
Drafting Designer
Westinghouse Electric Company
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Location Type: Office
Location: Ogden • Utah • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $28 - $37 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Prepare engineering documentation that is complete, accurate, and compatible with established standards.
- Incorporate manufacturing and applicable design principles into design with basic guidance from engineers.
- Create complete work packages, while only being provided basic concepts and desired results of equipment.
- Assist engineers in small projects with limited direction.
- Manage and maintain Western Zirconium’s engineering documents in the established document storage working procedure and/or responsibility assigned.
- Provide technical assistance, instructions, and peer checks for lower classified drafters.
- Coordinate work on large projects; provide work load supervision in the absence of immediate supervisor.
- Prepare drawings provided from engineer sketches.
- Incorporate Red-Line marks as provided from engineers.
- Create accurate "As-Built" drawings by gathering information from existing drawings, and equipment, using standard measuring tools.
- Self Check completeness and accuracy of work.
- Maintain drafting requests and drawings in document management system (Enovia).
- Incorporate appropriate detailed manufacturing data into design.
- Incorporate applicable design principles to establish missing information to complete drawings, including basic design calculations with the guidance of an engineer.
- Obtain and incorporate customer input (Maintenance, Operators, etc.) into design.
- Complete design of complex equipment with only being provided basic concept and desired results.
- Check drawings to ensure the release of a quality product in accordance with established standards, including: Revision level, title block and parameters, drawing number, format standards. Notes and bill-of-materials for completeness, clarity and accuracy. All dimensions and tolerances for accuracy, completeness, form, fit and function. Continuity and uniformity between related drawings.
- Return drawings for correction to originating drafter, explain deficiency and corrective action required and ensure appropriate corrections are made.
- Organize and lead User group meetings with like drafters.
- Encourage use of standards. Share knowledge of drafting software. Improve consistency of drawings. Plan training opportunities. Obtain a working knowledge of all job-related software used by plant.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Two (2) years in industrial drafting from a vocational or technical school, specializing in mechanical, civil, electrical or instrumentation
- Additional discipline specific courses teaching advanced design concepts, or have industrial discipline specific experience that utilized advanced design concepts
- Six (6) years of on-the-job drafting/design utilizing Microsoft Office and Autodesk software (AutoCAD / Inventor)
- A working knowledge of engineering practice and application of industry codes/standards in the electrical / chemical / mechanical industries
- Proficient using 2D & 3D Autodesk software or Solid Works 3D
- Use ISA Standards to develop new P&IDs, Field Verified (as-built) P&IDs and loop diagrams.
- With minimal supervision, design mechanical devices using ANSI, ASME, OSHA and other associated Standards
- Size hydraulic and air components such as cylinders, motors, valves, pumps, etc to meet design criteria
- Specify moving components such as bearings, gearboxes, motors etc for load, horsepower, tolerance, duty rating, service factor, with appropriate installation
- Verify drawings to ensure performance, accuracy, and compatibility with established standards
- Estimate and schedule drafting work
Benefits
- Competitive pay as well as benefits to qualifying positions
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
industrial draftingmechanical designcivil designelectrical designinstrumentation design2D Autodesk software3D Autodesk softwareSolid Works 3Ddesign calculationsP&ID development
Soft skills
technical assistancepeer checkswork load supervisionself-checkingorganizationleadershipcommunicationtraining planningcollaborationproblem-solving
Certifications
high school diplomavocational school diplomaANSI certificationASME certificationOSHA certification