AutoCAD Technician

AutoCAD Technician

Salary: $72,000 - $89,000 depending on experience.

Background check, US Citizenship, CAC, and a confidential clearance is required for this position. Travel is 20%

TMMG is seeking an AutoCAD Technician with electrical design experience to support the Engineering Design Team (EDT), which provides engineering design services to Military Sealift Command (MSC), the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and commercial maritime operators.

The AutoCAD Technician's primary mission is to produce, update, and maintain accurate, high-quality marine design drawings (mechanical, structural, and electrical) that support shipboard operations, shipyard installations, modernization efforts, troubleshooting, and equipment commissioning.

This role supports a multi-discipline engineering team (Naval Architecture, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Automation, and Marine Designers) operating under TMMG's ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, with expectations to meet schedules, maintain disciplined configuration control, and deliver drawings that achieve high first-time acceptance.

Drawing Production, Updates & Release Support

• Produce and update marine drawings in AutoCAD including plans, sections, details, diagrams, and installation drawings supporting ship alteration, modernization, and repair design packages.

• Convert engineering sketches, markups, and redlines into accurate, properly scaled CAD drawings consistent with TMMG and customer drafting standards.

• Convert PDFs, Excel files, scanned drawings, and legacy formats into clean, layered, properly scaled AutoCAD (.dwg) files suitable for controlled release.

• Support drawing updates driven by ship checks, engineering changes, and design revisions.

Ship Checks, Redlines & As-Built Accuracy

• Support ship checks by preparing drawing packages for field use.

• Incorporate returned redlines and field notes into updated AutoCAD deliverables.

• Maintain strong discipline in as-built accuracy, ensuring drawings reflect verified field conditions and approved engineering intent prior to release.

Configuration Control & Document Management

• Apply configuration control practices including revision history, clouding, title block updates, drawing logs, and controlled release package completeness.

• Maintain organized project folder structures so current and prior revisions can be quickly retrieved by engineering and project leadership.

• Coordinate with Project Leads to ensure drawing packages align with project scope, schedule, and customer deliverable requirements.

Standards, Compliance & Quality

• Support drawing development in accordance with EDT expectations to meet applicable ABS, NAVSEA, and USCG requirements as directed by engineering.

• Participate in internal quality checks to ensure drawings meet TMMG drafting standards and ISO 9001:2015 requirements.

• Perform disciplined self-checks including scale, dimensions, layers, lineweights, notes, callouts, tags, and consistency across drawing sets.

Cross-Discipline Coordination

• Collaborate daily with engineers and designers across electrical, mechanical, structural, systems, automation, and naval architecture disciplines.

• Support coordination of interfaces such as penetrations, equipment footprints, routing constraints, and access/clearance notes as directed by engineering.

Schedule, Labor & Status Awareness

• Track personal labor hours against assigned work packages.

• Maintain awareness of drafting progress versus schedule and communicate status to the Project Lead Engineer / Lead Design Engineer.

• Provide early notification of potential delivery risks, rework drivers, or sequencing conflicts.

• Maintain awareness of drawing dependencies across disciplines (e.g., structural changes affecting electrical routing).

Additional Support

• Prepare plots, PDFs, and drawing packages for customer submittals and reviews.

• Support additional EDT mission areas as assigned, including shipboard operations support, technical troubleshooting documentation, installation packages, and commissioning documentation.

Core Competencies (AutoCAD Technician – EDT)

• Marine drafting proficiency and disciplined drawing production.

• Configuration control and revision management.

• As-built accuracy mindset (ship check / redline integration).

• Cross-discipline coordination and communication.

• Quality-first delivery aligned with ISO standards.

• Schedule and labor awareness with proactive status reporting.

Physical Job Requirements

Perform onboard field verification and redline walkdowns of drawings and installations

Climb ladders and access multiple levels of the vessel for layout validation

Enter confined or congested areas (cableways, piping routes, structural zones)

Stand and walk for moderate durations during surveys and coordination efforts

Carry laptops, drawing sets, or tablets (10–15 lbs) onboard

Work in low-light, high-noise, or restricted-access areas as required

Wear required PPE and safely navigate active shipyard and vessel environments

Education/Certification Requirements

High School Diploma or GED

CAD Certification

Five (5) years' experience in Marine AutoCAD drawing production.

Confidential Security Clearance Required