CAD Drafter

• Location 610 East Cumberland Road,Altamont, IL, 62411,United States
• Employee Type Non-Exempt

• Name Abby Jones

Job Title: CAD Drafter

The CAD Drafter is responsible for creating accurate and detailed seating layouts to support customer orders, Bill of Materials, and installation requirements. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional market-based teams, including Project Coordinators and Sales, to meet project specifications and schedules. This position plays a key role in ensuring customer satisfaction by delivering high-quality drawings, supporting process improvements, and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Develop detailed seating layouts using AutoCAD or other tools to meet project specifications and requirements.
• Ensure layouts align with customer purchase orders, product dimensions, and installation needs.
• Collaborate with Project Coordinators and Sales to meet project schedules, including working on various project sizes and complexities.

• Partner with market-based team members, including architects, contractors, installers, and field partners, to gather and validate information for layouts.
• Communicate and foster positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure layouts meet project requirements and align with building codes and ADA compliance.

• Develop precise seating layouts by converting AutoCAD or PDF files, ensuring accuracy and adherence to project specifications.
• Take responsibility for individual work while collaborating with team members to enhance AutoCAD processes and implement new commands.
• Create takeoffs from layouts for production entry and conduct occasional field visits to gather critical dimensions or observe installations.

• Schedule and complete drawings in alignment with customer requirements.
• Prepare transmittal letters, component breakdowns, and verify product dimensions/specifications to comply with building and ADA codes.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including architects, contractors, installers, and field partners, to ensure project requirements and design criteria are met.
• Facilitate approvals, product ordering, and installation through accurate and thorough layouts, fostering strong relationships across the value stream.

• Identify potential layout issues early in the process to avoid downstream costs or delays.
• Actively participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives, identifying layout issues early to reduce downstream costs.
• Embrace an open problem-solving environment by raising issues, taking ownership, and working collaboratively to implement improvements.

• Seek opportunities to expand knowledge beyond personal expertise, engaging with other departments to understand and address process challenges.
• Adopt a constructive and humble attitude, focusing on process improvements rather than attributing blame.
• Celebrate team accomplishments, recognizing that success is a collaborative effort.
• Support team members by actively contributing to problem-solving efforts and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrate a commitment to learning by "going and seeing" problems in other areas and understanding process failures through firsthand observation.

• Associates degree or certification in architectural drafting or related field of study.
• Proficiency in basic AutoCAD 2D skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in drafting and layout creation.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills to meet project deadlines.
• Collaborative mindset with effective communication and teamwork abilities.
• Demonstrates willingness to learn, adapt, and embrace continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to interpret and apply building codes and ADA compliance requirements.
• Proactive problem-solving skills with a focus on root cause analysis and resolution.
• Effective listener and open to receiving constructive criticism.
• Advanced Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, and their applications to engineering processes.

Founded in 1907, Irwin Seating is a fourth-generation, family-owned company with locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Altamont, Illinois. We bring people together to…