(I hope I've tagged this post correctly - if not, I'm sure the Admins will
let me know)

I've been in this business (electronic systems design and manufacturing) a
long time and I usually have employees or myself perform required tasks
(design, assembly, test) or outsource a task e.g. "take this schematic and
lay out a PCB within these criteria..." that I'm too busy to do.

Now I think I need a Mechanical Engineer/Designer type to do one-off
drawings periodically.  Most of these drawings are for aluminum panels that
mount on 19" racks.  The panels are standard 19" rack panels of various
heights (1U, 2U, etc) and have one or more of a selection of components
specified by me (switches, connectors, PCB Assemblies, speakers, control
boxes, brackets, etc) installed in or on them but the specific configuratio=
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varies by project.  So two panels may have the same components but arranged
differently.  We currently use Visio and sort of have a "library" of parts
we use over and over. One of my partners does this work now but he's not a
ME and he's not able to crank out the drawings fast enough for a number of
reasons.  These drawings and the subsequent manufacturing, finishing,
assembly, integration and test are making our projects late and I need to
fix this problem.  My partner wears several hats, as do I, and if I can get
someone else to do these drawings, it will help solve this particular
problem.

So I guess I'm looking for a Mechanical Designer (aka Draftsman?) that will
take small contract jobs periodically and produce manufacturing drawings
from sketches and components specification/models/library.

How would you guys go about finding this kind of person?  Temp staffing
agencies? Craigslist?  Anybody here do this kind of project work?

Thanks for any and all input!
Carey Fisher
Chief Technical Officer
New Communications Solutions, LLC
careyfisher@ncsradio.com
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