Cad Technician

Enterprise Recruitment Ltd; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Recruitment Ltd is partnering with an award-winning engineering manufacturer in Lancashire to hire a CAD Technician. With 3+ years in CAD, document control or technical illustration, you will help translate markups into 3D models and support lifecycle data.

Reporting to the Mechanical Engineering Lead, you will manage engineering markup integration, data revisions, BOM maintenance and ECN/ECO processing, ensuring drafting standards and accurate manuals and data sheets.

Qualifications

• 3 years+ experience as a CAD technician, document controller or technical illustrator within a manufacturing and engineering environment.
• Proficient with SolidWorks, data management systems, technical writing and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Engineering markup integration
• Data and revision management
• BOM maintenance
• Technical documentation support
• ECN/ECO processing
• Drafting standards compliance

Skills

CAD experience

Document control

Technical illustration

SolidWorks

Technical writing

Documentation

Education

Bachelors degree in engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Adobe InDesign

Data management systems

Job description

Do you have experience in CAD, document control or technical illustration? Want to be a part of an award winning and innovative engineering manufacturer? This could be your perfect next step…

We have a rare opportunity to bring on a CAD Technician with a growing client who produces products for the space and defence sectors. Established now for over 30 years; you’d be joining them in a period of growth, looking to embed the next generation of engineering talent amongst their team.

Reporting into the Mechanical Engineering Lead, you’ll be a critical bridge between design engineering and manufacturing, where you’ll translate engineering markups into existing 3D models, help manage project lifecycles and create technical documentation, i.e. manuals and data sheets.

Day-to-day responsibilities

1. Engineering markup integration
2. Data and revision management
3. BOM Maintenance
4. Technical documentation support
5. ECN/ECO Processing
6. Drafting standards compliance

What are we looking for?

• 3 years + experience as a CAD technician, document controller or technical illustrator within a manufacturing and engineering environment
• Proficient with SolidWorks, data management systems, technical writing and documentation

Desirable:

• Bachelors degree in engineering
• Technically proficient with Adobe inDesign and able to read schematics/wiring diagrams
• Industry background: aerospace, defence, satcom, structural steel, heavy precision