The Solid Works Drafter will serve as the lead administrator for Solid Works in a multi-site environment, configuring, administering, maintaining, and continuously improving the Solid Works environment. This role acts as a backup to the PDM administrator and establishes and maintains modeling, assembly, and drawing standards, templates, libraries, and file structures. The position manages Solid Works software installations, licensing, permissions, security, upgrades, and troubleshooting.

Additionally, the drafter provides ongoing training and support to Solid Works users while collaborating with satellite locations and internal departments such as Purchasing, Receiving, Design, and Engineering to establish best practices and consistent standards. The drafter will also identify opportunities to improve engineering data management, system utilization, and user workflows, assisting with additional engineering systems and administrative projects as needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead administrator for Solid Works in a multi-site environment.
• Configure, administer, maintain, and continuously improve the Solid Works environment.
• Act as a backup to the PDM administrator.
• Establish and maintain modeling, assembly, and drawing standards, templates, libraries, and file structures.
• Manage Solid Works software installations, licensing, permissions, security, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Solid Works questions, technical issues, and user support.
• Provide ongoing training and support to Solid Works users.
• Collaborate with satellite locations and internal departments to establish best practices and consistent standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering data management, system utilization, and user workflows.
• Assist with additional engineering systems and administrative projects as needed.

Essential Skills

• 3+ years of experience working with Solid Works.
• Strong understanding of drafting techniques and engineering terminology.
• Working knowledge of Solid Works or other computer-aided design (CAD) software.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong customer service and verbal communication skills.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Cary, IL.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $34.00/hr individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a Clearly Rated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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