SolidWorks Sheet Metal Designer

Program Description: The SolidWorks Sheet Metal Designer is responsible for designing and developing sheet metal components, assemblies, and fabrication drawings for manufacturing and production. This role works closely with engineering, production, fabrication, and project management teams to create accurate 3D models, flat patterns, and fabrication documentation while ensuring designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, and meet project specifications and quality standards.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Essential Job Functions:

Essential job functions represent the fundamental job duties and accountabilities of the employment position the individual holding the position must be capable of performing. Persons with disabilities can perform these with or without reasonable accommodations. The Director or his/her designee may assign other duties and accountabilities limited to those consistent with the applicable scope of the appropriate professional job function.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Design sheet metal parts, assemblies, and fabrication layouts using SOLIDWORKS

• Create detailed manufacturing drawings, flat patterns, assembly drawings, and fabrication documentation

• Develop and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs) for fabrication, purchasing, and production

• Review project specifications, engineering requirements, and customer documentation to ensure design accuracy

• Coordinate with engineering, production, fabrication, and project management teams to support manufacturing processes and project timelines

• Optimize designs for manufacturability, material utilization, production efficiency, and cost reduction

• Support prototype development, design revisions, and continuous improvement initiatives

• Verify dimensions, tolerances, bend allowances, hardware requirements, and fabrication details

• Maintain engineering revisions, drawing control, and documentation standards

• Assist with troubleshooting fabrication, fit-up, and assembly issues as needed

• Ensure designs comply with company standards, quality requirements, and manufacturing capabilities

• Support production personnel with technical clarification and fabrication documentation

• Perform other related duties as assigned

This role includes, but is not limited to, the responsibilities listed above. Additional duties may be assigned as needed to support team and business operations.

Position Specifications

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Education and/or Experience:

Education Experience with sheet metal design and fabrication processes

Experience Proficiency in SOLIDWORKS, including sheet metal modeling and assembly tools

Advanced Strong understanding of fabrication methods including laser cutting, bending, forming, welding, and assembly

Advanced Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documents

Advanced Knowledge of material properties, tolerances, bend deductions, and manufacturing practices

Advanced Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and accuracy

Advanced Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously

Advanced Strong communication and teamwork skills

Language Abilities:

Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, memos, and work place policies. Ability to analyze, interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, procedures and governmental regulations. Ability to write professional correspondences. Ability to speak effectively with others. Ability to present formal information in one-on-one and small group situations to management and/or other employees. Ability to present information and respond to questions from managers and/or employees.

Mathematical Abilities:

Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ration, and percent and design and interpret charts and graphs to communicate business issues.

Reasoning Abilities:

Ability to carry out detailed written and/or verbal instructions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form to carry out business objectives. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Temperament:

Flexibility and coping with change. Multitasking. Ability to maintain composure in a stressful environment. Freedom to work from supervision. Performance under tight deadline.

Other Abilities:

• Experience in CNC manufacturing and fabrication environments

• Knowledge of nesting software, flat pattern development, and production workflows

• Familiarity with ERP systems and BOM management processes

• Experience with weldments, mechanical assemblies, and equipment fabrication

• Understanding of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles

• Experience with DriveWorks design automation software

• Experience supporting prototype development and manufacturing troubleshooting

• 3D Modeling & Mechanical Assembly Design

• Sheet Metal Design & Flat Pattern Generation

• Engineering Drawing Creation & Revision Control

• BOM Development & Documentation

• Manufacturing & Fabrication Support

• CAD File Management & Production Documentation

• Design Optimization & DFM Practices