Drafter

About Us

Sunward Steel Buildings is a family-owned, American manufacturer, that has been in business for over 50 years. We sell, engineer, and manufacture custom metal buildings, including industrial and manufacturing facilities, barns, arenas, fitness facilities, agricultural buildings, shops, aircraft hangars, residential barndominums, self-storage facilities, and much more!  We deliver these buildings to every state in the U.S. as well as Canada. We exist to fulfill our customers’ dreams and goals. We are different from other steel building companies because we partner with our customers to provide a needs-based solution. At Sunward Steel we are building a growing, sustainable company.

About the Role

As a Drafter, you will play a vital role in transforming sales orders, customer drawings, and construction documents into precise and accurate building drawings. You will collaborate closely with structural engineers and senior drafting personnel, working together to create exceptional results. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Creating neat anchor bolt/permit drawings according to engineering designs and specifications for customer orders.
• Preparing shipping lists and shop drawings for manufacturing.
• Reviewing and verifying all parts are correct for manufacturing.
• Following the manufacturing schedule and meeting project deadlines.
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Basic math skills and working knowledge of trigonometry and geometry.
• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• 2+ years of drafting experience.
• Ability to read and understand architectural/engineering drawings.
• Working knowledge of CAD Software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience drafting architectural buildings, mechanical drafting, or metal buildings.
• Associate degree in drafting or estimating.
• Experience in steel construction or non-residential construction.
• Experience with MBS software.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance                             
• Vision Insurance
• Group Life, AD&D
• Long Term Disability
• 401(k) Program
• Voluntary Supplemental Benefits
• Employee Assistant Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – 128 hours
• Eight (8) paid holidays

EEOC Statement

Sunward Steel and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: we are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sunward Steel and its affiliates are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.