McKee Homes Ltd. Looking for Architectural Draftsperson at Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Full Time

Job Description:

• McKee Homes is a long time family owned Airdrie home builder over 36 years in business dedicated to our mission of “crafting exceptional homes for our valued customers”. We are flexible, experienced, open and committed to excellence, not only in our customer relationships but also with our staff and trade partners. We believe in providing a great work environment and in having fun while getting the job done. As local community members, contributing to our community is an important part of our core values. One of the things we are most proud of is our ongoing work with a project called Building Futures created together with Rocky View Schools where each year since 2012, approximately thirty grade ten students receive their entire academic education at our jobs site whilst also building two homes with us together with our trade partners. We are so proud to be able to share the amazing career opportunities which exist in our industry.
• We are currently adding to our drafting team and have an opportunity for an in-house full time Architectural Draftsperson to further enhance our highly experienced drafting department at McKee Homes.
• The successful applicant will be skilled at blueprint design using MicroStation (preferred) or AutoCAD with a willingness to make the change to Microstation. A minimum or equivalent of the Architectural Technologist Diploma from SAIT is required, together with at least three years of new home drafting experience.

Responsibilities:

The basic responsibilities of the position will entail the following:

• Production of full working drawings for single family, duplex, and rowhomes in Airdrie, Alberta (and area) within all National, Alberta, and municipal code and land use bylaw requirements.
• Review of floor joist, truss, engineering requirements, and subsequent permit conditions
• Plan modifications on existing floor plans for client customization
• Assisting the sales team as needed for plot plan production
• Assisting the drafting team as needed with product development
• Drawing construction details on specialty items for homeplanning team
• Assisting the drafting team as needed with marketing black lines

Qualifications:

• AutoCAD/MicroStation: 3 years (preferred)
• New Home Drafting: 3 years (preferred)

Education:

•  A minimum or equivalent of the Architectural Technologist Diploma from SAIT (required)

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Disability Insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life Insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care
• Wellness program
• COR Safety certified since 2007

Ability to commute / relocate:

• Airdrie, AB. T4B3H1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application deadline: 2024-03-15

• Please submit a Resume and Cover Letter to Grace McKee – grace@mckeehomes.com