McWane Ductile Ohio - Poles CAD/Drawing Technician

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Physical and Work Demands: The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands, fingers, handle, or feel and talk or hear.  The employee is usually required to sit.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and peripheral vision. The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.,

Summary: Creates Excel spreadsheet/drawings used for pole production based on schematic drawings provided by the customer. Communicate with customers to understand pole and other technical requirements. Coordinates with the production department to identify and resolve conflicts related to customer drawings and specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include those listed below.  Other duties may be assigned.  This position is a full-time (minimum 40 hours per week) on-site position. 

• Reviews customer drawings and determines hole, hardware, and coating details.
• Reviews customer specifications to identify information that needs to be included in McWane approval/production drawing.
• Creates Excel “drawings” for each customer drawing, ensuring correctness and completeness of details (hole size, location, class, amount of embedment coating, structure number, etc.).
• Creates AutoCAD drawings
• Communicate with customers to gain clarity on ambiguity in customer drawings.
• Works closely with production to understand conflicts with customer drawings and production capabilities (location of hole relative to joint, hole size, etc.).
• Communicates with customers to explain McWane production limitations (hole sizes, hole locations relative to joint, etc.) and gains resolution to issues that work for both parties.
• Imports drawing details and truckloads into Enterprise software, a program used to manufacture poles
• Determines best way to bundle mixed truckloads. Works with production to resolve truckload bundling conflicts.
• Prioritizes multiple drawing jobs based on due dates.
• Keeps customer and company files organized and up to date.

• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement.
• Fosters positive work relationships.
• Comply with all housekeeping, safety, environmental and plant rules, policies and procedures.
• Generates CNC part programs to drill poles

Supervisory Responsibilities:   This job has no supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative, but not all inclusive, of the knowledge, skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED), formal education in drafting or AutoCAD, work experience reading and applying engineering or architectural drawings; OR a combination of related education and/or experience. Associates/bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Computer Skills: Computer literate; proficient with Microsoft Windows, MS Office programs and applications for word processing, email, database management spreadsheets. Proficient with AutoCAD and excel.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as solid geometry and trigonometry.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None

The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl, and taste or smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. T While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions and extreme heat or cold. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is frequently very loud.

Physical Demands

• Your work time is spent primarily in an office while standing or sitting at a desk for long periods of time. Walking throughout the facility as needed.
• Lifting (up to 50 lbs.)
• Requires close/color/depth/peripheral vision and focus adjustment

Work Environment

• Occasional exposure to fumes and weather
• Moderate noise level

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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