Drafter

About the Company

Hendrick is a custom metal fabricator with the vision of improving lives by serving the infrastructure and architecture needs of the world. We design and fabricate purpose-built solutions to each customer’s specific requirements. Our products are used to generate power, provide clean drinking water, protect the environment, brew beer, mine gold, and many other applications. We welcome visitors to universities, medicals centers, museums, hotels, and airports. Form meets function in the projects we’ve completed for the St. Louis Arch Museum, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Trump Tower, Mall of America, George Lucas Museum, and 9/11 Memorial.

Position Summary

Hendrick Screen Company is seeking a Drafter to support the design and manufacture of custom industrial screening products. This position is responsible for creating accurate customer approval drawings, fabrication drawings, part details, assemblies, and related documentation used by Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, and Manufacturing.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working in an engineered-to-order manufacturing environment, where designs may vary significantly from one project to the next. This role requires strong AutoCAD and 3D Modeling skills, mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and an understanding of how drawings translate into fabricated components on the shop floor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Create and revise 2D drawings and 3D models for custom screen products, assemblies, and fabricated components.
• Develop customer approval and submittal drawings showing dimensions, configurations, connections, materials, and other project-specific requirements.
• Produce detailed shop and fabrication drawings that clearly communicate how components are to be cut, formed, welded, machined, and assembled.
• Create drawings for individual parts and subassemblies, including appropriate dimensions, tolerances, material specifications, weld information, and fabrication notes.
• Ensure drawings provide Manufacturing with sufficient information to consistently reproduce the intended design without relying on undocumented calculations or assumptions.
• Work closely with Engineering to convert design concepts into manufacturable drawings.
• Assist Sales and Engineering with drawing revisions resulting from customer comments or changes in project requirements.
• Maintain accurate drawing revisions and ensure released drawings reflect the current approved design.
• Check drawings for dimensional accuracy, manufacturability, completeness, and consistency before release.
• Support Manufacturing by answering drawing-related questions and resolving discrepancies found during fabrication.
• Work with Purchasing and Manufacturing to ensure material sizes and component requirements shown on drawings and BOMs are practical and clearly defined.
• Incorporate standard designs and proven manufacturing practices wherever possible while properly documenting project-specific variations.
• Maintain organized electronic drawing and project records.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts related to drawing standards, engineering documentation, and manufacturing workflows.