Manager, Drafting

The Manager of Drafting manages the compliance of product and equipment modelling and drawings, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and continuous improvement across all teams through standardized systems and processes.

• Leads a team that creates, modifies, and maintains models, assemblies, and drawings as prescribed by change order.
• Develop and lead objectives for the global drafting team, ensuring alignment with overall corporate goals and operational excellence initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to optimize drafting processes. Champion a continuous improvement culture by leading initiatives that leverage AI and digital tools, and innovate processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy and compliance in drafting activities.
• Ensures application of best practices and general drafting standards, such as ASME Y14.5.
• Establish and maintain global best practices, standardised policies, and/or procedural controls as needed to ensure consistency, accuracy and compliance of drafting work outputs and systems.
• Ensure collaboration with the systems teams on maintaining the required drafting tools and licences.
• Develop and maintain and a clear intake process for drawing requests and prioritisation.
• Apply attention to detail and communication skills in order to collaborate with various groups to finalize updates to clean copies of published drawings taking into account requirements by all functional groups involved.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise to a diverse geographically dispersed drafting team, ensuring alignment with global standards and regional needs.
• Drive adherence to relevant Quality Management Systems and Business Processes, promoting a culture of quality and organizational effectiveness.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on talent development, succession planning, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure drafting team members possess the requisite technical skills, experience, and training to perform their work.
• Provide recommendations for workforce planning and contribute significantly to employee related decisions and development initiatives.
• Foster and maintain a positive, inclusive and productive work environment aligned with Cook’s culture and values.
• Willingness and availability to travel globally on company business.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, subject to reasonable accommodation requirements of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) (US Only)

• Degree in Science and Engineering or other relevant discipline and 7 years relevant experience.
• Experience in a regulated industry in a similar role preferred.
• Strong leadership and team management capabilities, with ability to guide and develop global teams.
• Ability to lead and deliver multiple complex global projects simultaneously within deadlines.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Adapt to dynamic landscapes and organizational changes, with the ability to adjust quickly and effectively in a change-driven environment.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and the capacity to work effectively both collaboratively and independently in environments with minimal supervision.
• Excellent organizational and planning abilities, complemented by keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative team player with a proven ability to foster trust, open communication, and effective collaboration across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships across diverse geographies and cultures.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with a passion for driving quality and operational excellence.
• Flexibility to work across global time zones as required.
• This role requires fluence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data concepts, including the ability to critically evaluate AI outputs, improve workflows using approved tools, identify and mitigate bias or inaccuracies, and communicate AI-driven insights clearly and responsibly to peers and managers.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, subject to reasonable accommodation requirements, as applicable by country, of: (i) the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) (USA Only); (ii) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Australia Only); or (iii) other applicable local, regional, or national law or regulation.