My company is in need of at least one AutoCAD drafter/detailer who is familiar with piping and plumbing systems. 3DSolids experience would be helpful as well. You would be responsible for creating shop drawings from owner provided contract plans. The detailing would be done using standard construction practices. Knowldege of UPC and other applicable codes is helpful. The detail drawings you create would be turned over for piping fabrication and field installation.

In addition to the above CAD skills, we are looking for someone who wants to do more than draw on the computer. Ideally, the person will take on typical project engineer duties for varaious projects. While previous experience with construction methodologies would be helpful, we can train you. Some of these PE duties would be: generating and tracking RFI, coordinating detail drawings with other trades, change order preparation, manpower tracking, and scheduling. You would also be my personal biotch.

The immediate need is for someone with the CAD and piping experience to be able to perform the detailing function in the Sacramento office. However, we want someone who can grow into a more diverse role so that when times are slow and there isn't much detailing going on, you can step into other roles and functions.

If anyone on i-club is interested, please send me your resume and cover letter:

m.egan@marelich.com



About the company: Marelich Mechanical is a mechanical contractor specializing in HVAC, plumbing, and piping design and installation for universities, public schools, government facilities, and the commercial and industrial industries. Marelich is a division of EMCOR, the largest mechanical contracting firm in the United States.

http://www.marelich.com
http://www.emcorgroup.com

 

I'm good at laying pipe so does that make me familiar with it?

I don't know AutoCAD but I can make a good coffee and I can make sure your internet access is always working. Does that make me qualified?

 

no more plumbing for me....! 2 years is enough, well, 2 full summers during high school is enough for me... yuck, Ca summers sux for blue collar work

 

This is white collar work.

 

oh... that's much different

 

Yeah, you'll be designing the plumbing system so that high school drop outs can do the install.

DUH.

Oh, and you'll be getting coffee for Mike.

 

So, you need a tracer?

 

/me pages BAN SUVS

 

I charge $25 for coffee...

 

No. Detailing takes creativity and thought. You need to be able to look at the contract drawings and come up with a way to route piping so that it is efficient and doesn't interfere with steel, electrical, ductwork, fire protection, and anything else that might be in the way. You need to understand that if your pipe is 4" and you're making a 90 degree turn, that that 90 degree fitting has a certain radius, and that it affectes where you place the next run of pipe after the 90. You need to know where you can and can't make offsets in the pipe based on codes and constructability.

Basically it's not drafting or tracing, but more of design. It's a really critical function because the drawings generated by a detailer are used for coordination with other trades (electrical, fire protection, etc.), for fabrication of the piping in the shop, and for field installation at the project site.

 

I don't drink coffee.









But whoever gets hired can bring me hookers and blow... or hookers that blow.

 

So it's like..a real job?

ick. No thanks.

 

I think is sounds kind of cool, unfortunately I don't have any experience with the 3d solids software. I am very proficient in Autocad 2005 and am starting to use ADT for architecture. I've been drafting since 1998.

Good luck filling the position.

 

I do plumbing and HVAC design in the Bay area and have been using AutoCAD since R12. If this was down here I would be very interested. We mostly do residential and small commercial projects. I'm a couple months away from getting my PE! This is a great job for entry-level engineers...I'm sure there has to be some recent ME grads from UCD that would be interested.

 

You obviously don't ralize that a good "tracer" probably makes more than you do for a less important job.

Nah. I'm not coming back to CA for AutoCAD work.