Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technician

MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co.; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited in Parys, Free State, South Africa, invites applications for a Drafting Technician. This entry-level role supports the Engineering department, updates drawings, and converts sketches into precise digital formats using SolidWorks and DraftSight.

You will collaborate with engineers, learn company drafting standards, and help maintain documentation, with a focus on accuracy and timely delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Entry-level CAD Technician role supporting engineering documentation priorities.
• Proficient with CAD software and able to convert sketches into precise digital drawings.
• Ensure drawings conform to company standards.
• Assist in creating Service Bulletins and Maintenance Bulletins.
• Organize and archive CAD files and project docs.
• Collaborate with engineering and other departments professionally.

Responsibilities

• Complete drawing updates for parts books using DraftSight and SolidWorks with ECN adherence.
• Update existing drawings and models from after-market kit details.
• Assist senior designers with engineering changes for as-built updates.
• Convert rough sketches into precise digital representations.
• Review drawings for standard conformity and quality.
• Support PSB and MB creation clearly and effectively.
• Organize and archive CAD files and project documentation.
• Communicate professionally with co-workers and other departments.
• Develop and maintain CAD procedures.

Skills

Technical drawing

Precision

Attention to detail

Communication

Time management

Critical thinking

SolidWorks

DraftSight

MS Office

Education

CAD Technician diploma or degree

Tools

SolidWorks

DraftSight

MS Office

Job description

POSTION TITLE: Drafting Technician
LOCATION: Parys, Free State, South Africa

MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited is looking for aDrafting Technicianto join our team at our Parys, Free State, South Africa facility. We are seeking an ambitious and progressive candidate to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. If you are looking to be challenged, valued, and rewarded with a competitive compensation package in a dynamic work environment, this position is for you!

About the Position: The CAD Technician position is an entry level position within the Customer Service Support Engineering Department. The purpose of this position is to complete basic tasks and projects to support Department documentation priorities. The position involves both individual and team-oriented assignments.This position will also require proficiency with any of the following competencies:

• Complete drawing updates for parts books using DraftSight and SolidWorks with adherence to proper engineering change notice (ECN) processes.
• Updating existing drawings and models based on after-market kit installation details and feedback.
• Assist more senior designers with engineering changes related to “as built” updates made during kit installations.
• Converting rough sketches and verbal instructions into precise digital representations.
• Reviewing drawings to ensure they conform to drawing standards.
• Support the creation of Product Service Bulletins (PSB) and Maintenance Bulletins (MB) in a clear and effective manner.
• Organizing and archiving CAD files, project documentation.
• CAD Technician is expected to work in harmony within the Engineering department and the other departments. This requires the technician to communicate in a productive and professional manner with co-workers, recognizing possible problems and approaching a fellow designer to make recommendations is encouraged but requires both parties to engage in that discussion in a professional manner.
• Assisting in the development and maintenance of CAD procedures.

About You: The successful candidate(s) must be willing to learn, open-minded and flexible, organized and detail oriented, team oriented, disciplined, and must have a positive attitude, along with any one of the following qualifications:

• CAD Technician diploma or degree from a recognized post-secondary institution
• Strong understanding of technical drawing principles
• Precision and accuracy in creating detailed drawings, plans, and/or schematics
• Attention to detail in identifying errors or inconsistencies
• Communication Skills
• Time Management
• Critical Thinking
• 0-3 years of experience in design and/or manufacturing of heavy equipment
• Able to use Solidworks and DraftSight for simple mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulic designs
• Computer literate in MS Office software (Word, Excel, Project)
• Capable of writing technical documents in a clear and effective manner
• Understanding basic manufacturing processes

About Us:

The MacLean Way

MacLean Engineering has been a leading innovator of underground mining equipment solutions for over 50 years. As we continue to expand our product range and geographic footprint, we remain privately owned and consistently focused on the Company founder’s original engineered design imperatives – safety, productivity and enduring quality

Equipping the mining world with innovative mobile equipment solutions is what we do at MacLean, but more importantly is the why. We aspire to be best-in-class leaders in the design, manufacturing, and support of engineered solutions that make mining safer, greener, and more productive.

This brand promise is inextricably linked to our people.

We are a global, family-owned company where we treat each other, our customers, and our host communities as if they were family. This is our competitive differentiator across the board when it comes to employee development, customer relationships, and business results.

Our production facilities and branch footprint on four continents and market reach into six continents is in keeping with the scope of our ambition to develop paradigm-changing, tech-enabled mining vehicles the world over. This transformative vision requires a wide range of talent working together across the company’s manufacturing, engineering, product management, marketing, sales, aftermarket support, finance, and human resource functions.

We are building a diverse, top-performing employee base by hiring entrepreneurial, creative, hardworking, ethical, and safety focused candidates who want to make a lasting difference and build a career doing it.

If this sounds like you, dive in and join the MacLean innovation wave!

We thank all applicants in advance for their application and interest in MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co Limited. However only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted