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CAD Designer

Chart Industries

Windsor, CTJob$85–95K/yrPosted 3mo agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$85–95K/yr
Location
Windsor, CT
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Chart Industries is hiring a CAD Designer. Chart Industries is hiring an onsite CAD Designer in Windsor, CT to apply mechanical design expertise, interpret customer drawings, create production‑ready 3D models, specify tolerances, prepare bills‑of‑material, and support other departments while adhering to company standards and engineering processes.

Key focus areas include Apply mechanical design expertise as part of a cross functional team to produce complex layouts and detail drafting for rotating equipment, Interpret customer drawings and specifications to design products within manufacturing capabilities, and Design new structurally sound components from sketches, specifications, layouts, or engineering sheets.

Successful candidates bring High School Diploma Or GED Or Drafting Certificate With Equivalent Product Design Work Experience and 5+ Years Solid Modeling Experience. Important skills include Mechanical Design, Complex Layouts, Detail Drafting, Interpret Customer Drawings, Interpret Specifications, and Design Structurally Sound Components. Preferred (not required): Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault Professional, Sheet Metal Design, and Sheet Metal Detailing.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Mechanical DesignComplex LayoutsDetail DraftingInterpret Customer DrawingsInterpret SpecificationsDesign Structurally Sound ComponentsCAD SoftwareRobotic Welding ApplicationsERP SystemDesign for Manufacturing AssembliesUpdate Legacy DesignsSolid ModelingGeometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing ASME Y14.5Drafting StandardsGlobal Engineering StandardsMachined Parts DesignMachined Parts DetailingWelding ProcessWelding SymbolsMicrosoft Office ProductsAutodesk InventorAutodesk Vault ProfessionalSheet Metal DesignSheet Metal DetailingMechanical Design ExpertiseWork From SketchesWork From SpecificationsWork From LayoutsWork From BlueprintsWork From Engineering SheetsSpecify Manufacturing TolerancesSpecify FinishesSpecify DetailsSpecify PartsSpecify CalculationsSpecify DimensionsCreate Production-Ready 3D ModelsPrepare Manufacturing Bills-of-MaterialPrepare Procurement Bills-of-MaterialInterpret Designs

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED or Drafting Certificate5 Years Solid Modeling ExperienceWork Experience Within an Engineered Product / Manufacturing Environment

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

CAD Designer

Location: Windsor, CT, United States, 06095

Company: Chart Industries

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden a Chart Industries Co. is a global engineering business with a focus on providing clients with industrial products that help multiple sectors improve their everyday processes. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling and has over a century of experience in doing so.

We are hiring an onsite CAD Designer for our Windsor, CT location reporting to the Howden USA Aftermarket division.

What Will You Do?

  • Apply mechanical design expertise as part of the cross functional team to produce complex layouts, and detail drafting required for production of rotating equipment.

  • Interpret customer drawings and specifications and design products within the capabilities of the company and its manufacturing processes.

  • Work independently to design new structurally sound components, or work from sketches, specifications, layouts, blueprints, or engineering sheets, along with other information to make all required design, layout and detail drawings.

  • Specify and provide manufacturing tolerances, finishes, details, parts, calculations, dimensions and other data utilizing the company’s integrated computer software systems.

  • Create accurate, production-ready 3D models using CAD software, ensuring designs meet dimensional, tolerance, and joint requirements for robotic welding applications.

  • Prepare manufacturing and procurement bills-of-material and specifications lists through drawings and the company’s ERP system.

  • Aid other departments in interpreting drawings, designs, specifications, and resolving questions or problems.

  • Perform Design For Manufacturing Assemblies and update legacy designs to current company standards.

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

Your Experience Should Be...

  • High School diploma or GED or Drafting Certificate with equivalent product design work experience.

  • Minimum 5 years’ Solid Modeling experience (Autodesk Inventor preferred) and related database software (Autodesk Vault Professional preferred). Candidates without this experience will not be considered.

  • Knowledge of welding process and welding symbols.

  • Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing ASME Y14.5.

  • Knowledge of drafting standards and Global Engineering Standards.

  • Sheet metal design/detailing experience preferred.

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products.

  • Work experience within an engineered product / manufacturing environment preferred.

Our Benefits Package...

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance

  • Employer contributions to an HSA account

  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

  • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage

  • Basic life insurance with the option to purchase supplemental individual, spouse and dependent child coverage

  • Up to two weeks of paid family leave

  • 401k retirement savings plan including a company match

Salary range: $85K-95K

Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion.

Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.

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