The AutoCAD drafter responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

Overall Responsibilities

• Generate, revise, and distribute design build electric drawings
• Generate, revise, and distribute design build fire alarm drawings
• Manage drawing issuances for plan and spec projects
• Provide assistance to Preconstruction Team (sketches, drawings, load calcs, takeoffs, etc.)
• Manage the Kip Plotter
• Manage KES PlanGrid projects
• Monitor GC’s filesharing site for new drawing releases (Procore, Sharefile, etc)
• Display extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office (outlook, excel, word, etc)
• Display extensive knowledge of PDF viewer (Adobe or Bluebeam)
• Effectively communicate with KES Preconstruction and KES PM team

Detailed Responsibilities

• Display efficient clerical and organizational skills
• Properly organize each job’s “drawings” folder (CAD files, pdfs, reference files, etc)
• File and organize received and downloaded documents for easy reference and usage
• File and organize e-mails within outlook
• File sharing websites (PlanGrid, Procore, etc)
• Navigate through ftp sites and websites to download and upload files and documents
• Confirm latest drawing issuances utilizing Procore or other file sharing websites
• Manage KES PlanGrid project
• Add/ remove KES team members as needed
• Insure latest drawings are posted (attention to drawing dates, names, etc)
• Plotter upkeep
• General plotting operations and tasks
• Assist with errors and jams (coordinate tech support if necessary)
• Changing paper, toner cartridges, toner waste box
• Monitor and notify appropriate individuals when supplies are low (paper, toner, etc)

AutoCAD Knowledge Overview

• Generate new electrical plans (also applies to fire alarm drawings)
• Transfer architectural drawings (floor plans, RCPs) to KES template
• Extensive knowledge of xref manager tool
• Create usable background drawings (remove unnecessary notes, dimensions, etc.)
• Modify layers for KES plot style (layer color, linetype, and lineweight)
• Select proper sheet size and drawing viewport scale
• Extensive knowledge of viewport commands
• Import panel schedules as OLE object
• Alter panel schedules using Microsoft excel
• Prepare drawing set for review and/or submittal
• Extensive knowledge of Fire CAD
• Understanding of Trimble Field Points
• Modify existing drawings
• Internal revisions (KES revisions)
• Owner, Architect, Engineer, or General Contractor revisions
• Permit review revisions
• As-builts revisions
• Distribute drawings
• Plot hard copies
• Generate PDFs
• Generate AutoCAD e-transmittal files if applicable
• Generate “Golden Copies”
• Download redlines from PlanGrid or scan drawings (plan and spec projects)
• Modify KES drawings
• File
• Distribute

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