Drafter

As a Drafter, you will focus on ensuring safety in all aspects of your work and contribute to company meetings. You will conduct and document tests for new products, existing products, and purchased components, ensuring functionality, performance, and safety testing. You will also analyze service life to achieve desired levels of product reliability and user acceptance, as directed by design engineering. Your role will include reading, writing, and interpreting tests performed, summarizing results and recommendations for improvement to Engineering or vendors. Additionally, you will be responsible for weighing all products and major components and recording the data in the computer system. You will coordinate customer testing when applicable, design assembly fixtures and special test tooling, assist the Quality Department, and maintain the departments prototype inventory and tractors. Keeping the prototype storage area, shop bay, and testing area clean and orderly is also part of your responsibilities. Furthermore, you will use and maintain the departments instrumentation, including data acquisition equipment, and operate the departments truck and trailer as required to support the test program.

Responsibilities

• Focus, communicate, encourage, and contribute to safety in all job aspects and company meetings.
• Conduct and document tests for new products, existing products, and purchased components.
• Ensure functionality, performance, required safety testing, and service life for product reliability and user acceptance.
• Read, write, and interpret tests performed, summarize results and recommendations for improvement.
• Weigh all products and major components and record the data in the computer system.
• Coordinate customer testing when applicable.
• Design assembly fixtures and special test tooling as needed.
• Assist the Quality Department when needed.
• Maintain departments prototype inventory and tractors.
• Maintain prototype storage area, shop bay, and testing area in a clean, orderly, and professional manner.
• Use and maintain the departments instrumentation, including the data acquisition equipment.
• Operate the departments truck and trailer as required to support the test program.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Desire and capability to work with machinery in a 'hands-on' environment.
• Knowledge and experience in fabrication, welding, and tractor mechanics.
• Computer literacy.
• Solidworks experience in sheet metal design.
• 2-year degree focused in Drafting/design.
• 1+ years of Solidworks experience working with the sheet metal function.

• Hydraulic and electrical systems knowledge and experience preferred.
• Familiarity with CAD programs preferred.
• Solidworks certification.
• Prior manufacturing experience.

The plant is not climate controlled, operating in an older building since 1965. Offices are climate controlled, but you will spend 90% of your time in the plant. Some travel may be required, and occasional overtime may be needed to complete projects.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50000.00 - $60000.00/yr.

Benefits and 401k access on day 1

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Selma,AL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 16, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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