About the Role:
Gutmann North America is seeking a Curtain Wall Design Drafter to join our Pre-Construction team in Oakville. This role offers the opportunity to work on architecturally challenging projects across North America while developing technical expertise in custom curtain wall and façade systems.
Working alongside senior designers, engineers, project managers, and fabrication teams, you will contribute to projects from early design development through fabrication and installation. Candidates with strong initiative, technical curiosity, and a desire to grow will find a clear path for advancement within the organization.
What you'll do:
- Assist in the design and development of curtain wall and façade systems for commercial, institutional, mixed-use, and high-rise projects.
- Produce design drawings, shop drawings, fabrication drawings, assembly manuals, and installation documentation.
- Support project teams throughout the full project lifecycle, including design-assist, value engineering, testing, fabrication, and installation.
- Develop 3D models and perform clash detection to identify and resolve coordination issues.
- Coordinate hardware integration and system validation requirements.
- Work closely with senior designers and the Engineering, Estimating, Project Management, and Fabrication teams to deliver coordinated technical solutions.
- Participate in mock-up development, certification testing, and product validation activities.
- Take ownership of and contribute to maintaining and developing Gutmann North America’s product libraries and technical standards.
- Assist in resolving detailing, constructability, and technical design challenges.
Qualifications:
- Two to three years of hands-on experience designing North American curtain wall or façade systems
- Understanding of the curtain wall project lifecycle, from design development through fabrication and installation
- Experience with unitized and/or stick-built curtain wall systems
- Strong proficiency in AutoCAD
- Experience with Autodesk Inventor is an asset
- Experience producing technical drawings and fabrication documentation
- Familiarity with clash detection, hardware integration, and system coordination
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary teams
- Self-motivation and a desire to develop into a senior technical design role
Please note: Applicants without North American unitized curtain wall experience will not be considered. The job is based in the Office in Oakville Ontario. Commuting reliably is non-negotiable.
