Architectural Draftsman

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Prepare detailed drawings of architectural designs and plans for buildings and structures according to specifications provided by the architectural engineer/construction manager.
• Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary.
• Draw rough and detailed scale plans for foundations, buildings and structures, based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other data.
• Lay out and plan interior room arrangements for comemrcial buildings, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment and software.
• Supervise, coordinate, and inspect the work of draftpersons, technicians on construction projects.
• Represent architectural engineer/construction manager on site and ensuring builder compliance with design specifications and advising on design corrections under architeural engineer’s supervision.
• Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to list of materials.
• Determine procedures and instructions to be followed according to design specifications and quantity of required materials.
• Analyze technical implications of architectural engineer’s design concept, calculating weights, volumes and stress factors
• Create freehand drawings and lettering to accompany drawings.
• Prepare colored drawings of landscape and interior desings for presentation to client.
• Reproduce drawings on copy machines or tarce copies of plans and drawings, using transparent paper or cloth, ink, pencil and standard drafting instruments.
• Prepare cost estimates, contracts, bidding documents and technical reports for specific projects under an architectural engineer’s supervision.
• Calculate heat loss and gain of buildings and structures to determine required equipment specifications following standard procedures.
• Build landscape, architectural and display models.
• Analyze building codes, by-laws, space and site requirements and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect ona rchitectural designs.
• Operate computer-aided drafting equipment or conventional drafting station to produce designs, working drawings, charts, forms and records.
• Coordinate structural, electrical and mechanical designs and determine a method of presentation in order to graphically represent building plans.
• Prepare and update shop drawings as per design drawing, RFIs and design changes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or engineering
• Able to work and communicate effectively with all levels of co-workers, superiors/managers, clients and other external contacts;
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, proficiency in Arabic language is an additional skill;
• Has very good knowledge and skills in various software technical programs such as CAD, Auto-CAD, and ADOBE etc.
• 5 years’ experience.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person