Design Draughtsman at Marvel Placement Consultant

Design Draughtsman

• We are recruiting for a Design Draughtsman for a manufacturing company that will be based in Blackheath, Cape Town. The ideal candidate should have Autodesk Inventor experience.

Minimum Requirements: 

• Essential: Relevant 3D Drafting tertiary qualification. 
• Proven experience working with AutoCAD and CAD.
• Experience working with Autodesk Inventor.
• Essential: Valid Driver’s License.  

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Responsible for generating part models, assemblies and bending drawings.
• Required to create bills of materials. 
• Gather wiring diagrams from the Electrical Engineer. 
• Place orders for sheet metal from the Machine Shop. 
• Source for cost efficient components and materials. 
• Support with illustrations and renderings for marketing and instructional material. 
• Generate for flat patterns in AutoCAD and CAM uses and assembly drawings as well as instructions.
• Submit an application for special bought out components that are not in stock.
• Lead new product design projects and provide designs for the manufacturer.
• Complete technical data and drawings for the Sales Department.
• Make use of the CAD systems to develop detailed 3D product designs.
• Promote the use of common parts and modularity to minimise the number of part numbers.
• Conduct research and development of new products to be added to the product scope. 
• Required to design new optimized versions of products in the existing product portfolio. 
• Minimise cost of the manufacture through value engineering projects.
• Responsible for creating general arrangement drawings for the factory and customers.
• Help in optimisation of product design in existing product portfolio. 
• Responsible for standardising designs and processes.
• Implement document and standardise process as well as process improvements and lead continuous improvement processes.
• Find process improvement projects. 

Closing Date: 
Submissions for this vacancy will close on 5 July 2024, however, you will still have the opportunity to submit your CV for this position till 28 July 2024.