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Draughtsman and Technical Writer

Full Time

Alaris Antennas

South Africa

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We are looking for a Draughting Professional who is dynamic, driven, hardworking, self-motivated, ambitious person and will be able to work independently, accurately and with a high degree of responsibility. This is a 100% on-site position.

Position Details

Position title:	Draughtsman and Technical Writer
Department:	Configuration
Reporting to	Configuration Manager
Payment Structure	Pay is based on a TCTC fixed portion including a performance bonus
Job Purpose	We are looking for a Draughting Professional who is dynamic, driven, hardworking, self-motivated, ambitious person and will be able to work independently, accurately and with a high degree of responsibility. This is a 100% on-site position

Requirements

Minimum education (essential)	N5 Multi-disciplinary draughting or equivalent Diploma (mechanical design)
Desired Qualifications (Advantageous)	N6 Multi-disciplinary draughting or equivalent Diploma (mechanical design)
Applicable work experience:	5 to 10 years' experience in a design and manufacturing environment
Required nature of applicable experience:	Company engaged in Manufacturing, Defense, Aeronautics, Automotive Telecommunications industries.
Computer literacy (essential):	MS Office, Solid Works 2023
Computer literacy (suggested):	Microsoft Dynamics NAV (ERP)
Language proficiency:	English
Other requirements:	Be a hardworking, driven, self-motivated, ambitious person who will be able to work independently and accurately. Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specs. Ability to write technical instructions for all levels of personnel. Configuration Management and PDM exposure Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with all levels of the organization. Have a knack for understanding and preventing quality problems. Drive hard for continuous improvement of products and processes. Efficiency, Persistence, Pro-activeness, Diligence and Enforcing. Good understanding of fault analysis and corrective actions implementation Ability to work under pressure and occasionally overtime.

Key Performance Areas and Tasks

Responsibilities:	Create thorough detail and assembly drawings and assembly instructions from engineers’ layouts. Convert hand sketches into CAD using established draughting standards. Seek out clarity and advice from designers as needed to ensure design questions are answered up front. Writing of assembly instructions from engineering notes. The creation of high-quality documents for production use. Standardize selected pre-existing layouts and assembly drawings. Incorporate red lines to original drawings following the ECP process. Able to work independently with designers and engineers on various projects, producing detailed and assembly drawings for manufacturing or fabrication. Attend design reviews and related project meetings (as requested). Self-check and correct all work prior to submitting to the mechanical engineers for checking. Verify the nominal fits of all parts as they are detailed from an overall layout. Knowledge of industry mechanical draughting techniques. Plot and manage CAD files, original plots, and manage the electronic file backups. Translate electronic documents between various formats (DWG, DXF, STP, PDF, ZIP, etc.). Update older drawings. Performing Engineering Change Management of issues recorded.

Responsibilities:

Create thorough detail and assembly drawings and assembly instructions from engineers’ layouts.
Convert hand sketches into CAD using established draughting standards.
Seek out clarity and advice from designers as needed to ensure design questions are answered up front.
Writing of assembly instructions from engineering notes. The creation of high-quality documents for production use.
Standardize selected pre-existing layouts and assembly drawings.
Incorporate red lines to original drawings following the ECP process.
Able to work independently with designers and engineers on various projects, producing detailed and assembly drawings for manufacturing or fabrication.
Attend design reviews and related project meetings (as requested).
Self-check and correct all work prior to submitting to the mechanical engineers for checking.
Verify the nominal fits of all parts as they are detailed from an overall layout.
Knowledge of industry mechanical draughting techniques.
Plot and manage CAD files, original plots, and manage the electronic file backups.
Translate electronic documents between various formats (DWG, DXF, STP, PDF, ZIP, etc.).
Update older drawings.
Performing Engineering Change Management of issues recorded.

About Alaris Antennas

From its roots in 1990, Alaris Antennas has grown to become a substantial supplier of advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) antennas. For the global defence and security markets, Alaris Antennas’ mission is to deliver high quality antenna Solutions, on time, through technical and service excellence.

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