Civil Drafter

About the role

Lead the design, development, and execution of 10s to 100s of GWs of data centers this decade. Drive the next generation of liquid cooling and electrical distribution systems. Develop and scale first-of-a-kind modular data centers. Influence behind-the-meter designs and planning for multi-GW campuses.

Responsibilities

• Produce civil drawing sets for data center site development: grading, drainage, erosion control, utilities, and site plans, from engineer redlines to issued-for-construction.
• Turn drawing revisions around within a day during permitting and construction, when a submittal date or an open RFI is waiting on the sheet.
• Build and maintain the civil CAD standards (templates, layers, detail library) so every site's drawing set is consistent, and the next project starts ahead.
• Coordinate civil sheets against structural and architectural models to catch clashes on paper before they cost time in the field.
• Prepare permit exhibits, plats, and agency-requested revisions that keep submittals moving without pulling engineers off design work.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience preparing civil engineering drawing packages for land development, industrial facilities, utility infrastructure, data centers, manufacturing campuses, or large commercial projects.
• Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D and experience creating construction documents, grading plans, drainage plans, utility plans, erosion control plans, and site development drawing packages.
• Experience developing surfaces, grading models, pipe networks, alignments, profiles, corridors, and utility systems from survey and engineering data.
• Experience preparing permit-ready and issued-for-construction (IFC) drawing packages from engineer redlines and design markups.
• Experience maintaining drawing revisions and supporting rapid turnarounds during permitting, construction, and RFI cycles.
• Experience reviewing drawing sets for completeness, consistency, constructability, and quality control before release.
• Experience coordinating civil drawings with structural, architectural, utility, and MEP disciplines to identify and resolve conflicts.
• Strong understanding of grading, drainage, site utilities, stormwater systems, easements, and site-development construction documentation.
• Experience preparing exhibits, permit packages, plan revisions, agency responses, and construction support documents.
• Experience maintaining CAD standards, templates, layer structures, detail libraries, and drawing-production workflows.
• Ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously while meeting aggressive permitting and construction deadlines.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree, technical certification, or formal training in Civil Drafting, Civil Engineering Technology, CAD Design, or related discipline.

Skills

• Civil 3D or AutoCAD drafting of construction documents issued for construction and built from.
• Building surfaces, grading, corridors, and pipe networks in Civil 3D from survey data to finished sheets.
• Same-day turnaround of engineer redlines into finished sheets while maintaining set consistency.
• Ensuring drawing sets are internally airtight: callouts resolve, matchlines align, and every referenced detail exists.
• Working under deadlines where a missed submittal slips a permit, with the sheet ready.
• Setting up or maintaining CAD standards that other drafters followed.

Preferred

• Data center, industrial, or utility-scale solar site work.
• Revit or Navisworks coordination.
• Survey data processing.
• Permit exhibit and plat preparation.
• Erosion control and SWPPP drawing experience.
• Experience supporting data center, industrial, utility-scale solar, semiconductor, manufacturing, energy, or mission-critical developments.
• Experience with Revit, Navisworks, BIM coordination, or multidisciplinary model review platforms.
• Experience processing survey data, point clouds, utility locates, aerial mapping, and GIS data.
• Experience preparing plats, permit exhibits, easement exhibits, utility exhibits, and agency submission packages.
• Experience supporting SWPPP plans, erosion control layouts, stormwater compliance drawings, and environmental permitting packages.
• Experience with Civil 3D automation, template creation, standards management, and workflow optimization.
• Experience supporting multi-state developments and fast-track construction programs.
• Knowledge of grading optimization, stormwater management, utility coordination, and constructability review processes.

Location: Austin, TX preferred. Open to Seattle, SFO, or NYC (30% travel required).

Duration: FTE Direct Hire

Salary range: $144K – $189K/year plus equity