Employment Opportunities
Please submit your resume via email to:
hr@iaddicshelters.com
We have the following opportunities available:
August 2011
Design and Engineering Position
2 Positions Available
IADDIC Shelters, LLC is preparing to execute on a housing development project in Kenya targeted to begin in the forth quarter or 2011. In order to execute on this project we need to fill two technical roles within our organization.
IADDIC Shelters delivers unique low cost housing solutions. Unlike traditional housing, our solution does not utilize conventional construction techniques but rather a simplified, high volume molded housing design in which a mold is central to our process. These roles will be responsible for carrying on all engineering functions for our business.
We are looking for individuals who have the following technical competencies.
AutoCAD Inventor Professional 2009 competency level of expert.
Skilled in all facets of the Inventor Suite of solutions including parametric modeling, frame generator, sheet metal, drawing creation, part and assembly creation, and Studio output.
No candidate will be considered without being able to demonstrate a thorough and complete understanding of AutoCAD Inventor’s parametric modeling feature and excellent competency of the tool in general.
Drafting Best practices for both ISO and ANSI standards
Fully knowledgeable about drawing formats and best practices for mechanical and architectural drawing creation.
Mechanical (primary) AND Architectural (secondary) Aptitude
Must be versed in both Mechanical design with experience in framed panel construction, sheet metal part creation, metal fabrication (bending, welding…) as well as Architectural and construction design (footers, piers, foundations, elevations, renderings)
Vendor Interaction
Must be able to interact with vendors and subcontractors and ensure manufacturability of designs
Contractor Interaction
Must be able to interact with field contractors and construction crews to ensure implementations match specified designs. (some international travel may be required)
Project Mindset
Must be able to manage work prioritization and design schedules to comply with customer deliverables in a project environment. Familiarity with PMI is a plus.
Previous experience with these materials
Steel, aluminum, plastic, wood
Wood frames and framing members
Polyethylene or polypropylene plastic sheeting
Corrugated materials (cardboard and polypropylene)
Fabric materials, felt, nylon, metalized Mylar films, polyurethane films
Well rounded Materials Property knowledge
Knowledge of a wide variety of materials and material properties: metals, woods, plastics, films, with understanding of engineering principles such as coefficients of thermal expansion and material interactions. Ability to predict load limit, and overall capabilities of assembled structures.
ERP Experience
Knowledge of ERP systems, and integration of engineering data into the ERP system through manual data entry or data transfer methods (XML)
Virtual position
Initially this position may operate as a “work from home” employee with mandatory office presence one or more times a week. Candidate will be required to be “in the office” during the initial instruction phase. This arrangement may change to an in office employee as conditions change in the future.
