CAD Draftsperson / Estimator

Work in CAD every day on some of the most capable pipe profiling equipment in the country.

Waypoint  is partnering with Surepipe to appoint a CAD Draftsperson / Estimator supporting the growth of their steel pipe processing and profiling capability.

Surepipe is a privately owned steel pipe supply and processing business working exclusively in carbon steel, servicing the mining, drilling and minerals, structural, pressure vessel and general industrial markets across Australia and the Pacific.

Their point of difference is the profiling. The equipment is European-built and among the most capable of its type in the country, the same class of machine used to profile structural pipework for major stadium projects overseas. It allows Surepipe to add real value to a length of pipe before it reaches a customer's workshop, delivering ready-to-weld product and a genuine efficiency gain for fabricators.

The role

You'll be working in CAD daily. Checking and interpreting customer drawings, making modifications, adding weld preparation detail, and getting drawings out to the profiler so the operators can keep running.

You'll also translate customer concepts and sketches into CAD models, taking an idea through to something that can be priced and cut. Research and development work sits here too, turning concept sketches into models for new products and accessories.

Alongside the CAD, you'll prepare estimates from customer drawings and specifications, with enough detail that the customer service team can run with them. Speed matters, and turning enquiries around the same or next business day is a real competitive advantage.

You'll manage scheduling across the processing function, balancing customer expectations against machine capacity, and provide technical support to the internal sales team and the Business Development Managers on tenders.

Who will you be working with?

You'll report to the manager who leads the processing function, who has a fabrication and engineering background and will back you while you find your feet.

You'll sit alongside a minerals and resources team leader, internal sales team members, Business Development Managers, and the operations team.

What is on offer

• Competitive base salary plus super
• Quarterly bonus available after probation. It applies to every team member and is based purely on revenue and gross profit
• Laptop and CAD workstation provided
• Quarterly check-ins and a full annual review. The business actively supports further study
• Genuine progression as the processing capability grows, either toward leading a processing department or toward estimating and project management
• Varied work, from small fabrication jobs through to multi-million dollar packages, including major infrastructure and public art works across Australia and into the Pacific regions

What Surepipe is looking for

• Operational CAD capability. You'll be working in drawings every day, building and modifying models rather than just reading them. Surepipe currently uses Fusion 360 and ProCAM but isn't locked into a platform
• Some exposure to estimating or quoting. You don't need years of it, but you should be comfortable taking a set of drawings and working toward a number
• A TAFE diploma or similar two-year qualification in engineering or drafting. Degree-qualified candidates are welcome but it's not required
• Exposure to CAM or machine programming is an advantage
• An understanding of Australian Standards for steel is an advantage, though it can be taught
• Genuinely detail-oriented, and disciplined enough to check rather than assume
• Outgoing, communicative and collaborative. This role sits in the middle of the business and you'll be working closely with the team every day
• Strong written and spoken English

Early-career candidates are genuinely encouraged to apply. If you've got the CAD capability and some quoting exposure, Surepipe will back you to grow into the rest. The business actively supports further study, and candidates still completing a qualification will be considered.

Backgrounds of interest include steel processing and distribution, laser cutting and profiling, structural steel fabrication, and pipe or tube supply.

Location and working arrangements

Fully site based in Brendale, and you'll spend time in the workshop and on the machine to stay familiar with the capability.

Interested?

Apply with your CV, or contact Sam O'Brien at [email protected] for a confidential conversation.