Draughtsman

Staffing Innovations Limited; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffing Innovations Limited in Norwich is seeking a skilled Draughtsman Design Engineer with SolidWorks to manage and maintain the CAD environment, supporting engineers and IT to enhance processes. The role includes designing parts, generating exploded views and floor plans, updating CAD records and building a standard assemblies library.

You will collaborate with the design team, rework legacy CAD data to current standards and contribute to manuals and documentation for our machinery.

Qualifications

• SolidWorks experience and CAD expertise.
• Ability to read and create technical drawings.
• Experience with design and documentation processes.
• Willing to visit site as required.
• Basic computer skills (Excel/Word/Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Design or collate machine parts/assemblies as instructed.
• Reuse designs where possible rather than redesigning.
• Take ownership from cradle to grave for tasks and projects.
• Keep design records up to date and compliant.
• Rework legacy CAD data to current company standards.
• Produce exploded drawings of machines and assemblies.
• Assist with maintenance and user manuals for machinery.
• Maintain CAD library of floor plans to aid the sales process.
• Collaborate with design team and participate in design reviews.

Skills

Detailing

Exploded views

Floor plans

Reading drawings

Engineering principles

Education

GCSEs including Maths and English

CAD/C&G Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Draughtsman

Norwich

£30,000 to £35,000 per annum

Staffing Innovations are working with a super star of an employer specialising in engineering and manufacturing in Norwich.

We are seeking a skilled Draughtsman Design Engineer with Solidworks to manage and maintain the SolidWorks environment, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and user support. The successful candidate will play a critical role in managing CAD systems, providing user support, and collaborating with engineering and IT teams to enhance the clients processes, develop and maintain existing CAD data, build CAD libraries of standard assemblies and generate CAD documentation such as explodes and floorplans.

• Design or collate machine parts/assemblies as instructed
• Be compliant and understand that not all needs to be redesigned. Reuse instead of redesign
• Take full responsibility for tasks and projects from cradle to grave
• Ensure design and project records are kept up to date
• Rework Legacy CAD data to latest company standards
• Comprehensive SolidWorks knowledge and a passion for CAD
• Detailing of Drawings from models as required by design team
• Produce exploded drawings of machine and assemblies
• Assist with information for maintenance and user manuals for the company machinery
• Maintain library of basic floor plans and layout to facilitate the sales process
• A team player with high attention to detail, striving for perfection
• Positive Interaction with design team and the company design review process

The successful Draughtsman Design Engineer will have the following attributes:

• Assisting qualified design engineers whilst building and developing your own skills and knowledge
• Assisting qualified design engineers whilst building and developing your own skills and knowledge
• Produce functional specifications as supporting data for electrical and control design activities
• Knowledge of engineering principles and the ability to read and create technical drawings.
• Understanding of CNC machining, desired but not essential.
• Understanding of sheet metal manufacturing, desired but not essential
• Basic knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook as well as basic computer skills.
• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s A* to C including Math’s and English
• Minimum level 3 qualification in CAD C&G or equivalent.
• Site visits as required to fill the design function

If you are seeking a new challenge and love working in a friendly and positive environment, then this could be the role for you.