Senior CAD Engineer

KAYGEN•Liberty, NC

6h•Onsite

About The Position

KAYGEN is seeking a Senior CAD Engineer to support Production Engineering Battery Manufacturing Engineering projects. This role involves creating and maintaining 2D drawings, 3D models, facility layouts, and fabrication packages. The ideal candidate will have a strong CAD design and engineering background with proven GD&T expertise, the ability to work independently, and experience managing multiple projects. The position offers potential for growth into a people leader role and involves overseeing a wide range of CAD-related tasks.

Requirements

7+ years of Engineering and CAD Design experience.
Associate degree or higher in Engineering.
Strong CAD design and engineering background.
Proven GD&T expertise.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Experience managing multiple CAD/design projects and complex engineering tasks.
Ability to oversee a wide range of work, including 54+ CAD-related tasks.
Associate degree, technical certification, CAD/drafting certificate, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of CAD experience in industrial, manufacturing, construction, facility, or equipment installation environments.
Advanced AutoCAD capability for 2D layouts, plant utilities, equipment layouts, installation drawings, and contractor scope drawings.
Working proficiency with Autodesk Revit, Inventor, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), and Autodesk Forma.
Create manufacturing-ready and construction-ready drawing packages.
Interpret mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, piping, utility, facility, equipment layout, and vendor drawings.
Incorporate redlines, field verification results, as-built updates, and drawing revisions.
Apply drawing standards, title blocks, layers, naming conventions, revision control, drawing registers, release workflows, and transmittal expectations.
Review supplier, contractor, and vendor drawings for dimensional accuracy, installation feasibility, interface conflicts, completeness, and alignment to project requirements.
Work in a manufacturing plant environment, including field walkdowns, contractor coordination, PPE usage, and occasional support outside normal office conditions.

Nice To Haves

Potential to grow into a people leader role.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, manufacturing, construction management, or related technical field.
Autodesk certification, ASME Y14.5/GD&T training, OSHA 10, or similar technical/safety certification.
Autodesk Vault experience, including check-in/check-out, revision history, lifecycle/release workflow, and drawing search/retrieval.
AutoCAD Plant 3D, Civil 3D, SolidWorks, CATIA, MicroStation, or other CAD/BIM/model coordination tools beyond the required Autodesk platform.
AutoCAD Electrical, UniDraf, or similar systems for electrical, controls, or schematic drawing updates.
Automotive, battery, clean room, dry room, electrode/module/cell production, or high-volume automated production experience.
New plant startup, brownfield equipment installation, major model change, or production ramp-up support.
Facility utilities such as compressed air, chilled water, process exhaust, HVAC, ventilation, dust collection, vacuum, chemical/process utilities, or electrical power distribution.
Wet dust collectors, dry dust collectors, exhaust/ventilation, or environmental support systems.
CAD automation, drawing templates, BOM export workflows, spare-part documentation, or maintenance-support drawings.
Mentoring junior CAD technicians or improving CAD standards, layer conventions, title blocks, and release processes.
Our Client Production System, Standardized Work, Job Instruction Sheets, JKK, TBP, equipment handover, or Our Client-specific project documentation.

Responsibilities

Create, revise, and maintain 2D CAD drawings and 3D models under PE direction and project standards.
Develop facility, utility, process equipment, and installation layouts across mechanical, electrical, piping, HVAC, pneumatic, hydraulic, and production equipment scope.
Support fixture, jig, sub-assembly, fabrication, and manufacturing-aid drawings.
Create contractor-ready packages for installation, quotation, procurement, fabrication, construction, and bidding.
Define equipment locations, tie-in points, utility routing, dimensions, elevations, access clearances, interfaces, and installation constraints.
Support assembly drawings, fabrication drawings, Bills of Material, parts lists, and vendor/contractor drawing packages.
Incorporate engineer markups, contractor redlines, field verification results, and as-built updates.
Verify field conditions when existing drawings do not match actual conditions.
Identify layout, constructability, access, maintainability, safety, and production-flow concerns.
Coordinate drawing/model updates with PE, ES, Production, Maintenance, Safety, vendors, and contractors.
Maintain CAD files, drawing registers, revisions, document-control records, and release workflows.
Support production and installation teams through drawing updates, issue resolution, field walkdowns, and status reporting.
Develop complete fabrication and installation documentation packages using Autodesk Inventor and/or AutoCAD 2D.
Develop 3D assembly models, assembly drawings, detail drawings, fabrication prints, parts lists, balloon callouts, Bills of Material (BOM), material specifications, and contractor-ready bidding packages.
Apply practical GD&T per ASME Y14.5, including datum structures, dimensional tolerances, critical functional requirements, weld symbols, materials, finishes, and fabrication requirements.
Develop fabrication packages from engineering concepts, sketches, field conditions, project requirements, component selections, utility/equipment interfaces, and installation constraints.
Support layout integration, utility routing, equipment access, service clearances, installation constraints, and equipment removal paths.
Work in a manufacturing plant environment, including field walkdowns, contractor coordination, PPE usage, and occasional support outside normal office conditions.
Manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
Communicate clearly with engineers, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
Own schedule follow-up and timely status reporting.