Wieland - Creating Value for Generations!

Wieland is a global leader in copper and copper alloy manufacturing, processing, and distribution. We provide a large product and service portfolio including power, automotive, ammunition, coinage, construction materials, refrigeration, electronics and many other industries. To us, metal is more than material.

Wieland's Cultural Values

Wieland’s culture is what makes for a fun and rewarding place to work! As a company, we benefit daily from our employees' knowledge and abilities. With our cultural vision, we place our core values at the heart of everything we do: safety, ambition, optimism, reliability, ownership, diversity, & respect.

Wieland is hiring a CAD Administrator at our East Alton, IL location. As the CAD Administrator, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating all CAD-related topics at the East Alton facilities. Reporting to the Site Engineering and Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for managing CAD processes and systems, ensuring they align with global standards, and supporting the engineering teams at East Alton.

Your internal clients will mainly be within our local engineering teams across our production facilities in East Alton. By working alongside Capex project engineers, you will gain firsthand knowledge of the needs and requirements of your clients, while helping to drive conceptual solutions that support Wieland’s business expansion and process improvement goals.

CAD Admin Responsibilities:

• License managing for our CAD-standard softwares
• First level support (hotline for users) for our CAD standard softwares (Siemens NX (3D), ACAD-Mechanical (2D), ECTR (engineering control center as CAD/SAP interface.
• Second level support for our CAD standard softwares.
• Managing our key partner for CAD-topics in EA.
• Organization of CAD-trainings
• Point of contact for the CAD related IT-interfaces & coordinaton with IT-Team.
• Joint coordination of our internal CAD-standards in alignment with our global CAD-Admin.
• Implementation of software upgrades and patches
• Internal marketing of our standard solutions in EA
• Estimate costs and request budgets for internal CAD topics
• All topics related to digitalization in engineering in general (CAD/CAM, Simulation, VR, AR, 3D-scanning tools, and others)

CAD Admin Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics engineering, mechanical engineering or related degree
• 5-7 years related job experience in engineering & CAD-administration
• Good understanding of network-communication and design
• Strong fundamental knowledge of 3D-design (Siemens NX2306), 2D-design (ACAD-Mechanical 2023), SAP
• Expertise in the following is beneficial: Office 365, Kisters (Viewer), programming skills(vb.net), Inventor, Simulation tools, PM
• Strong organizational & communicational skills to support interdisciplinary project teams
• Team player with good didactical skills
• Strucutured and selforganized working methods

Joining Wieland’s team gives you…

• Benefits - Starting on Day 1! Including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life & more!
• Retirement Savings - 401(k) contribution + match.
• Work/Life Balance - Paid Vacation & Holidays.
• Growth Opportunities - We have over 9,000+ employees worldwide and 40+ locations in North America alone. Growth opportunities are limitless!
• Wellness Programs – Wieland encourages participation in our unique and personalized approach to wellness, where you are eligible to earn healthcare premium discounts as well as HSA employer contributions based on your status within the program.
• Sustainability- Wieland continues to break ground with eco-friendly solutions and push the barrier in sustainability for future generations.

Wieland is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.   Come join Wieland today and help us continue to build a global corporation we are all proud to belong to.