CAD Drafting Manager

CAD Drafting Manager

PLEASE NOTE ONLY CANDIDATES WITHIN THE GREATER CALGARY AREA WILL BE CONSIDERD.

AIS Integral is joint venture between Advanced Energy Solutions Ltd. (UK) and Integral Energy Services (Canada). AIS is a global leader & supplier of various ContraFlex Insulation soft covers (jackets/blankets).

AIS Integral facility is located in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada and produces our ContraFlex brand of thermal/ heat conservation, acoustic, winterization and certified fireproof soft covers (PFP). With the AIS Integral local facility, it further allows a greater level of service to our clientele to offer a full turnkey service including surveys, design, manufacture, and installation.

Removable insulation covers provide and prevent equipment & environmental damage and safety mitigation (overall plant & operators). This is achieved by putting together a system of insulation material, high temperature fabric, fire resistant materials, weather resistant fabric and fasteners. The insulation material provides the thermal insulation, the fabrics encapsulate the insulation material, and the fasteners hold the full system in place on equipment, piping and valves.

AIS Integral is seeking a responsible CAD Drafter to create drawings for the manufacturing process and sometimes client approval. The items to draft would be insulation soft covers for: valves, flanges, actuators, spools, mechanical equipment (turbines, pumps, tanks, vessels), instruments, junction boxes, structural steel.

The CAD Drafter is responsibilities include working closely with AIS Integral design team (CAD) to prepare comprehensive manufacturing drawings to proceed the soft covers into production. To succeed in this role, you should have excellent time management and communication skills, as you'll collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver results on deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provides lead CAD and drafting support for new and existing products as well as support manufacturing process when needed.
• Provide prototype to full production for engineering drawings and specifications including design layouts, component and assembly drawings, and final production specifications.
• Maintain engineering drawing databases and support the engineering change process by updating existing and creating new documentation.
• Creating new and updating existing CAD drawings in AutoCAD (2D) *current* and possibly Solidworks (3D) *future*.
• Participate as a member of the project/production team and interact with interdisciplinary teams in various projects to help develop and document new products, line extensions, or product feature enhancements.
• Perform component and assembly drawing layouts.
• Ensure documentation standards are met for all new and existing products prior to manufacturing process.
• Support the engineering change process support function. Track and act on engineering drawing and specification change requests in a timely manner.
• Maintain product drawings through the use of AutoCAD.
• Initiate engineering change orders and manage the implementation of revised documents through to release in the document control system.
• Provide detailing and drawing expertise to product management and external vendors.

Requirements and skills

• Diploma in technical drafting or drafting certifications a minimum.
• 5-15 years experience in a drafting, preferably in a mechanical or structural drafting.
• Experience working with both AutoCAD and Solidworks
• Proven work experience as a CAD drafting manager/lead working with Insulation inside an industrial soft cover manufacturing organization would be an asset.
• Faster learner and openness to learn new technologies.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, hand sketch equipment to be surveyed with detailed measurements.
• Solid communication skills (written & verbal), organizational skills, including multitasking and time-management.
• Strong client-facing and teamwork skills.
• Experience within industrial sector (petrochemical, oil & gas, food processing, manufacturing, mining).
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to travel all over Western Canada for extended periods of time away from home in camp environments.
• Submit to frequent D&A testing due for the requirement to site survey an array of client oil & gas facilities and industrial plants.

· An asset to have tickets & certifications: H2S Alive, CSTS, OSSA, CSO, Confined Space Entry, Fall Protection, Elevated work platform, WHMIS.

· Valid class 5 drivers' licence (drivers abstract required).

Resumes to: -

PLEASE NOTE ONLY CANDIDATES WITHIN THE GREATER CALGARY AREA WILL BE CONSIDERD.

NO RECRUITMENT AGNECIES PLEASE