Draughtsman

Our Client a well established Engineering Firm in Roodepoort, Johannesburg West Rand is seeking the services of a Draughtsman with 5+ years General Civil Engineering Experience.

Experience: 5+ years General Civil Engineering Experience Required

Qualifications :

• Certified AutoCAD Operator, or 
• National Certificate: Multi-disciplinary Drawing Office Practice or,
• National Diploma in Engineering.

Registrations: Membership of the South African Institute of Draughting

Software: 

• AutoCAD, other Autodesk packages. 
• Civil Designer or Civil 3D advantageous

Salary:  R25 000 - R50 000  pm 

Duties 

There is no standardised list for the roles and responsibilities of the draughtsperson. Typical duties and responsibilities include:

• Promoting and applying employee engagement practices and
• concepts, especially in relation to recognition, empowerment,
• supportive feedback, partnering, expectations, consideration, and
• trust.
• Promoting and applying ethical and professional practices
• Is a resource to any project in any capacity which can be assigned to
• any task by any Program or Project Manager if the task is assigned
• using the resource management systems (Sciforma)
• To perform all work in accordance with the Companys Quality
• Management System (QMS), Policies and Standards
• To perform the assigned duties, even in the absence of relevant quality and procedural workflows and templates, to the best of your ability
• Taking full responsibility for the quality and compliance of your own work.
• Work under the direction of an engineer / engineering technologist / engineering technician.
• Prepare drawings in accordance with instructions received from the design team and conforming to the companys Drawing Office Standards.
• Maintain accurate drawing revision control.
• Take responsibility for the correctness of work done.
• Undergo training in order to maintain existing skills or to develop new skills.
• Attend and participate in project meetings as required.
• Keep team members and project managers informed of workload and deadlines to assist with work schedule.
• Assist, teach and mentor less experienced draughtspersons.

Skills (Where applicable, basic applies to a Drawing Office Assistant, Good applies to a Draughtsperson and Excellent applies to a Senior Draughtsperson)

• Basic / good / excellent understanding of industry codes and standards and client specifications.
• Basic / good / excellent three-dimensional visualisation ability.
• Basic / good / excellent mathematical ability.
• Basic / good / excellent problem-solving skills.
• Basic / good / excellent understanding of the Construction Regulations.
• Basic / good / excellent administrative, planning, time management and organising skills.
• Basic / good / excellent understanding of engineering concepts, design processes and application of knowledge.
• Basic / good / excellent understanding of engineering construction processes.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to think critically and analytically.
• Adaptability to a changing environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with co- workers, management, contractors, etc.
• Basic / good / excellent leadership abilities.
• Basic / good / excellent understanding of project management principles.