Drafter - Designer

Socket.dev; Yankton (SD); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Competitive starting wage

Job summary

Wilson Trailer Company is seeking Drafters and Designers to join our Yankton, SD location. You will draft complex trailer layouts using CAD, prepare complete drawings and BOMs, and coordinate with internal staff, customers, and vendors on technical issues.

We emphasize process improvements and personal growth, with training opportunities encouraged and a competitive starting wage tied to experience, along with above-average benefits.

Responsibilities

• Utilize CAD system per drafting standards.
• Prepare complete drawings with layouts, multiple views, detail drawings and assembly drawings; maintain documentation and database changes.
• Establish advance material requirements and bills of material; load bills into product structure as required to meet schedules.
• Compute weights, load capacities, dimensions, quantities of material, etc.
• Interface with internal staff as well as customers and vendors regarding technical issues pertaining to parts, design, usage, specifications, etc.
• Provide guidance to Drafters as needed.
• Check work for accuracy and compatibility with standards.
• Review production orders and correctly identify and order the special parts required; issue VINs.
• Design work generally limited to complex trailer layouts based on standards and practices; expand knowledge of product applications.
• Improve processes and conditions to create a more productive environment by learning and applying advanced CAD capabilities.

Job description

Drafters & Designers!

Wilson Trailer Company is hiring Drafters & Designers for our Yankton, South Dakota Location!

Bring fresh ideas to a close knit team that supports a 200+ person manufacturing plant.

Listen to customer needs and create drawings and bills of material that direct the activities of a modern & diverse factory workforce.

Contribute to process improvements by actively inventing new ways of doing things.

Training for Personal growth opportunities encouraged!

Essential Functions

1. Utilize and apply drafting standards and techniques to Computer Aided Design (CAD) system.
2. Prepare complete sets of drawings which include technical layout, multiple view, detail drawings and assembly drawings. Maintain proper documentation and database changes.
3. Establish advance material requirements and bills of material; load bills into product structure as required to meet schedules.
4. Utilize mathematical formulas to compute weights, load capacities, dimensions, quantities of material, etc.
5. Interface with internal staff as well as customers and vendors regarding technical issues pertaining to parts, design, usage, specifications, etc.
6. Provide guidance to Drafters as needed.
7. Check work for accuracy and compatibility with standards.
8. Review production orders and correctly identifies and orders the special parts required. Issue Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN).
9. Design work generally limited to complex layout of trailers based on standards and established practices; assignments designed to develop increasing knowledge of product applications.
10. Improve processes and conditions to create an environment that is more productive, including learning and applying advanced CAD capabilities.

Wilson Trailer Company offers a competitive starting wage, commensurate with experience, and above average benefits package.

• Post offer/pre-employment drug test required.
• A Background Check will be conducted.
• Wilson Trailer is an equal opportunity employer.