Mechanical CAD Designer

Job Title:

Mechanical CAD Designer

Location:

Conway SC Myrtle Beach Area Type:
Full Time Onsite Direct Hire Salary: $80-110K DOE Plus excellent Benefits

Position Overview:

In this role, you will focus on sustaining engineering, equipment optimization, plant layout organization, and legacy data modernization. You will be responsible for updating old equipment drawings, reverse-engineering obsolete components, and designing practical modifications like brackets and guards. Additionally, you will take ownership of the facility building drawings, segregating and updating layout files to reflect accurate factory floor footprints. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented Solid Works and AutoCAD user to directly support factory uptime and infrastructure organization.

Core Responsibilities:

Sustaining Engineering & Equipment Support Design custom brackets, safety guards, mounts, and simple mechanical fixtures to improve factory floor safety and machine efficiency.

Identify and source compatible replacement parts for obsolete equipment by analyzing fit, form, and function.

Collaborate with maintenance technicians and production teams to troubleshoot equipment issues and model practical, fast-turnaround solutions.

Facility Layout & Building Drawings Management Update and maintain master facility building drawings to ensure accurate plant floor footprints and structural dimensions.

Segregate complex facility layouts into clear, manageable layers or separate files (e.g., separating utility lines, production equipment, safety pathways, and structural grids).Document equipment relocations and new machinery installations within the master layout to keep plant documentation live and accurate. Drafting & Documentation Modernization Convert legacy drawings (paper blueprints, PDFs, 2D AutoCAD files) into fully parametric 3D models and standardized 2D production drawings.

Audit, clean up, and organize the existing engineering file database to establish clear version control.

Apply proper Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) to ensure outsourced or internally machined parts fit perfectly on the first try.

Job

Requirements & Qualifications:

Education (Required):
Must possess a minimum of a 2-year associate degree in CAD/Drafting, Mechanical Design, or a relevant Engineering Technology degree.

Experience:

2 to 4 years of professional experience in mechanical drafting, CAD design, or plant layout design, ideally within a heavy manufacturing, steel, or industrial plant environment.

Software Expertise:
Highly proficient in Solid Works (3D modeling, sheet metal design, assembly creation, and 2D drafting). Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD 2D for handling large facility and building layout drawings.

Technical

Skills:

Strong ability to reverse-engineer physical parts using calipers, micrometers, and other standard measuring tools.

Experience reading architectural or industrial plant building layout drawings.

Solid understanding of manufacturing processes (machining, welding, sheet metal fabrication) to ensure designs are easy and cost-effective to build.

Soft Skills:

Self-starter with a strong inner drive to hunt down missing information and independently tackle unorganized archives.

Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision, manage daily tasks efficiently, and make logical technical decisions on the fly.

Highly organized, methodical, and enthusiastic about  dusting off  old files to bring them to modern standards.

Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with shop-floor technicians, engineers, and facility managers.

Exceptional technical and problem-solving skills and reasoning ability.

Ability to succeed in a team-oriented environment with strong collaboration skills.

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