Drafter

Champion Home Builders, Inc.; Leesville (LA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan with company match

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Medical insurance

Rx coverage

Dental, vision, and life insurance

Job summary

Champion Home Builders, Inc. seeks a Drafter to join our Leesville, LA team. You will create model drawings and detailed construction drawings for homes, using CAD software to support designs from Sales and customers.

The role requires familiarity with US building codes and collaboration with Production and Quality Control. We offer a 401k with company match, paid vacation and holidays, medical, Rx, dental, vision, and life insurance.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or technical training including AutoCAD.
• 2–5 years of hands-on AutoCAD experience.
• Equivalency of education and training accepted.

Responsibilities

• Creates designs from rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and customer data.
• Drafts detailed construction drawings for walls, roofs, floors, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, and foundations.
• Uses CAD software to generate clear, install-ready drawings.
• Submits drawings to sales and third-party agencies as required.
• Ensures compliance with commercial and residential building codes in the US.

Education

Associate degree in CAD / drafting

2–5 years AutoCAD experience

Tools

AutoCAD 2015+

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Work in a place where your team values YOU.

Champion Home Builders, Inc. wants YOU! We are seeking to hire a Drafter to join our team in Leesville, LA region.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• 401k plan with company match
• paid vacation
• paid holidays
• medical
• Rx
• Dental, vision, and life insurance.

WHO IS CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC.?

For decades, Champion has served as a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest mobile and modular home builders in North America. Champion offers many factory-built solutions, from single-family and multi‑family homes to commercial and government buildings. Our manufactured homes, modular homes, mobile homes, park models, and commercial modular buildings can be found throughout the United States and western Canada.

Throughout the organization, we act with integrity and respect. We take pride in our craftsmanship and build strong relationships with our customers, suppliers, and our employees. We know that we would not be successful without our team. In return for hard work and dedication, our goal is to provide a safe, productive, and enjoyable workplace for every employee.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary:

Exercises discretion and judgment, creates model drawings and detailed construction drawings for homes. Performs calculations and analysis to support designs by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creates designs from rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data received from Sales and customers.
• Drafts detailed construction drawings and installations such as walls, roofs, floors, plumbing, water, electrical, cabinets, gas lines, duct prints, foundations elevations, etc.
• Uses computer assisted design (CAD) equipment and software to create detail drawings.
• Drafts detailed construction drawings of houses and installations such as walls, roofs, floors, plumbing, potable water, electrical, cabinets, gas lines, duct prints, pier blocking, elevations, etc.
• Drafts limited approvals and submits to sales and third-party agencies.
• Must be familiar with commercial & residential building codes in the US.
• Confers with Production and Quality Control staff to resolve design details or problems.
• Lays out, redesigns, and modifies home arrangement, and interconnections components and systems.
• Utilizes knowledge of various machines, engineering practices, mathematics, building materials, and other physical sciences to complete drawings.
• Shows dimensions, material to be used, and other information necessary to make detailed drawing clear and complete.
• Generates calculations for analysis of selected designs using approved software.
• Submits drawings to third party agencies for approval.Other duties may be assigned.
• Must be familiar with commercial & residential building codes in the US.

Education and/or Experience:

Associates degree from a two-year college or technical school which includes advance training in AutoCAD or two to five years' work experience using the AutoCAD software; or equivalent combination of education and training.

Qualifications:

• AutoCAD software experience using 2015 or higher
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Team Player
• Quick Learner

EEO Statement

Champion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program.