Senior CAD Practitioner

SUMMARY:
Our client, a large concern in the automotive manufacturing environment, currently seeks a Senior CAD Practitioner, to use CAD to view/draw products, tooling, equipment, fixtures and plant layouts in order to produce products that meet customer requirements and specifications.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Matric.
• National Diploma in Industrial Engineering/National Certificate: General Draughting or related.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar role.

Key Performance Areas:

• Project initiation - analyse drawings and specifications for tooling and costing requirements.
• Project planning - collate all project information (drawings, specifications, data, special instructions, etc.).
• Project management - work as a Project Team member to identify, suggest and implement corrective actions to improve quality of project work.

Design and Drawing:

• Plan and determine drawing requirements to produce engineering drawings.
• Use CAD computer programmes as a design tool to produce detailed engineering drawings to specifications.
• Maintain and update the drawing register (level control, customer drawings, manufacturers drawings, etc.).
• Maintain and update the specification register (level control, ISO, TL, etc.).
• Monitor and control the issue and receipt of drawings / specifications.
• Maintain CAD files for part drawings.
• Maintain CAD secure storage & transfer through customer portals.
• Document & distribute CAD revision changes to the Commercial and Plant teams.
• Create & maintain drawing register in line with IATF requirements (SharePoint).
• Create and maintain part drawings (FG and components) in a central database (SharePoint).
• Maintain a CAD authorization register (SharePoint).
• Ensure all CAD software licenses are kept up to date, ensure licenses are renewed. Maintain some (floating license) for various CAD viewers.
• Do basic feasibility checks on CAD (under cuts, 0mm compression).
• Build base documents for costing. Liaise with the Commercial teams for measurements and assist with quotations.
• Send CAD to toolmakers and other suppliers.
• Any other tasks that the plant teams may require from time to time.
• Assist with CAD CAM work for offline programming and file conversions.
• Cycle time and cutting path analysis on existing programs and suggest and implement improvements.
• Maintain CAD contracts with OEM''s.
• Participate in CAD discussion meetings to support if needed.
• Propose and set the standard CAD platform (Catia, NX Server, AutoDesk Fusion 360).   

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