Shop Detailing and Drawing Manager

Mid-State Machine•Van Wert, OH

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Shop Detailing & Drawing Manager leads the Ohio Division's shop-detailing function and is accountable for the quality, completeness, coordination, and timely release of fabrication drawings. This is a hands-on CAD and shop-support leadership role for an experienced detailer who understands how drawings are used to purchase material, fit, weld, machine, assemble, inspect, and install fabricated work. The manager will coordinate closely with the Lakeland Engineering team, strengthen common drawing and QC practices across both divisions, and lead Ohio's planned transition from Autodesk Inventor to SolidWorks. An engineering degree is not required. Formal CAD education, substantial fabrication-detailing experience, shop knowledge, and demonstrated drawing QC/approval capability are required.

Requirements

Formal post-secondary education in CAD, drafting, mechanical design technology, or a closely related technical discipline required.
A certificate, diploma, or associate degree is acceptable; an engineering degree is not required.
Five or more years of progressively responsible experience producing detailed mechanical, structural, plate, piping, equipment, or other industrial fabrication drawings, or an equivalent depth of directly relevant experience.
Demonstrated experience checking, commenting on, approving, and releasing drawings for fabrication or construction use.
Meaningful fabrication-shop exposure and practical understanding of fit-up, welding, forming, cutting, machining, assembly, material handling, and inspection.
Strong proficiency in 3D mechanical CAD and 2D detailed drawings using Inventor, SolidWorks, or comparable software, with the ability and commitment to become fully proficient in SolidWorks.
Ability to read and interpret customer drawings, specifications, vendor information, field sketches, bills of material, weld symbols, tolerances, and applicable company drafting standards.
Strong organization, prioritization, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
Sound judgment to identify and raise incomplete or conflicting information before work is released.
Demonstrated leadership, accountability, and ability to work effectively with shop personnel, project teams, customers, and remote engineering/detailing groups.
Ability to assign detailing work, establish priorities, require drawing corrections, place drawings on hold, and approve or release drawings within the company’s documented approval matrix.
Ability to maintain accountability for drawing clarity, completeness, dimensional coordination, constructability, revision control, and compliance with approved source information.
Ability to recognize and escalate design calculations, code interpretations, changes to customer design intent, and work requiring a licensed engineer or Engineer of Record. Drawing approval under this position does not replace required engineering review or professional licensure.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering preferred.
Relevant Autodesk, SolidWorks, or technical-drafting certification preferred.
Previous supervisory, lead-detailer, drawing-checker, or CAD-coordinator experience in a job-shop or heavy-industrial environment preferred.
Experience planning or supporting a CAD-platform transition, particularly from Autodesk Inventor to SolidWorks, preferred.
Experience with drawing transmittals, revision control, shared-file environments, document management, or product data management systems preferred.
Advanced SolidWorks knowledge, including complex assemblies, weldments, sheet metal, configurations, drawings, templates, and design libraries, preferred.
Working knowledge of recognized drafting practices, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), AWS welding symbols, and fabrication standards relevant to assigned work preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage the Ohio detailing workload, including project intake, priorities, assignments, schedules, field verifications, backlog, staffing needs, and delivery commitments.
Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching, and support to detailers and other CAD users while establishing expectations for drawing quality, productivity, revision control, file organization, and responsiveness to the fabrication shop.
Create, revise, and oversee the development of accurate 2D drawings and 3D models for heavy-industrial fabrication, repair, machining, assembly, and installation work.
Convert customer drawings, specifications, sketches, field measurements, scan/model data, and project direction into complete, constructible, shop-ready deliverables.
Ensure drawings accurately communicate dimensions, materials, component sizes, weld symbols, tolerances, fit-up requirements, interfaces, bills of material, revision status, and other information required for fabrication and installation.
Perform and coordinate drawing QC and approval activities, including verification of dimensional consistency, materials, quantities, model-to-drawing agreement, weld information, constructability, revisions, and compliance with approved source information.
Approve and release drawings within delegated authority, obtain additional Engineering approval when required, and prevent incomplete, incorrect, uncontrolled, or unapproved drawings from reaching the shop.
Work directly with supervisors, fitters, welders, machinists, inspectors, Project Management, Estimating, Quality, customers, and Engineering to resolve drawing and constructability issues; escalate matters requiring engineering calculations, code interpretation, or Engineer of Record involvement.
Track drawing errors, clarification requests, scrap, and rework; identify root causes and implement improvements to detailing standards, training, QC practices, and workflows.
Lead the Ohio Division's transition from Autodesk Inventor to SolidWorks in coordination with Lakeland Engineering, including rollout planning, training, file conversion, validation, templates, libraries, naming conventions, revision controls, and implementation of common drawing standards.
Maintain production continuity during CAD-system changes and strengthen coordination and workload sharing between the Ohio and Lakeland detailing and Engineering teams.