CAD Designer

About the role

The Civil CAD Designer position plays an important role in our engineering teams to produce well-thought-out designs and quality drawing packages needed to control project construction and deliver critical solutions for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently develops civil designs and produces site civil engineering and/or land development design plans including drainage, grading, water, wastewater, signage and marking plans for industrial, commercial, and residential site development.
• Develop and plot maps showing topographical contours, elevations, profiles, and cross-sections.
• Prepare drainage calculations, cut, and fill calculations.
• Visualize and plan the geographic representation of designs for land development related projects including industrial, commercial, and municipal.
• Respect and work efficiently within the budgetary constraints established by the Project Manager.
• Understand and integrate: DDG CAD Standards, clarity and accuracy of documents, and applicable design criteria.
• Ensures that drawings meet expected production design goals.

Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Extensive knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D and other Autodesk tools.
• Detailed oriented.
• Minimum 5 years of civil drafting experience in commercial land development, including site improvement design, drainage, utilities, grading, etc.
• Demonstrated proficiency in civil land-based CAD drafting and the latest AutoCAD software.
• Operation of CAD workstations, plotters, printers, and other associated equipment to support the preparation of designs for engineering projects.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Able to lift up to 20 pounds at times.
• Able to travel to various project sites.
• Able to access and navigate job sites and construction areas.

Benefits

DDG offers a comprehensive benefit package which includes:

• 401(k) retirement plan with a generous company match
• Medical Insurance Plan
• Voluntary Vision Insurance
• Voluntary Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-term & Long-term Disability Insurance

About DDG

In the 29 years since our founding, our unwavering commitment to client service excellence has allowed us to grow into a multidisciplinary regional firm with over 235 full-time employees and 10 offices across South Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas – Thibodaux (headquarters), Covington, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Gautier, Fairhope, Mobile, and Houston.