Autocad Technician

**AutoCAD Technician : Carlisle**

**Salary**: £24,000 - £29,000
MacArthur Recruitment are looking for an experienced engineering **AutoCAD Technician** to work for a successful design, fabrication and engineering company in Carlisle. This is due to an increase in orders. You will work closely with the Projectteam and the end client, as well as suppliers. The products are typically fabricated metal, mechanical structures that incorporate electrical controls and other elements.
The company pride themselves on developing individuals alongside an interesting and challenging project environment where high standards of performance, quality and ethical behaviours are instilled.
**Summary of the role of AutoCAD Technician**:

- To support engineers with the effective designs for specific contracts
- To produce accurate 2D (and 3D) drawings for customer approval and manufacturing
- To produce installation drawings and instruction packs
- To maintain supporting documentation associated with submittals and document control.

**Key responsibilities for the role of AutoCAD Technician**:

- Review contract drawings for any potential anomalies
- Visit construction sites as required to survey
- From clients engineering plans and drawings, produce a General Arrangement drawing, with appropriate connection interface details
- With support of an experienced engineering team, draught arrangements and manufacturing instructions
- Aid the Project Engineers in the co-ordination of designs.
- Liaise with the client’s engineering team/architect to obtain drawing approval
- Liaise with manufacturing and installation to ensure suitability
- Produce and issue detailed fabrication drawings to production
- Produce and issue detailed drawings of machined components for sub-contract manufacture (as applicable).
- Inspect finished products and ensure they are built to specification
- Liaise with and issue installation instructions to installation teams.
- Be innovative and committed to continuous improvement; putting forward ideas and strategies that contribute to the company’s and your success
- Become a fully integrated member of the team supporting our collective aims for company growth and development
- Other tasks as required such as product meetings, specific technical problems, assist with sales proposals, drawing updates, liaise with Production.
- Health and Safety

**Education or qualifications for the role of AutoCAD Technician**:

- Minimum NVQ level 3 in an Engineering discipline;
- or Degree/HNC/HND in an Engineering discipline (Desirable).
- General working knowledge of the engineering industry and designing products into buildings.
- AutoCAD 2D

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation (Desirable)
- Membership of an appropriate trade and/or professional association (Desirable)
- AutoCAD 3D, Solidworks, FEA experience (Desirable).

**Experience and skills required for the role of AutoCAD Technician**:

- Engineering AutoCAD Technician / Draughtsperson in manufacturing
- Able to interpret engineering drawings designs and draught 'General Arrangement drawings’ for approval.
- Ability to work under own initiative to broad agreed guidelines.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across all levels of the organisation as well as externally, with decision makers locally and nationally.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Ability to write clearly, logically, and succinctly and translate complex information for consumption by a variety of audiences.
- Proven oral and written communication skills.
- Willingness to take on and embrace new challenges.

**Desirable**
Project management, practical aspects of installing designed equipment, of dealing with customers, internal and external stakeholder management, commercial awareness.
**Why work for our client as an AutoCAD Technician?**
- Flexible salary - £24,000 to £29,000
- Well-established organisation striving for excellence
- Professional development
- Opportunity to work in 2D and 3D
- 32 days holiday (includes BH), pension, life assurance
- Just over 36 hrs/wk. 8:30 - 16:50 M-T; 8:30 - 16:30 F
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