The Role
Lead Technical Designer responsible for generating customer drawings and complete Bills of Materials for project orders. Create 2D/3D arrangement, assembly, and detail drawings (pressure and non-pressure), ensure ASME compliance, produce DXF/CNC shop support, review vendor drawings, perform occasional site walk-downs, interface with fabrication, and train junior staff.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
Lead Technical Designer to oversee all Bill of Material Generation and Mechanical Customer Drawing Generation for Project type orders, including the ability to train new employees on how to generate Customer Drawings and shop Bill of Materials.
- Translate/apply design requirements from standards, contract information sheets, customer specifications, proposal drawings, P&ID’s, flow diagrams and other data into actual product design and details.
- Creation of proposals, creation of arrangement model/drawings, creation of models and detail/assembly drawings for both non-pressure part and pressure part components.
- Determine appropriate views, sections and orientation on drawings to be made for the purpose of showing necessary information in the most effective manner.
- Assure that drawings prepared comply with proposal requests or contract specifications and all applicable company and ASME section I and VIII standards.
- Verify drawing accuracy concerning such items as dimensions, fits, and tolerances.
- Review and comment on vendor equipment drawings per contract requirements
- Involved in part time checking of arrangements and/or assembly/detail drawings as required.
- Work from information at proposal stage, early contract, or final design stages
- Prepare complete Bill of Materials which are utilized to fulfill project material requirements.
- Create shop support documents such as DXF files for CNC cutting of material and bend instructions for tube and pipe.
- Participate in continuing improvement exercises to stream line production processes.
- Understand various metal fabrication techniques and utilize to determine the most effective production assembly sequence.
- Generate shipping competent lists which identifies all items which will be shipped from various production facilities.
- Per proposal/contract activity assigned, travel domestically to a job site to perform equipment walk-down to take field measurements and establish site specific requirements as required.
- Interface directly with the fabrication facility to solve assembly and installation issues.
- Perform all other duties as required.
Qualifications
Education:
- High School Diploma
- Vocational/Technical
Experience:
- Mechanical Design Drafting 4-6 years
- Auto Cad 4-6 years
- 3D Inventor 4-6 years
Skills Required
- High School Diploma
- Vocational/Technical education
- Mechanical design drafting experience (4-6 years)
- AutoCAD experience (4-6 years)
- 3D Autodesk Inventor experience (4-6 years)
- Knowledge of ASME Section I and VIII standards and compliance
- Ability to create Bills of Materials and DXF/CNC shop support files
- Ability to travel domestically for field walk-downs as required
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What We Do
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is an American power generation company.







