Proposal CAD Drafter for Conveyor & Automation

INNOVEYANCE; Mitchell (IN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Innoveyance is seeking a detail-oriented CAD Operator to support the Inside Sales team with clean, accurate proposal drawings and concept layouts for conveyor, material handling, and end-of-line automation projects. This front-end sales support role turns customer sketches and layouts into professional drawings for faster quoting and stronger proposals.

The CAD Operator will work with Inside Sales, Regional Sales Managers, Applications Engineering, and Product/Engineering teams to ensure

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree or technical certificate in drafting, CAD, mechanical design, or manufacturing technology preferred.
• 1–3+ years of CAD drafting experience in industrial equipment, conveyor, manufacturing, automation, or similar technical environment.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD or similar 2D CAD software.
• Ability to read layouts, sketches, customer drawings, basic mechanical drawings, and equipment arrangement plans.
• Strong attention to detail, communication skills, and ability to prioritize deadline-driven requests.

Responsibilities

• Create 2D CAD layouts, equipment arrangement drawings, proposal sketches, and concept drawings for conveyor and material handling systems.
• Convert customer-provided layouts, PDFs, sketches, measurements, and markups into clean sales-ready CAD drawings.
• Revise layouts as scope changes, including conveyor lengths, widths, flow direction, transfers, equipment placement, access points, and customer constraints.
• Prepare clear drawing packages that help customers, salespeople, and internal teams align before formal engineering release.
• Identify missing information needed for accurate quoting (line speed, elevation, load size, pallet size, space, utilities, constraints).
• Maintain organized CAD files, revision history, blocks, templates, and standard reference layouts.

Skills

CAD drafting

AutoCAD

2D CAD

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree or technical certificate in drafting/CAD

Tools

Inventor

SolidWorks

Job description

Innoveyance is seeking a detail-oriented CAD Operator to support the Inside Sales team with clean, accurate proposal drawings and concept layouts for conveyor, material handling, and end-of-line automation projects. This front-end sales support role turns customer sketches and layouts into professional drawings for faster quoting and stronger proposals.

The CAD Operator will work with Inside Sales, Regional Sales Managers, Applications Engineering, and Product/Engineering teams to ensure