Cad Operator

About the role

Provide support to the Advocate Health Plant Operations and Maintenance (POM) team by creating, updating, and maintaining accurate technical drawings and documentation using AutoCAD. This role ensures that all drawings reflect current conditions and support planning, construction, maintenance, and compliance efforts.

Responsibilities

• Collect existing architectural and life safety drawings from Advocate Health hospital sites (POM) and the Advocate Health Planning Design and Construction (PDC) department; some drawings will be made available via an Advocate Health SharePoint site.
• Review drawing formats received from Revit, AutoCAD, and PDF to determine the most up-to-date per each building section (architectural and life safety).
• Consolidate the most up-to-date drawings into one drawing per floor per building.
• Export completed drawing sets to each facility site POM director and ask them to review and redline drawings for updates to include room numbers and room names.
• Collect redlined drawings from each site and make updates using AutoCAD.
• Organize drawings into layers following the Advocate Health CAD standards; polyline each room inside wall to inside wall and link the room to the room number and room name.
• Upload completed drawings to the Advocate drawing management SharePoint site as the “master” drawings.
• Maintain and update as-built drawings and facility layout plans.
• Collaborate with Advocate Health PDC, project engineers, project architects, and project managers to obtain completed renovation and construction as-built drawings in AutoCAD.
• Update the master drawings based on drawing updates received for each completed renovation or construction project.
• Send updated master drawings to each facility site POM director and ask them to review and redline drawings for updates to include room numbers and room names.
• Collect redlined drawings from each site and make updates using AutoCAD.
• Ensure master drawings adhere to the Advocate Health CAD standards; ensure each room polyline remains intact (inside wall to inside wall) and each polyline is linked to the room number and room name.
• Upload completed drawings to the Advocate drawing management SharePoint site as the current “master” drawings.
• Archive “old” master drawings.
• Organize and archive CAD files in accordance with company standards.
• Assist in space planning and utilization studies using CAD layouts, including areas served by Air Handling Units (AHUs), location of shut off valves, and areas served by shut off valves.
• Update campus maps to show the location of facility infrastructure equipment and connections for emergency portable equipment, including generators, chillers, domestic water tankers, medical gases, cooling towers, diesel fuel tanks, transformers, backflow preventors, sewage manholes, grease traps, steam traps.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations.
• Support the integration of CAD data into facility management systems (FSI CMS, Trane, Nuvolo, Revit, Walk).
• Advocate Health site POM staff through how drawings are integrated with CMMS and provide technical support on maintaining links between drawings and CMMS and help sites find needed drawings.

Tools & Software

• AutoCAD (required)
• Revit or BIM software
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Document management systems (e.g., SharePoint, Bluebeam)

Skills

• AutoCAD
• Revit
• Design
• Drafting
• BIM
• Facility design
• Health care

Qualifications

• Associate degree or certification in Drafting, CAD Technology, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in CAD drafting, preferably in facilities or construction.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with building systems and construction terminology.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $30.00 – $40.00/hr. Individual compensation offered within this range will depend on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Schedule

This is a hybrid position based in Charlotte, NC.