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Drafter

TimeSavers-4HomeSolution LLC
Madison, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 1/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/1/2025
Madison, WI or Westby, WI

Overview:

WholeTrees Structures seeks an experienced Fabrication Drafter/Renderer with a strong background in

  • Revit, AutoCad, and Bluebeam (Sketchup and Rhino, a plus)
  • Fabrication shop drawings
  • Interaction with structural engineers
  • A passion for design and rendering.

This position serves the diverse needs of a cutting-edge structural round timber manufacturing company. You will work with, and be guided by, our architectural project managers and our fabrication partners, attending to the developed designs and shop drawings for a wide range of concurrent timber projects. Our Architectural Project Managers will count on your ability to communicate with our consulting structural engineers, capturing their parameters and mandates in our company’s systematized shop drawing templates. This position works closely with our Architectural PMs, consulting engineers, the VP of Operations, and our fabrication partners, supporting and guiding communication with vendors, fabricators and clients to seamlessly deliver WholeTrees products to commercial construction projects.

Applicants should have 2 years of experience with architectural drafting, a familiarity with creating and reading detailed shop drawings, preferably in a manufacturing, fabrication, or construction environment, and a knowledge of timber engineering and/or steel connections basics. The candidate must possess the ability to work independently and collaboratively as an integral team member within a dynamic design and fabrication environment.

Overarching activities will include:

  • Create functional 2D and 3D shop drawings that include accurate and clearly labeled measurements, materials, and finish specifications
  • Follow company Drafting SOP's for structure/naming conventions, construction details and methods, and drawing layout standards
  • Collaborate and communicate with project managers, designers, engineers, and shop foreman through all phases of the project
  • Track and report time spent on individual projects
  • Work efficiently under pressure to meet project deadlines
  • Manage concurrent projects effectively in a fast-paced work environment
  • Render projects using Bluebeam, Revit, Sketchup or Rhino for our sales team and for our design clients
  • If located in Madison, travel to Westby, WI one-three times a month to meet with our shop fabricators
  • Mass Timber experience helpful
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Specific daily activities may include:

  • Systematic Checklists associated with each project in the Design Work Flow
  • Drafting of developed designs and details
  • In-depth study of incoming client plan sets, marking areas of relevance, locations for WholeTrees product, areas of risk and opportunity
  • Updating redlined drawing sets through to final documents and tracking approvals by all parties
  • Communicating material needs and track procurement with vendors
  • Estimating and quote support via architectural takeoffs for pipeline projects based on architectural plan sets and client needs
  • Change Order systems with clients and vendors
  • Weekly team meetings, in-person and remote, where projects are addressed in systematic ways

Required skills:

  • Experience successfully working in teams with compassion, humor and accountability.
  • Strong organizational and multitasking skills with demonstrated success in multidisciplinary teams
  • Quality document management and filing, and controlled plan set revision experience in an architectural/engineering and fabrication/construction environment
  • Self-motivated, self-directed and an exceptional attention to detail
  • A preference for fast-paced and diverse workdays where new information and changing circumstances are received with creativity, efficiency and patience
  • Experience interfacing with fabrication and manufacturing
  • Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
  • Autodesk; Revit; Sketchup; Bluebeam
  • Capacity to travel: Sales & Engineering office located in Madison, WI. Manufacturing facility located in Westby, WI.

Compensation & Management:

Salary will be commensurate with experience. Estimated rate is $25 to $30 per hour. After the first 60 days of full-time employment, a full benefits package will be provided including paid holidays, accrued paid time off and a health benefit package. This position will work closely with the Project Management Dept, Design Dept, Sales Dept, and Operations Dept.

Company Overview:

WholeTrees Structures is a 17-year old company, a certified B Corp, and WBE (Woman-Owned Business Enterprise). We integrate over two decades of custom architecture and construction with present-day material science research to innovate standardized round timber structural systems. Our company has created the tools and technologies to bring low-value trees resultant of sustainable forestry to commercial construction markets.

WholeTrees was founded on its 134-acre forest near La Crosse, WI and is now headquartered in Madison, WI. We foster a company culture based in the belief that excellence comes from a cocktail of inquiry, accountability, passion, authenticity, connection, laughter and self-reflection amongst our forests.

Our vision is to provide durable, affordable, and sustainable structural systems that restore forests and communities. By pioneering this vibrant market, we build incentive to continue forest stewardship and scale a sustainable construction material. WholeTrees works to instill a love for nature, promote conservancy and restore a sense of awe and delight that supports woodland economies.

At WholeTrees, we embrace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and are committed to building our growing team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Our commitment to these values is unwavering across our work and hiring practices.

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Company Overview

WholeTrees Structures is a 15-year old company, a certified B Corp, and WBE (Woman-Owned Business Enterprise). We integrate over two decades of custom architecture and construction with present-day material science research to innovate standardized round timber structural systems. Our company has created the tools and technologies to bring low-value trees resulting from sustainable forestry to commercial construction markets.

At WholeTrees, we embrace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and are committed to building our growing team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Our commitment to these values is unwavering across our work and hiring practices.

WholeTrees was founded on its 134-acre forest near La Crosse, WI and is now headquartered in Madison, WI. We foster a company culture based in the belief that excellence comes from a cocktail of inquiry, accountability, passion, authenticity, connection, laughter and self-reflection amongst our forests.

Our vision is to provide durable, affordable, and sustainable structural systems that restore forests and communities. By pioneering this vibrant market, we build incentive to continue forest stewardship and scale a sustainable construction material. WholeTrees works to instill a love for nature, promote conservancy and restore a sense of awe and delight that supports woodland economies.

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