
Drafter / Designer
Des Moines, WAContract$30/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Drafter / Designer prepares and revises drawings for construction and engineering projects, including electrical, civil, architectural, and mechanical work. The role supports construction and installation through drawing packages and produces plans for structures, roadway projects, and utility locations. It is a contract-to-permanent, onsite position requiring six or more years of related experience and clearance of an FAA Public Trust background check before starting.
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Job Title: Drafter / Designer
Location: Des Moines, Illinois
Type: Contract to Permanent
Compensation: $30.00/hr
Work Model: Onsite
Hours: Mon-Fri; 8a-5p
Security Clearance: FAA Public Trust background check (must clear prior to starting)
Responsibilities
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Prepare drawings for construction projects or parts and assemblies, including various views, sectional profiles, irregular or reverse curves, hidden lines, and small or intricate details.
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Use conventional drafting techniques and apply working knowledge of drafting terms and procedures.
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Make arithmetic computations using standard formulas.
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Prepare several views of a simple rack system from a layout and manual references; obtain dimensions and tolerances from manuals and by measuring the layout.
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Prepare and revise detail and design drawings for diverse engineering groups such as Architectural, Civil, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics projects.
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Support construction and installation of electrical or electronic equipment, Navaids facilities, and civil site work as reflected in drawing packages.
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Produce drawings that may include details of mountings, frames, guards, or other accessories; conduit layouts; or wiring diagrams indicating transformer sizes, conduit locations and mountings.
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Draw base and elevation views, sections, and details of new Air Traffic Control Towers or other structures.
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Revise complete sets of roadway drawings for highway construction projects.
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Prepare block maps indicating utility line locations.
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Navigate workloads and notify manager of current workloads being pushed to the CAEG team.
Requirements
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Associate’s degree 2-year technical degree (or equivalent) is preferred.
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6+ years of related experience.
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US Citizenship or Permanent Residence (either is acceptable).
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Must be able to clear the FAA Public Trust background check prior to starting (processing time may be lengthy).
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Interview required (Teams).
System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,152 open Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$30/hr
- Washington median$27–35/hr21 hourly ranges
- US median$23/hr366 hourly ranges
This rate, $30/hr, is close to the Washington median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the middle half of Designer hourly ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 58 open Designer jobs in Washington and 2,152 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
- Amazon14 open
- Home Depot9 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,192 postings).
- Education
- 439 of the 2,152 open Designer jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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