Draughtsman

About the position

The purpose of the role is to create and maintain leasing and technical drawings and related documentation based on specifications and calculations.
REQUIREMENTS:

• Matric qualification required.
• 2 years’ experience in office administration required.
• Post-school qualification in AutoCAD required.
• Post school certificate in Architecture preferred.
• Code 08 Drivers License required.
• Intermediate knowledge of AutoCAD required.
• Knowledge of SAPOA area of measurements required.
• Basic Knowledge of MDA preferred.

DUTIES:
Surveying

• Surveying of buildings on-site (Re-measurement of Commercial, Residential & Industrial sites).
• Generate CAD drawings files from site sketches.
• Calculate rentable area from CAD drawings and ensure accuracy.
• Tidy-up drawings, add titles, notes and sizes and plot drawings onto formal Company title block.
• Effectively manage internal requests received through the centralized mailbox.

Verification

• Verify layout of buildings on-site against existing plans.
• Update existing CAD drawings from site sketches and re-calculate rentable areas.
• Allocate and measure usable areas on office plans (CAD).
• Calculate rentable areas from CAD in accordance with SAPOA method.
• Compile neat rentable area sheet for updating MDA.
• Generate leasing plans for leasing purposes.

Admin & Soft Skills

• Ensuring accuracy and completeness of all measurements and calculations.
• Attention to detail and accessibility to complete work on internal public folders.
• Indexing and filing of building correspondence on shared drive for use by internal staff.
• Building and maintaining relationship with colleagues.
• Assist with council-related requests e.g., obtaining approved plans.

Desired Skills:

• technical draughtsman
• draughting
• residential draughting