Job Description
Job Title: CAD Drafter
Job Description
This role involves providing support to engineers on technical projects and products. The position requires collecting, maintaining, organizing, compiling, and manipulating technical data. Responsibilities include creating, building, assembling, modifying, and repairing prototypes, as well as preparing engineering documentation, reports, drawings, sketches, flow charts, diagrams, and schematics. The role involves performing mathematical calculations as per engineering specifications and analyzing data according to provided guidelines. This entry-level position is designed for individuals to learn job skills and company policies to complete assignments effectively.
Responsibilities
+ Support engineers on technical projects and products.
+ Collect, maintain, organize, compile, and manipulate technical data.
+ Create, build, assemble, modify, and repair prototypes.
+ Prepare engineering documentation, reports, drawings, sketches, flow charts, diagrams, and schematics.
+ Perform mathematical calculations per engineering specifications.
+ Analyze data following provided guidelines.
+ Recommend alternative solutions to problems and obstacles.
+ Set up and conduct tests, recording data for engineering analysis.
+ Coordinate with permit agencies, right-of-way specialists, system owners, field leaders, forestry leaders, and third-party owners for joint-owned poles.
+ Review work provided by the client and assess requirements of scopes.
+ Provide engineering support during construction, including post-construction reviews to ensure all engineering and construction standards are met.
+ Conduct root cause analysis of outages and mitigation using engineering principles and design.
Essential Skills
+ High School diploma or equivalent and 4-6 years of related experience.
+ Associate's degree in a related discipline and 2+ years of related experience.
+ Bachelor's degree with 1+ year of experience.
+ Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
+ Power/Utilities experience.
+ Previous experience with field data collection.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
+ Willingness to perform office work.
+ Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Work Environment
This position requires performing office work, where you will interact daily with supervisors and functional peer groups, exchanging or presenting factual information. The role involves following standard practices and procedures under close supervision to perform routine scientific and engineering tasks.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Houston, TX.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $26.00 - $28.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Houston,TX.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Dec 2, 2025.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.
Job Tags
Contract work, Temporary work,
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