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Overview

McKenney’s, a third-generation family-owned mechanical contractor with over 75 years of experience, is seeking a Fabrication Detailer to develop accurate shop drawings and tickets while collaborating with designers and engineers. The company is known for its commitment to customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize McKenney’s drafting standards to create shop drawings, shop tickets, and/or spool sheets.
  • Draft 'as-built' conditions based on redline drawings from field foremen, project engineers, and designers.
  • Understand layering techniques, pen weights, etc. required to produce a clear & legible drawing.
  • Convert architectural backgrounds (using REVIT) to the proper format for use in McKenney’s drawings.
  • Effectively and proactively communicate with designers and field foremen during the drafting and construction process.
  • Use web-based tools like GTP Stratus to produce project documents, package drawings, and assembly sheets.
  • Work with project manager and field foreman to create As-Built drawings for projects.
  • Willingness to seek knowledge from others.
  • Enthusiastic about job responsibilities.
  • Actively pursue self-development of skills as it relates to the duties of this job position.
  • Responsible for producing all documents in a timely manner based on job requirements to meet commitments to customers.

Requirements

  • Drafting certificate or 1 year experience in drafting.
  • 6+ months experience with Revit.
  • Basic PC experience in Windows environments, working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, web-enabled applications, and database software.
  • High school diploma or GED.
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$50/hr across 44 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 119 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 87 different employers. 72 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 444 other active welding openings from 282 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

McKenney's, Inc. currently has 3 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (7), and Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $33/hr, and Conyers at $31/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Fabrication Detailer (Revit OR Stratus) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.