Technical Designer, Temp-To-Hire

Figure Plant•Portland, OR

37d

About The Position

Figure Plant is the bridge between great ideas and reality. For almost thirty years we have partnered with some of the world's top brands, creative agencies, artists, and designers to bring big ideas to life. We thrive on taking our client's toughest creative challenges and transforming them into beautiful solutions that ignite the passion in audiences and users. And we bring emotion, ingenuity, and integrity to everything we build. Our mission is to give life to innovative design concepts through mad respect for creative vision coupled with utmost accountability to timeline and budget in order to make great ideas happen. Core Values Collaborate with Curiosity Solve with Creativity Support the Community Job Mission Your primary objective is to efficiently produce detailed and accurate shop drawings and other needed drawings/files clearly reflecting the fabrication approach as determined in collaboration with production team. This hire is for a 4-6 month project, with potential for permanent hire at job close. The Technical Designer reports to the Director of Production and collaborates with the Project Managers, other Technical Designers, the Shop Manager, the Fabricators and Finishers, the Estimation department, and the Company Director. Intended Outcomes Produce clear understandable construction and other drawings: within the estimated time allotted. that effectively communicate to our clients exactly what they will be receiving. that effectively communicate to our shop exactly what they will be fabricating. that effectively communicate to our vendors exactly what we need. Help increase shop efficiency by identifying issues during the design phase and before plans go to the shop for production.

Requirements

Highly skilled in Solidworks (or equivalent 3D CAD platform and willing to learn Solidworks)
Ability to create drawings to communicate construction techniques to shop fabricators, external vendors, clients, designers, engineers, and venue officials
Broad knowledge of materials, means, and methods, including construction techniques in wood, metal, plastics for the scenic, display, exhibit industries, and permanent built environments
Ability to assist with project estimation
Proficiency with G-Suite, with good spreadsheet competency
CNC programming experience

Nice To Haves

CNC operation experience
Experience with Fusion360, Mastercam, and Vcarve pro software
Experience with Rhino
Experience with 3D modeling
3D printing experience
Knowledge of AutoCAD 2D operations for processing of files for in-house CNC and vendor use
Versatile and broad CAD platform experience to work with 3D files coming in from clients in other formats
Experience with logistics and shipping of scenic and display items

Responsibilities

Create shop drawings, truck pack and crating drawings, installation drawings, and other drawings as needed
Collaborate with other members of the team to determine project design and build approaches
Create schematic designs based on client creatives when needed
Create files for CNC and 3D printer
Assist with project estimation
Material and hardware specifying and ordering
Some vendor coordination and management as needed
Contribute to the advancement of our standards and capabilities
Occasional site surveys
Utilize periods of client project down time to focus efforts on continued process development, personal skills training, FP internal projects, and facilities upgrades