Architectural Metals CAD Technician

MDS Staffing; Burnsville (MN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MDS Staffing in Burnsville, MN seeks an architectural/structural detailer to interpret contract drawings and modify them as directed. The role involves drawing elevations, plans, and sections, and ensuring accuracy before submission to team leadership.

Precision and adherence to project timelines are essential. Responsibilities include marking discrepancies, updating drawings, and ensuring seal lines and system integrity across dead-load and wind-load considerations.

Responsibilities

• Interpret architectural/structural intent from contract documents
• Understand how to handle discrepancies in contract documents
• Modify drawings as red-marked by another team member
• Know the budgeted time per sheet or per detail and keep track of own progress
• Check own plot of drawings before giving them to the Team Leader or Project Manager and mark in red anything that is in question
• Give Team Leader updated drawings as they are done or revised
• Draw elevations, plans and sections as directed by the Team Leader
• Draw details as directed by the Team Leader
• Dependable for accuracy and precision
• Able to draw using good presentation practices
• Able to follow basic seal lines and ensure system air/water integrity
• Able to understand deadload/windload connections
• Understand system movements due to thermal, live-load and dead-load
• Learning detail build‑ability and effects to customer costs
• Read and understand shop drawings in order to draw fabrication drawings
• Draw fabrication drawings as directed by the Team Leader
• Input final tags on elevations while drawing individual fabrication drawings
• All other tasks as assigned or as apparent

Job description

• Interpret architectural/structural intent from contract documents
• Understand how to handle discrepancies in contract documents
• Modify drawings as red-marked by another team member
• Know the budgeted time per sheet or per detail and keep track of own progress
• Check own plot of drawings before giving them to the Team Leader or Project Manager and mark in red anything that is in question
• Give Team Leader updated drawings as they are done or revised
• Draw elevations, plans and sections as directed by the Team Leader
• Draw details as directed by the Team Leader
• Dependable for accuracy and precision
• Able to draw using good presentation practices
• Able to follow basic seal lines and ensure system air/water integrity
• Able to understand deadload/windload connections
• Understand system movements due to thermal, live-load and dead-load
• Learning detail build‑ability and effects to customer costs
• Read and understand shop drawings in order to draw fabrication drawings
• Draw fabrication drawings as directed by the Team Leader
• Input final tags on elevations while drawing individual fabrication drawings
• All other tasks as assigned or as apparent