HVAC/Sheet Metal - CAD Director

Why Work With Us

Tech Air is a mechanical and HVAC company built by people who care about the work leaving their hands. That sounds simple. In this trade, it is rare.

• We hire for roots. We want people who plan to stay, who want to know their coworkers by name, and who take pride in a drawing set the field can build from without a single phone call back.
• We give our leaders real authority. When you set a standard here, the standard holds. When you move a person or a priority, the move sticks. You will not be second-guessed by three layers above you every time you make a call.
• We treat drafters as designers, not production line workers. That is the difference you will feel on day one, and it is the difference your team will feel every day after.
• We are 100% employee owned. Every employee receives shares in the company through our ESOP at no cost to them.

What You'll Be Responsible For

Drawings That Leave Correct the First Time

Every drawing gets a review before it leaves your group. Rework caused by an internal mistake is rare, and when it happens, you trace it to the root and fix it at the source. The field and project teams build from what you send. They trust the numbers on the sheet because you earned that trust one drawing at a time.

Standards That Hold Across Every Project

You own the standards, the templates, and the conventions the whole group works from. A drafter moving from one job to the next finds the same playbook waiting for them. When a standard needs to change, you make the change deliberately, communicate it clearly, and see the team adopt it cleanly. Output stays uniform across the group instead of drifting person by person.

Workload That Matches the Calendar

You read the schedule ahead. You move people to the jobs that need to move, and you resolve constraints before they stall a project. CAD hours stay close to plan because you watch the work weekly. When a risk is bigger than the group can absorb, you bring it to leadership early with a clear picture of what is at stake.

Answers That Come Back the Same Day

Questions from the field and project teams get a response within a business day. The people waiting on your group keep moving because your group holds up its side of the exchange. You sit down with project managers every week and stay ahead of what is coming. The relationship stays built on trust, not chased-down answers.

A Team That Grows and Stays

You lead through daily contact, regular coaching, and reviews finished on schedule. Your drafters know where they stand and where they are headed. You give them real ownership in the design side of the work. That ownership is what they came for, and it is what keeps them here.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of CAD drafting experience in HVAC, mechanical, or construction environments.
• Three or more years leading a CAD or drafting team, with more weight on how you lead people than on how deep you draft.
• A track record of keeping a team together through daily contact, coaching, and reviews finished on schedule.
• Advanced command of the CAD tools used in mechanical and HVAC construction.
• Working knowledge of BIM coordination and how CAD output feeds the field and project workflows downstream.
• Proven ability to own standards, templates, and pre-release quality control across concurrent projects.
• Strong command of construction documents, shop drawings, and RFI workflows.
• Local roots and a clear reason to stay in the area for the long haul.
• Preferred: technical school, associate degree, or formal CAD training.
• Preferred: a CAD or BIM certification.

Compensation

Pay range is $100,000 to $130,000.