Drafting & Release Manager - Operational Leadership

JOB SUMMARY
Comfab Aluminum is an aluminum and curtain walls supplier specialized in manufacturing stick curtain walls, interior screens, and canopies. Comfab Aluminum is part of the Toro group of companies. Comfab prides itself with a highly skilled team, and great team culture that fosters excellence and continuous skill development.

You are an experienced Drafting Manager/Supervisor that is ready for your next step in a high growth environment. You are passionate about your job, and you take great pride in your work. You enjoy working with your team as well as cross-functional collaboration with other departments. You always take your time to educate and train your team on all technical aspects of building envelope, and you enjoy training, mentoring, and developing tomorrow’s leaders.

You will be working with a team of highly skilled and enthusiastic individuals from varying professional backgrounds including architectural, structural, BIM management. Our team is progressive and is always looking for better workflows and procedures to improve the project delivery process.
We pride ourselves with a culture that is supportive, enabling, and promotes personal growth.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES
Management/Supervision/Leadership (if applicable)
- Your main priority will be team leadership & operations, making sure that all team members are getting the support that they need - be that technical and even more important non-technical - to perform at an optimal capacity, and to operate in a framework that helps them excel and develop into tomorrow's leaders.
- You will be accountable for successful project delivery of +25 projects/year in different stages, from pre-drafting coordination and planning to client submissions & approvals, material take-offs, material procurement, fabrication drawings and site support during installation. Your role will be focused on team leadership, scheduling & planning, and operational excellence.
- Team Leadership: Provide 1 on 1 support and motivation to all team members, build team comradery, promote alignment, autonomy, and transparency.
- Performance Management: Continuously monitor team performance as well as individual members, investigate root cause whenever performance is lacking, and develop a performance improvement plan when needed.
- Hiring: Responsible for interviewing and hiring new team members whenever required by capacity planning.
- Development Plans: Responsible for exploring career trajectory with all team members, to ensure alignment of their tasks and career goals, and track trajectory progress.

Technical/Function (if applicable)
Technical Reviews
- Review project documents through different phases including shop drawing internal reviews, returned submission drawings, material take-offs, fabrication drawings.
- Provide design assistance to all team members whenever required for non-typical details.
- Review typical detail libraries and ensure they adhere to design and standards.

Scheduling
- Provide a short-term summary of team weekly tasks and ensure clarity on team deliverables.
- Provide weekly department schedule updates, including ongoing project progress tracking and any pending tasks and their dependencies.
- Track project performance including KPIs such as baseline vs. actual project hours and project milestone dates.

Process Development and Documentation
- Continuously evaluate current processes and identify bottlenecks and address them by revising the process after collaborating with internal stakeholders affected.
- Prioritize process documentation and generating SOPs (standard operating procedures) to ensure visibility and alignment of team procedures and standards.

Collaboration
- Participate & lead meetings with internal teams as well as with other internal stakeholders.
- Act as liaison between drafting & release departments and internal consultants such as engineering, BE, PMs and site whenever required.Health and Safety (mandatory)
- Participates in the safety culture as the company number 1 priority.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or similar field.

EXPERIENCE
- Team leader focused on promoting a team culture of respect, collaboration, transparency, innovation, result driven performance and accountability.
- 3+ years in a drafting leadership position, focused on Curtain Wall or Window Wall drafting.
- 5+ years of experience in drafting, Strong 2D AutoCAD skills.
- 1-2 years of experience in Revit is a strong asset.
- Experience in scheduling (MS Project) is a strong asset.

SKILLS
- Ability to multi-task, manage multiple projects and meet project deadlines.
- Detail oriented with high quality standards and work ownership.
- Effective communicator verbally and in written form
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
- Strong Technical skills
- Detail oriented
- Team player and mentor

DEMONSTRATE COMPANY VALUES
- Do what you