DESIGNER / DRAFTSMAN — LEAD & LEVEL II
Deployable Energy
Position Summary
This job family supports engineering drawing, 2D/3D modeling, design documentation, configuration control, and cross-functional design delivery within a growing nuclear energy organization. Candidates may be considered for either the Lead or Level II position based on experience, technical depth, leadership capability, and demonstrated scope of responsibility.
Lead Designer / Draftsman
Level focus: Senior, hands-on technical leadership. Establishes and scales drafting/design capability, sets standards and workflows, leads technical reviews, resolves complex multidisciplinary issues, mentors team members, and remains personally engaged in high-priority design work.
Designer / Draftsman II
Level focus: Experienced individual contributor. Produces and updates drawings, models, assemblies, layouts, BOMs, and design packages; applies established standards; coordinates with engineers and designers; resolves routine drawing discrepancies; supports document control, PDM/EPDM workflows, and design-process improvements; and escalates complex technical or configuration decisions to the Lead or responsible engineer.
Functional Scope
• Engineering Drafting - Develop and oversee engineering drawings that accurately communicate design intent, tolerances, requirements, and technical specifications.
• 2D and 3D Design - Create and manage detailed 2D drawings and 3D models supporting product development, analysis, manufacturing, and configuration control.
• CAD Standards - Establish, maintain, and enforce CAD standards, templates, libraries, and best practices across the organization.
• Drawing and Model Development - Produce and review detailed components, assemblies, layouts, and system-level models throughout the design lifecycle.
• Design Documentation - Generate and control engineering documentation including drawings, BOMs, specifications, and technical packages.
• Drawing Review and Checking - Lead drawing verification activities to ensure quality, accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established standards.
• Configuration and Revision Control - Manage drawing revisions and configuration baselines to maintain traceability and document integrity.
• Engineering Systems and Software Support - Support engineering software administration, implementation, migration, and workflow development.
• PDM/EPDM Management - Establish or support product-data-management practices to maintain controlled engineering data and release workflows.
• Engineering Information Management - Maintain engineering information integrity across documents, models, revisions, and technical systems.
• Manufacturing and Supplier Documentation - Support fabrication, procurement, supplier communication, and vendor documentation with controlled design output.
• Cross-Functional Design Integration - Coordinate design activity across Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Manufacturing, Quality, Project, and other engineering functions.
• Technical Infrastructure Development - Help build scalable drafting/design tools, standards, procedures, and technical infrastructure as the organization grows.
• Team Development - Mentor junior designers/drafters, review work, transfer knowledge, and maintain a hands-on technical presence.
Technical Leadership
• Establish and maintain discipline-specific engineering standards, methodologies, procedures, and best practices.
• Lead and participate in technical reviews, design reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Identify and resolve complex multidisciplinary engineering issues involving drawing quality, configuration, design-system workflows, or documentation.
• Maintain a high level of personal technical engagement while providing direction to junior team members.
Engineering / Technical Execution
• Personally produce and oversee complex drawings, models, layouts, assemblies, and design documentation.
• Ensure drawing and model packages accurately reflect approved engineering requirements and design intent.
• Support engineering teams through concept, detailed design, testing, fabrication, supplier engagement, and design-change implementation.
• Drive disciplined checking, revision control, configuration management, and document-release practices.
• Support engineering-tool implementation, migration, workflow improvement, and user adoption where required.
Team & Capability Development
• Help establish and grow the drafting/design capability within the organization.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and early-career personnel.
• Support technical assessment of future team members.
• Develop repeatable drafting/design practices and workflows that support continued organizational growth.
• Promote knowledge transfer, accountability, and continuous technical development.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with engineering leadership, project leaders, and adjacent technical disciplines.
• Collaborate with quality, safety, licensing/regulatory, testing, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, and project delivery functions.
• Support multidisciplinary technical integration across concurrent projects.
• Interface with suppliers, manufacturers, laboratories, engineering partners, and other external stakeholders as required.
Safety & Quality
• Champion a strong quality culture and disciplined engineering execution.
• Promote controlled technical documentation, traceability, configuration integrity, and risk-informed decision-making.
• Maintain technical rigor while operating effectively in a fast-moving, evolving organization.
Required Qualifications
• Demonstrated hands-on technical experience with engineering drawings, CAD systems, design documentation, and controlled-release workflows.
• Experience leading complex drafting/design work, projects, workstreams, or small technical teams.
• Experience establishing or improving drawing standards, CAD/PDM workflows, configuration practices, or engineering-documentation systems.
• Ability to operate successfully within a growing organization where processes and capabilities are still being developed.
• Demonstrated adaptability, comfort with ambiguity, hands-on ownership, and ability to contribute immediately in a lean, entrepreneurial organization.
Level-Specific Qualifications
Lead: Approximately 10+ years of relevant drafting, design, CAD, or engineering-technology experience. Demonstrated ownership of complex workstreams or small technical teams, drawing-checking authority, standards development, CAD/PDM or configuration-workflow improvement, mentoring, and independent resolution of complex design-documentation issues.
Level II: Approximately 5–10 years of relevant drafting, design, CAD, or engineering-technology experience. Demonstrated ability to independently develop accurate drawings and 2D/3D models from specifications, sketches, layouts, and engineering direction; coordinate with design originators; maintain production commitments; apply revision and document-control requirements; and contribute to moderately complex assignments with periodic guidance.
Education for either level: Formal technical training, an associate degree, technical certification, or equivalent experience in drafting, design, CAD, engineering technology, or a related field; a higher qualification is welcomed.
Preferred Qualifications
• Advanced proficiency with relevant 2D and 3D CAD platforms.
• Experience with PDM/EPDM, configuration-management systems, document-control systems, or engineering-data environments.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, fabrication, procurement, testing, suppliers, or installation activities.
• Exposure to nuclear energy, power generation, aerospace, defense, oil & gas, shipbuilding, advanced manufacturing, or another highly regulated technical environment.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary or matrixed engineering organizations.
• Experience mentoring or developing junior technical personnel.
Core Competencies
• Leadership by Example
• Engineering Drafting
• CAD Systems
• Drawing Standards
• Design Documentation
• Configuration Management
• Technical Problem-Solving
• Quality Assurance
• Team Development
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Supplier Support
• Continuous Improvement
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