CADD Operator I

AFO is looking for a CADD Operator I to work in US Air Force Academy, Colorado. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!

Responsibilities

• Prepares drawings for an entire project or a portion of a project with independent responsibility for completion. Works as an apprentice designer with some degree of responsibility for content and/or from engineers' sketches, marked up prints, and verbal instructions. Translates ideas, rough sketches, specifications, and calculations of engineers and architects into complete and accurate working drawings for use in structure and system maintenance, repair, or new construction.
• Provides CADD drafting and plotting services to internal and external customers of Engineering Flight. Communicates with customers on all job requests and CADD-related requirements. Locates reference material and possesses knowledge of plotter operations.
• Prepares drawings for major contractual requirements utilizing software and associated equipment to prepare sets or groups of drawings for new construction, modification, alteration, or renovation of base facilities.
• Maintains and updates as-built drawings and ongoing in-house projects. Takes action to ensure that information on drawings submitted as "as built" for projects are made available in appropriate folders on network server. Research original drawings and extracts record drawings from electronic files and updates file system for new inputs.
• Possess multi-disciplinary organizational skills made necessary by high degree of interaction with various operating groups. Maintains electronic copies of all as built and new designs on network server in appropriate folders. Follows Tri-Service standards for file naming and CADD leveling conventions for the General, Civil/Site, Utilities, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical and Electrical for sheet files and all model types.
• For Facility Surveys, may serve as a member of the Building Measurement Team (BMT) during Facility Space Allocation Survey (FSAS) by collecting data required to revise the floor plan including measurements. Notifies Engineering technicians and BMT Lead of space allocation changes for the revision of the Space Utilization Data Set (SUDS, or S-Files) as required.

Qualifications

• This role may require that company vehicles are driven.
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• Knowledge of symbols, terminology, and accepted standards used in engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of the equipment, facilities, and systems of civil, mechanical, electrical, and architectural engineering disciplines using CADD software to accomplish assignments.
• Skill in maintaining and operating reproduction and plotting machines.
• Ability to prepare original and complex drawings that are neat, accurate, appropriately dimensioned, and logically arranged. Knowledge of methods and techniques of drafting, including the ability to print neatly and legibly.

Desired Qualifications:

• Familiar with U.S. Air Force procedures, programs, methods, regulations, and resources.

Job ID

2025-19191
Work Type

On-Site
Pay Range

$34.67/hour
Benefits

CBA - The benefits and leave offered will be as defined under the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Akima Facilities Operations (AFO), an Akima company, is not just another federal facilities contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At AFO, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, AFO provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, AFO sustains mission readiness and ensures quality of life by maintaining high value assets and operations at peak performance and successfully manages these operations through accurately forecasting, managing, and aggressively controlling costs.

As an AFO employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.