CAD Drafter

About the Role

As a CAD Drafter at nVent Management Company you will play a crucial role in creating and implementing innovative electrical solutions. You will collaborate with a diverse team and contribute to projects that prioritize safety and efficiency, testing your ambition and skills each day. You will translate customer specifications, drawings, and sales quotes into comprehensive structural and mechanical drawing packages, including floor plans, sections, elevations, part drawings, and anchor or lifting layouts. These drawings support the design and installation of electrical systems across a variety of projects. Working closely with the project engineer, you will ensure all required documentation is complete, prepare requests for information when needed, and revise drawings to meet code requirements and internal standards. Coordination across departments helps improve quality, reduce errors, and increase overall efficiency. Your technical tasks will include providing dimensioned locations for cable trays, lighting, grounding, and other equipment, developing attachment method details, and creating detailed drawings for rack‑mounted plates, bend and weld specifications, and sheet‑metal flat patterns used in prefabricated buildings and control panels. You will also modify wire diagrams as directed. • Develop detailed structural and mechanical drawing packages from customer specifications, including floor plans, sections, elevations, part drawings, and anchor/lifting layouts. • Collaborate with project engineers to ensure complete documentation, request information as needed, and revise drawings to meet code and internal standards. • Provide dimensioned locations for cable trays, lighting, grounding, and other electrical equipment, and develop attachment method details. • Create detailed rack‑mounted plate drawings, bend and weld specifications, and sheet‑metal flat patterns for prefabricated buildings and panels. • Modify wire diagrams as directed and engage cross‑functional teams to improve quality, reduce errors, and enhance efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸structural drawings
• ▸mechanical drawings
• ▸cable layouts
• ▸rack plates
• ▸wire diagrams
• ▸cad drafting

What You Bring

The role requires at least a high school diploma or G.E.D. and three years of drafting experience, with a preference for familiarity with fastening, sheet‑metal techniques, and AWS welding symbols. Proficiency in SolidWorks or AutoCAD, strong attention to detail, and excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. • Require high school diploma/GED, three years of drafting experience, and proficiency in SolidWorks or AutoCAD; knowledge of fastening, sheet‑metal techniques, and AWS welding symbols. • Demonstrate strong attention to detail, effective written and verbal communication, and ability to build relationships across functional areas.

Requirements

• ▸high school
• ▸3 years
• ▸solidworks
• ▸autocad
• ▸sheet‑metal
• ▸communication

Benefits

Our culture is shaped by core values that emphasize innovation, integrity, customer focus, teamwork, optimism, and accountability. We are dedicated to strengthening the communities where our employees live and work, and we support philanthropic efforts through our nVent in Action matching program. Compensation ranges from $17.20 to $31.90 per hour, with eligibility for additional incentives, and we provide a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, volunteer time, and wellness programs. • Offer compensation of $17.20‑$31.90 per hour plus potential incentives, with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, ESPP, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, volunteer time, and wellness programs.

Work Environment

Office Full-Time