Drafter (Entry-Level)

Description

• Support the department’s digital standardization initiative by:
• Work closely and collaboratively with Engineers, Designers, Drafters, and other technical staff within the Digital Design department to ensure drawings meet project requirements and initiative milestones.
• Support other Digital Design tasks, as assigned, to ensure client satisfaction and departmental success.
• Review your own work in detail for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with client-specific and MSB Digital Design standards before submitting for review.
• Incorporate feedback from the Digital Design Manager and project team members to continuously improve drawing quality and alignment with department initiatives.
• Other duties may be assigned, as needed, to support the Digital Design department, its strategic initiatives, and overall company goals.
• Updating existing drawings to reflect approved layer, text, and block standards.
• Assist in documenting and following Digital Design workflows, checklists, and naming conventions that support consistent project delivery.
• Produce clear, accurate CAD drawings from sketches, photos, scanned images, redlined drawings, and other reference documents using AutoCAD, following client standards or MSB Digital Design standards.
• Help track and prioritize drawing updates assigned as part of the department’s digital modernization initiative.
• Converting legacy drawings to current Digital Design templates and standards.
• Assisting with the build-out and maintenance of our standardized CAD block and detail libraries.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.

Requirements

• Ability to apply common sense of understanding to carry out detailed, but straightforward, written or oral instructions.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and the ability to create, modify, and organize drawings using layers, blocks, layouts, and basic annotation tools.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Aptitude to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• 1–2 years of related drafting experience and/or training using AutoCAD in a professional or internship setting, required.
• Capacity to efficiently present information in one-on-one and small group settings to other employees of the organization.
• Associate degree from a two-year college or technical school in Drafting, Design Technology, or a related field, required.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams) for daily communication, tracking assignments, and coordinating with the broader project team.
• Experience working with drawing standards, templates, or libraries is preferred, especially in support of departmental or company-wide initiatives.
• Effective communication skills to write simple correspondence.
• Capability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Capacity to follow established Digital Design procedures and standards while recognizing when to ask questions or escalate issues.
• Willingness to learn and use the Unanet ERP system (or similar project/accounting platforms) for time entry, basic project information, and other department workflows.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Ability to read and interpret simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, and documents such as safety rules and policies manuals.

Benefits

• Vacation & Time Off. Paid Vacation. Paid Holidays, Bereavement Leave.
• Perks & Discounts. Employee Assistance Program, Lunch & Learns.
• Financial & Retirement. 401(k) Plan, Performance Bonus.
• Professional Support. Job Training, Professional Development, Tuition Assistance.
• Insurance, Health, Wellness. Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Life Insurance, Supplemental Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance and Pet Insurance.
• Family & Parenting. Flexible Hours, Family Medical Leave.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance