Mechanical Draughtsman

7 days ago

Cape Town, South Africa High Point Group Full time

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**Job description**

We are seeking a skilled and experienced **Mechanical Draughtsman** to join our dynamic team. As a **Mechanical Draughtsman**, you will play a crucial role in creating accurate and detailed technical drawings using Autodesk Inventor.

You will work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating closely with other team members to ensure the efficient and precise completion of design projects.

Applicants who do not complete the tests will not be considered.

**Responsibilities**
- Interpret customer drawings and samples, assessing whether all the information is available to create what the customer is looking for.
- Utilize Autodesk Inventor software to produce high-quality mechanical drawings, including 2D and 3D models, assemblies, and part drawings.
- Use relevant tools to extract the required information to draw the part.
- Creates vector drawings in the format required for laser cutting.
- Assist colleagues and customers with queries relating to part drawings.
- Ensure final designs comply with regulations and quality standards
- Recommend solutions to solve the issues that are found.
- Create detailed designs with computer-aided design (CAD) software
- Preparation of customer drawing before production
- Manage strict deadlines
- Working with team members and liaising with different departments
- Set up and program of Laser Cutter
- Interpret engineering drawings
- Maintain tight tolerances with design specifications
- Nesting and setting
- Assess the laser machine after each production run, perform preventative maintenance
- Adhere to health and safety rules and processes
- Load programs, and set machine parameters and proper fixtures to ensure optimal performance
- Perform dimensional inspections
- Identifying material thickness
- Effectively distribute the workload of the lasers to ensure that cutting hours are evenly distributed
- Ensure that nesting is done effectively with the least amount of scrap
- Ensure that the correct number of parts are nested so that no extra parts have to be nested
- Monitor raw materials to identify shortfalls
- Ensure that the correct raw material is used when allocating nesting to the lasers

**Qualifications**
- 2 years experience in CAD (preferred)

**Position**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Company Address**

Stikland, Cape Town, 7530

**Salary**: R11,500.00 - R13,500.00 per month

**Ability to commute**:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute to work (Required

**Social Media Pages**

Pay: R10 000,00 - R20 000,00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- CAD: 2 years (preferred)

**Language**:

- Afrikaans (preferred)
- English (preferred)

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