Drafting Manager

Job Description

Design Dreams. Draft Details. Lead the Future of Homebuilding.

We’re looking for a Drafting Manager who knows residential construction inside and out—and can turn ideas into beautifully buildable plans. If you thrive on leading a team, perfecting plans, and collaborating across departments to bring homes from concept to curb appeal, we want to meet you. This isn’t just about CAD—this is about crafting the future of our communities, one blueprint at a time.

Be part of a company that is dedicated to a culture of Excellence, Integrity, Respect, Gratitude, and Growth. Voted #1 Home Builder 2023 - Lancaster Online Reader's Choice, we are passionate about making each house a home and that starts with our teams!

Landmark Homes offers a rich benefit package that includes:

Effective first of the month after date of hire:

Medical

Dental

Vision

Voluntary short-term and long-term disability

Voluntary Life Insurance

Voluntary Accident insurance

Additional benefits:

401(k) with company match

Generous PTO hours

68 hours of holiday

New home construction discount

Tuition reimbursement

JOB SUMMARY

Manage the daily operations of the Drafting Department to ensure work is completed accurately and on-time, as well as support the Construction and Purchasing and Estimating Teams as needed. Additionally, assist in plan development, including floor plans, exterior elevations and management of the current product library and standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Manage Drafting Team’s daily operations. Assigns, schedules, reviews assigned projects as well as tracks performance against goals. Tasks include Initial CAD Drawings, Structural Changes, Design Gallery Changes, Lot Fits.

Manages employees, including training and development and areas for improvement.

Review of drawings and plans to ensure quality of work and project feasibility.

Collaborate with construction, purchasing, estimating, and marketing teams to ensure plans are accurate, cost-effective, and visually marketable as well as answer questions and provide support and look for ways to improve workflow and communication.

Specifies materials, trims, fixtures, and construction assemblies and design options.

Maintains familiarity with changes in field concepts, practices and procedures. Ensures efficiency of the in-house plan review process.

Ensure compliance with local building codes, zoning ordinances, and company standards. Maintains knowledge of applicable building codes, zoning ordinances, and other legal regulations.

Maintain and update a library of existing standard floor plans (construction-ready documents), front elevations, and structural options across all communities.

Assists in conception, design and planning of new and existing models in CAD in terms of depicting sketch concepts and formatting approved concepts to standardized plans and options.

Establish and maintain department design criteria and archiving old products and options.

Manage Design Build Agreement Plan Design and assist in New Product Design

Accomplishes other tasks as assigned by the President, Executive Vice President, or Director of Design and Selections.

COMPETENCIES

10+ years of experience in residential architectural design, product development, or drafting for a homebuilding company.

Deep understanding of residential construction methods and architectural design principles.

Ability to manage multiple projects with strong attention to detail and deadlines.

Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Office and related software.

Attention to detail.

Ability to plan and organize one’s own activities.

Ability to prioritize activities and orders.

Proficient in 2D and 3D drafting and rendering software such as AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Chief Architect, Enscape, Lumion, or similar.

Strong portfolio showcasing residential design and 3D visualization capabilities.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Residential Design, Construction Management, or a related field.

Experience in production home building or regional residential development.

Familiarity with building codes, structural systems, and value engineering practices.

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in architectural design.

At least five years’ experience in residential architectural design.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is periodically required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and ascend or descend stairs. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist or lifting as required to file documents or store materials. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is mild to moderate. The primary room environment contains ambient room temperatures and lighting as found in a typical office environment.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Landmark Homes is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Landmark Homes makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Full-time