What are the responsibilities and job description for the Architectural Designer/Drafter position at Action Builders?
About Us
Action Builders is the premier home addition builder & remodeler in the Pittsburgh area. As a full-service design-build company with over 30 years in business, we pride ourselves on bringing our clients’ dreams to life, enabling them to stay in the homes they love through our thoughtfully-designed, masterfully-crafted additions & renovations.
Job Description
We are seeking architectural designers and drafters to work with our sales and design team. This is a contract-based, work from home position requiring 1 to 2 days per week in the field.
The ability to produce residential construction drawings is required.
Responsibilities Include:
Field measuring with photo-documentation for both exterior & interior of home within 10 days of receiving the assignment.
*Process & checklist will be provided
*All sites are within the greater Pittsburgh area
Prepare as-built drawings in AutoCAD.
*Must be able to scale drawing onto a site survey (provided by customer) verifying the addition will be built within the required setbacks & easements.
Prepare scaled design drawings with options for the sales team to review with customer within 10 days of completing the field measure.
*Sample plans from previous projects will be accessible to you.
*Your interaction with the customer is limited to scheduling & facilitating the field measure.
Using the approved design drawings as your framework, prepare construction drawings for permit review.
*Standard details from previous projects are available
Requirements:
Candidate must possess their own
*Transportation
*Camera (phone camera is acceptable)
*AutoCad software or the ability to save as an accessible AutoCad file
Familiarity with local residential building codes and ordinances
*Or the ability to research building codes and ordinances as needed.
This hourly, contract position is perfect for a proactive self-starter who likes to work both autonomously & collaboratively (80-90% the former & 10-20% the latter). Hourly rate to commensurate with experience & abilities.
Please forward a resume as well as any pertinent project drawings/ portfolio for review.
Thank you for your interest.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $30.00 - $60.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
- Do you live within an hours drive of the Pittsburgh Area?
- How many years of residential architectural &/or interior design experience do you have?
- How many years of residential construction drawing experience do you have?
Work Location: Remote
Salary : $30 - $60