Title: Draftsperson(residential construction)

Location: One Dr. David Friesen Drive, Winnipeg (Sage Creek)

At Kensington Homes, our people make the difference. We offer an exciting place to build your career. with competitive compensation and benefit packages, company matching RRSP/DPSP program, employee home purchase program and employee discounts.

Job Overview

Reporting to the Design and Drafting Manager, as the Draftsperson you will create designs and drawings to facilitate the construction of new homes. You also provide technical information and knowledge that supports profitable business decisions.

Your Day-to-day Responsibilities Will Include

Understanding and ensuring architectural and structural requirements, elements, building codes and by-laws are followed. Reviewing offers to purchase and amending change requests. Completing documentation packages, producing drawings sets and maintaining standard model plan library. Gathering lot marketing, zoning and grading information, creating site plans and applying for building permits. Preparing and submitting drawings to engineering consultants for structural certification and/or applying for building approvals.

As our ideal candidate, you are…

Organized; you effectively manage your time while balancing multiple priorities. A strong communicator; you clearly express your thoughts in conversation and in written communication. An active listener; you seek to understand and listen to others in a non-judgmental way. Detail oriented; you focus on detailed accuracy when dealing with a high volume of work. A team player; you contribute as a team member and share equally in the exchange of ideas, concepts and process outcomes.

Essential Requirements

Degree in Environmental Design or a Diploma or certificate in Architectural Technology, Engineering Design Technology, Construction Engineering Technology or related program of study. Minimum 3 years of relevant drafting experience in the Residential Construction industry. Comfortable using office equipment, Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and PowerPoint) and computer aided design software (Auto CAD, Revit). Satisfactory verification of criminal record check.

What We Value

Creating trusting and successful working relationships. Staying current with technical job skills. Cooperating with team members in an open, supportive and respectful manner. Setting clear, measurable and achievable goals. Taking responsibilities for the outcomes of decisions and actions.

Working Conditions

You primarily work in an office setting during regular business hours. Overtime may occasionally be required.

About Us

Kensington Homes is a single-family and multi-family business unit of Qualico with over 50 years of building new homes in Manitoba. Since we’ve built our first home in 1972, we’ve dedicated ourselves to providing great customer service, quality homes, and plenty of options.

Thousands of Manitoba families have selected Kensington Homes as their builder of choice, something we are very proud of. To learn more, click here .

Qualico welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

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Closing Date: July 10, 2026

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