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Smeja Enterprises is hiring: Lead AutoCAD Drafter/Graphic Designer in McHenry

Smeja Enterprises
Mc Henry, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/24/2025

The Lead AutoCAD Drafter / Graphic Designer will become a part of our team as an essential team player in the designing and building of highly complicated and specialized roofs. An aptitude for architecture and construction, as well as a willingness to work hard, will ensure the incumbent Lead AutoCAD Drafter / Graphic Designer becomes a key factor in our organization.

Roles :

  • Creating, altering, and reviewing / revising the AutoCAD team’s construction sketches.
  • Ongoing drawing-focused collaboration with reviewing / revising details and drawings with our construction team, project managers, and material suppliers / manufacturers.
  • Management, organization, and reviewing / revising of all required CAD drawings.
  • Printing and submission of CAD drawings in various formats and packages and delivering them to the correct contact promptly.
  • Developing graphic design elements for presentations, marketing materials, and project documentation to enhance visual clarity and impact.
  • Collaborating with the marketing team to create cohesive branding materials that align with the project vision.
  • Designing and formatting project reports, proposals, and other documentation for professional presentation.

Responsibilities :

  • Creating accurate CAD drawings from hand sketches, verbal instructions, site visits, and reviewing the teamwork for accuracy and correcting them prior to submission.
  • Seamlessly integrating and working with our construction team, project managers, and material suppliers / manufacturers to produce and alter drawings.
  • Thinking creatively and critically to lead and support the project team in the design process, creating details and drawings that work.
  • Managing, overseeing, creating, and continually updating project drawings lists.
  • Printing various formats of drawing sets for project managers and site superintendents.
  • Systematically creating and saving details and drawings on our CAD server; managing and keeping the server organized; updating project folders and files as jobs progress and revisions are made.
  • Exhaustively reviewing and checking sketches and drawings for errors before being sent to architects, project managers, etc.
  • Seeking clarity and understanding from architects and project managers when performing tasks; overseeing the AutoCAD Team’s responsibilities.
  • Managing, organizing, and uploading drawings to web-based storage sites / collaboration project sites to share drawings with the construction team, project managers, material suppliers / manufacturers, and customers.
  • Managing, creating, editing, and updating standard details for use in projects.
  • Utilizing graphic design software to create visually engaging content for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Knowledge and Skills Required :

  • A degree in Computer Aided Drafting and Graphic Design or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a lead CAD Operator in a management role.
  • Outstanding fluency and skill in AutoCAD 2018 or higher, with AutoCAD LT experience.
  • Proficiency in graphic design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
  • Experience and knowledge of construction details and LEED information.
  • Excellent management and communication skills; listening, comprehension, and feedback.
  • Qualitative and Other Attributes Required :

  • A passion for managing and doing high-quality work.
  • The ability to think critically, innovate, and solve challenging technical problems.
  • High attention to detail in both drafting and graphic design outputs.
  • Effective time management and logical decision-making ability.
  • Being able to self-start and self-motivate when there is no one available to provide instruction.
  • Capacity to handle pressure.
  • Strong work ethic and the ability to handle peak work times.
  • The Lead AutoCAD Drafter / Graphic Designer is a position of great responsibility, requiring not only excellent management and AutoCAD skills but also strong graphic design capabilities, good communication skills, organizational abilities, and the strongest possible focus on quality. This person is the keeper of the drawings, who sees details become drawings that ultimately become construction documents and impactful presentations.

    Work Remotely : No

    Job Type : Full-time

    Pay : $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

    Benefits :
  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Schedule :

  • 10 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Education :

  • Associate (Preferred)
  • Work Location : In person

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    Salary : $60,000 - $80,000

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