Specialty Services Drafter
Role Summary:
Weather Shield, now a part of the Pella Family of Brands, is seeking a Specialty Services Drafter. As a Specialty Services Drafter, you will calculate sizes and create drawings needed for both customers and production. Assist production personnel, Engineers and Inside Sales with product specifications. This is a full-time onsite position at the Medford, WI office. This role can transition to a hybrid position over time.
Job Qualifications and Responsibilities:
- Review orders and quotes for accurate sizing information, adjust sizing in quotes as needed
- Create production and customer drawings using AutoCAD
- Create special grille drawings for glass production
- Calculate specific sizing dimensions for non-current product, based on formulas
- Create templates for customers/manufacturing of specific units
- Work with production staff to fix issues they have with sizing
- Monitor production holds
- Suggest improvements and help implement changes to systems and processes. Test new and updated programs. Participate in project teams
- Correspond via e-mail, Teams and phone with customers, sales staff, internal and production employees when questions arise. Keep other team members informed of new or changing information
- All general office functions – phone, e-mail, equipment, etc. Perform other job-related duties as necessary to fulfill responsibilities of position
Skills/Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Advanced knowledge and skills in operating AutoCAD systems
- High Proficiency in math (Geometry, Trigonometry)
- Ability to read tape measure
- Ability to analyze problems, offer suggestions and question inconsistencies. Must have good reasoning skills and pay strong attention to detail.
- Proficient with Windows tools (Excel, Word, etc.)
- Ability to prioritize and organize work
- Must have a friendly, courteous, helpful and positive attitude
- Weather Shield product knowledge and systems knowledge (AS400, WSOneSource, CQ, CQ Special Drawings) preferred