Advanced Drafting & Mapping Specialist

City of Santa Fe Springs; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

OPERS retirement

Paid time off

Comprehensive health plan

Job summary

City of Akron is seeking a full-time drafter to support planning, engineering and architectural work. You will prepare detailed drawings from field notes, measurements and verbal instructions, update maps and compute earthwork and topography.

Responsibilities include checking profiles, preparing survey plats, and interpreting records. A high school diploma and two years drafting experience are required; an associate degree may substitute for experience.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited high school or GED; 2 years drafting experience required.
• An associate degree in drafting technology may substitute for the required experience.
• Knowledge of drafting methods, tools, and techniques.
• Knowledge of mathematics and construction detailing as they pertain to drafting.
• Knowledge of construction methods and land use dimensioning.
• Skill in calculating distances, angles, areas, bearings, grades, and curves.
• Skill in reading and interpreting engineering/architectural drawings.
• Skill in preparing drawings from notes, sketches, and verbal instructions.
• Ability to use computer aids in drafting work.

Responsibilities

• Prepares detailed engineering, architectural, or landscape drawings from field notes, design computations, and verbal instructions.
• Prepares land use maps and topography plats using tax maps, underground records, and aerial photographs.
• Updates and maintains maps, drawings, underground sheets, and record sheets.
• Performs revisions on engineering and architectural layouts.
• Checks profile grades and computes earthwork.
• Investigates land records to determine ownership, easements, and front footage.
• Makes field observations and measurements.
• Performs related work as required.

Skills

Drafting knowledge

Mathematics

Reading drawings

Verbal instructions

Computer-aided drafting

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree in drafting technology

Job description

City of Akron is seeking a full-time drafter to support planning, engineering and architectural work. You will prepare detailed drawings from field notes, measurements and verbal instructions, update maps and compute earthwork and topography.

Responsibilities include checking profiles, preparing survey plats, and interpreting records. A high school diploma and two years drafting experience are required; an associate degree may substitute for experience.