Senior CAD Detailing Lead — SolidWorks Transition

Mid State Machine; Van Wert (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid-State Machine in Van Wert, OH is seeking a Shop Detailing and Drawing Manager to lead the Ohio Division's detailing team, ensuring complete, accurate fabrication drawings and timely release for production. This hands-on CAD leadership role will drive the transition from Autodesk Inventor to SolidWorks and coordinate with Lakeland Engineering.

An engineering degree is not required; formal CAD education and extensive fabrication-detailing experience, drawing QC, and strong leadership are

Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience producing detailed mechanical, structural, plate, piping, equipment, or other industrial fabrication drawings.
• Demonstrated experience checking, commenting on, approving, and releasing drawings for fabrication or construction use.
• Meaningful fabrication-shop exposure and practical understanding of fit-up, welding, forming, cutting, machining, assembly, material handling, and inspection.
• Previous supervisory, lead-detailer, drawing-checker, or CAD-coordinator experience in a job-shop or heavy-industrial environment preferred.
• Experience planning or supporting a CAD-platform transition, particularly from Autodesk Inventor to SolidWorks, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Ohio detailing workload, including project intake, priorities, assignments, schedules, field verifications, backlog, staffing needs, and delivery commitments.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching, and support to detailers and other CAD users while establishing expectations for drawing quality, productivity, revision control, file organization, and responsiveness to the fabrication shop.
• Create, revise, and oversee the development of accurate 2D drawings and 3D models for heavy-industrial fabrication, repair, machining, assembly, and installation work.
• Convert customer drawings, specifications, sketches, field measurements, scan/model data, and project direction into complete, constructible, shop-ready deliverables.
• Ensure drawings accurately communicate dimensions, materials, component sizes, weld symbols, tolerances, fit-up requirements, interfaces, bills of material, revision status, and other information required for fabrication and installation.
• Perform and coordinate drawing QC and approval activities, including verification of dimensional consistency, materials, quantities, model-to-drawing agreement, weld information, constructability, revisions, and compliance with approved source information.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project coordination

Detailing supervision

Quality assurance

Education

Formal CAD/drafting/mechanical design education

Certificate/diploma/associate degree acceptable

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering preferred

Autodesk/SolidWorks certification preferred

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

SolidWorks

Job description

Mid-State Machine in Van Wert, OH is seeking a Shop Detailing and Drawing Manager to lead the Ohio Division's detailing team, ensuring complete, accurate fabrication drawings and timely release for production. This hands-on CAD leadership role will drive the transition from Autodesk Inventor to SolidWorks and coordinate with Lakeland Engineering.

An engineering degree is not required; formal CAD education and extensive fabrication-detailing experience, drawing QC, and strong leadership are