Hire a CAD Drafter Australia

How 3D CAD drafter recruitment works with us

The 3D CAD drafter recruitment process runs the same way whether you need a contractor for a three-month surge or a permanent drawing-office hire: you brief the role — software stack, discipline, seniority, remote or on-site — and we shortlist from drafters whose sample work has been reviewed by our own engineers, not keyword-matched by a recruiter who cannot read a drawing. Claimed SolidWorks, Inventor or Revit capability is tested against real drawing sets before a candidate reaches you, which is why our shortlists run three names rather than fifteen. Contract placements typically start within days on our paperwork — engagement contract, insurances and invoicing handled — while permanent searches carry a replacement guarantee period.

Disciplines and roles we place

Placements span mechanical design drafters producing part and assembly documentation, structural and steel detailers working to AS 4100, electrical drafters across schematics and building services, Revit and BIM technicians for coordinated building projects, and civil drafters on 12d and Civil 3D. Seniority runs from documentation drafters through checking-level seniors to drawing-office leads who set standards for a team. Because we run our own drafting practice, we also know which briefs the market cannot fill as written — and we will tell you that on day one, along with how to restructure the role so it can be filled, rather than burning your weeks on a search that was never going to land.

Contract, permanent and try-before-you-hire

Engagement structure follows the work, not our preference: overflow and project surges suit contractors on our payroll, ongoing documentation load suits permanent placement, and genuinely uncertain roles suit contract-to-permanent — run the drafter on contract for a defined period, then convert with a transition fee that recognises the contract fees already paid. Confidential searches are handled without your company name entering the market before shortlist stage, which matters when the hire replaces an incumbent. And candidates pay nothing at any stage: our fee sits with the employer, which keeps the candidate pool honest about what they want rather than what a fee-sharing arrangement nudges them toward. Beyond placement, we stay reachable through the engagement — check-ins during a contractor’s first fortnight, an honest channel if either side has concerns, and rate reviews at renewal handled by us so the working relationship never has to carry the money conversation. Most of our placements come from repeat employers, which is the only recruitment metric that resists inflation.