Cad Technician

**CAD Technician**

**Salary Guide: £25,000 - £35,000 pa**

**Location: Office based in Earls Colne, Colchester area - Own transport required due to location**

**Flexible Hours - Early finish on Fridays**

A CAD Technician is required to join an established industry leader in specialised vehicle solutions.

The CAD Technician role requires someone to work closely with internal departments and transfer information from the sales documents and produce technical drawings for both internal and external suppliers.

**CAD Technician - Key Roles and Duties**:

- create high-quality detailed technical drawings and plans based on designs supplied by Sales and Engineering departments and also make modifications to existing drawings
- use a 2D and 3D CAD software programmes, mainly SolidWorks to create designs models
- liaise with customers and engineers to understand their design requirements and provide technical advice to manufacturing and construction technicians
- provide accurate, detailed and to scale drawings
- ensure drawings are compliant with industry and health and safety standards and protocols
- present working drawings for use in all stages of the project, tender, manufacture/construction and conversion
- produce installation and manufacturing documentation
- maintain accurate records.

**Key Competences Required**:

- Knowledge of engineering principles and ability to create and read technical drawings
- IT skills and experience using computer-aided design software such as AutoCAD and SolidWorks
- The ability to transfer, display and manipulate your work using Microsoft Office and other programmes
- Attention to detail to create accurate and detailed drawings
- Communication skills and relationship building to work with clients and other engineers to understand and interpret their designs
- Organisation and time management to complete work to project deadlines
- A flexible approach to decision making, to make changes to drawings at short notice
- Mathematical skills to complete calculations and estimates
- Spatial and design skills to be able to visualise projects in 2D and 3D
- Problem solving, creativity and innovation in order to come up with solutions to design problems

**Qualifications / Experience**:
Essential:

- Engineering qualification or significant experience in relevant discipline

Desirable:

- Experience in an automotive role / vehicle conversions
- Experience working with sheet metal/fabrication

Salary Guide: £25,000 - £35,000 pa

Flexible Hours: Mon-Thur - 7am to 4pm, Fri: 7am to 1pm OR Mon
- Thur - 8am 5pm, Fri: 7am to 2pm

40 hour working week

Location: In the Earls Colne, Colchester area - Own transport required due to location