CAD Production & Design Leader

About the role

The CAD Production & Design Leader will lead drafting and design for projects, mentor Designers and Technicians, and manage the production of 3D models.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned projects
• Lead coordination between project team disciplines
• Production of compiled PDF’s for project milestones from all disciplines
• Design changes where necessary
• Clash detection and resolution between disciplines
• Exporting of design files
• Civil site plan linking
• Facilitate P&ID design with all process modeling.
• Lead the development of 3D models/alignments
• Coordination of models with sub-consultants as needed
• Maintain the shared coordinate system
• Owner of secured workset(s) for levels, grids, and scope boxes
• Lead the organization of alignments, plans, sections, and details for construction documents
• Attend project meetings as required
• Scope & Fee Development
• Budget & Schedule Tracking
• Work closely with Design Phase Managers to maintain scope, budget, and schedule to execute projects
• Maintain strong communication with engineers and project managers to ensure timely delivery of projects and avoid any potential project conflicts
• Acknowledge and coordinate design issues with disciplines
• Arrange necessary resources for file sharing and communication to effectively share design files across the company or with clients, sub consultants, and contractors
• Coordinate resources for assigned projects
• Develop markups working with the engineers
• Distribute and coordinate workload with fellow Designers and Technicians
• Review the work of your fellow Designers and Technicians and serve as their mentor
• Provide thorough review of every plan sheet for assigned projects to ensure all projects adhere to company standards, prior to engineers’ review
• Mentor, equip, train, develop, and engage junior team members to become effective design professionals and undertake increasingly more complex assignments and responsibilities as they grow

Requirements

• 10 or more years of computer aided drafting and design experience with an architectural &/or engineering design team
• Extensive experience in the use of either Civil3D, Revit, or MicroStation software
• Experience using MSOffice products, including Excel, Outlook, and Word
• General understanding of various building types
• Experience with architectural, industrial and commercial designs
• Experience with multi-discipline CAD designs (i.e. piping, structural, electrical, I&C, controls, mechanical, HVAC, process)
• Strong knowledge base of site development including grading, paving, drainage, and piping
• Good communication and training skills (verbal and written)
• Associates degree in CAD or similar 2-year degree

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of water or wastewater treatment specific equipment
• Experience using Bluebeam software
• Experience using ArcMap
• Experience using StormCAD, HEC-RAC, HEC-HMS
• Experience with file sharing protocols and other methods of file transfer
• Associate’s degree or higher with a focus on CAD/BIM
• Experience with point clouds and point cloud processing with ReCap
• Experience with BIM360/ACC file sharing software
• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, or biosystems/agricultural or related engineering discipline