Drafting Technician

Job Title- Drafting Technician- Organisational Structure- CKR Consulting Engineers- Job Category- Technician- Location- Cape Town - Bellville, WC ZA
- Durban - Westville, KZN ZA
- Johannesburg - Sandton, GP ZA (Primary)
- Pretoria - Muckleneuk, GP ZA- Job Details**Core Purpose of the Job**
- This role requires a BIM software modelling technician with a solid understanding of their specific discipline.
- The role can be presented by a junior professional or technician and focuses mainly on research and development of BIM in a holistic approach to the overall AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) or Built Environment.

**Context**
- CKR is entering a new phase in its lifecycle where operational excellence has become critical for success.
- The urgency for change has become more heightened amid increased competitive intensity across all markets in which CKR operates

**Key Performance Areas**:
(Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position [KPA's])
- BIM Modelling for specific design discipline
- Understanding Responsibility and Being Accountable
- Good Communication
- Meeting Deadlines
- Mandatory behaviours critical to the Culture of CKR
- Understanding and demonstrating the ethos of CKR

**Role Dependencies**
- Engineering Personnel
- Internal CKR disciplines for quality coordination of MEP services.
- External stakeholders [Consultants; PM’s; Architects; QS; Clients; Developers; Government Bodies etc.]
- Liaising with Clients and other Consultants drafting personnel

**Discretionary Space - Independent Thought and Judgement**
(The degree to which individuals are allowed to exercise independent thought and judgement)
- Understanding client requirements, interpreting them using engineering judgements and presenting a solution.
- Evaluate project progress and make trade-offs to ensure the best use of available resources.
- Alert Management or colleagues to issues and risks in any project or the business itself

**Authorities**:

- CKR Management and Senior Engineers

**Duties will comprise**:
**General**
- BIM modelling for specific design discipline
- Work under direction of Senior Draftsman Team Lead
- Ensure construction documents accuracy based on discipline BIM modelling
- Collaborate and Coordinate with other disciplines design-changes and model challenges
- Adhere to BIM execution plan and BIM project workflow
- Present new technologies which align and add benefit to the overall company BIM strategy
- Follow BIM standards and development procedures
- May take lead on developing some discipline specific BIM modelling content for project
- Prepare BIM models for coordination meetings
- Oversee the communication of project information via DWF for collaboration internally and externally
- Drafting Technician under close supervision, perform simple drafting tasks, often with finished work as a guide.
- This is the entry level class for the engineering drafting.
- Incumbents have had sufficient training and/or experience to produce an acceptable quality and quantity of simple, repetitive drafting work without additional on-the-job training and without being required to have any substantial knowledge of engineering, symbols and terminology.
- Incumbents typically are expected to progress to Senior Drafting Technician.
- Examples of assignments at this level of difficulty and responsibility are: Drafting assistant to a Principal Drafting Technician, preparing simple engineering detail drawings, circuit and other diagrams, and maintaining files of completed work and copies.

**Administration/Internal Management**
- Plan your work every day and week.
- Complete work within agreed times and adhere to priorities.
- Plan your leave in conjunction with project engineers and project managers.
- Adhere to internal procedures and systems.
- Fill in time sheets on a daily basis, using the system as provided by CKR.