Millwork Drafter

General description :

Plans, directs, coordinates and controls activities of custom designed manufacturing project to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.

Making shop drawings for fabrication and installation of Architectural Woodwork

General Scope :

The Architectural Millwork Drafter plans, performs activities of making custom design shop drawings for manufacturing and installation, works to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and cost parameters.

Functional Responsibilities :

• Attends virtual meeting for training and information transfer, including objectives of the tasks
• Create shop drawings in line with design aesthetics and JSI standards, within established budgets and controlled parameters.
• Reviews the elements impacting the scope to draft, for example plumbing, electrical etc. in order to integrate them properly, so they are properly coordinated
• Render 2D or 3D modeling using Autocad (2D) and / or Inventor (3D)
• Prepare and organize the drawings for presentation based on JSI standards
• Adjust the drawings per a system of green / red lines to accommodate learnings and customer instructions
• Collaborate with the team of in house experts for learning and implementation of best practices and scopes
• Research the specialty hardware / plumbing / appliances etc in accordance to client specs so to best integrate and coordinate the shop drawings
• Controls his / her own work to making sure to meet JSI standards
• Other related tasks as identified and directed by the department manager

Qualifications & Skills :

• University or College Degree in Commercial Drafting
• 5 to 10 years of experience in architectural drafting / Millwork engineer
• Drafting architectural millwork structures is a must
• Excellent ability to read architectural plans
• Ability and ease in reading specifications and quotes
• Knowledge of materials (wood, plastics, metal, glass) including hardware and how they are processed in production
• Team work and excellent communication skills
• Expert knowledge of AutoCad
• Knowledge of Inventor (an asset)

About us :

JSI is known for our North American manufacturing of on-trend custom kitchen cabinetry & architectural woodwork packages for the multi-unit residential apartment and condo markets.

We have developed a reputation for delivering an incredible quality & value that stands the test of time. Our clients in the market are among the most renowned developers, general contractors, architects and interior designer’s in the biggest cities across the US.

Our products can be found in New York City, Washington DC, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, Hawai’i, the Virgin Islands, and many towns and cities in between.

For decades, JSI has also been a specified National Supplier for the likes of Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, IHG & Best Western.

In this role, we have made our name supplying & installing Millwork, Cabinetry & Casegoods that meet the requirements of each brand’s standards.

We set ourselves apart from the pack by working from the brand prototypes first, and then adapting this knowledge to each new project that comes across our table.