Senior CAD Technician (Transportation Engineering)

About the role

Join our Central States offices and be integral to the growth of our transportation design practice. We are seeking a team-oriented transportation designer/technician with experience in KDOT, MoDOT, KTA, and/or local municipal transportation and roadway design, as well as proficiency in CAD design software.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for verifying the accuracy of drawings, compatibility of work across disciplines and for checking detail and quantity calculations.
• Calculates design data, prepares layouts, detailed specifications, estimates, reports, etc.
• Affords assistance in preparing engineering studies and evaluations involved in the development of projects from initial concept to the design stage, with the assistance from the project engineer/architect.
• Attends project and pre-construction meetings and provides input to ensure proper policies, procedures, and specifications are followed.
• Responsible for resolving technical design problems that may include performing field investigation or inspections, detailed design work and data.
• Makes recommendations regarding process improvement for project delivery at the office level.
• Performs general administrative assistance by maintaining complex project plans.
• Makes recommendations regarding process improvement for project delivery at the office level.
• Calculates quantities and performs engineering related computations.
• Makes recommendations regarding process improvement for project delivery at the office level.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology or related field and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• Associate of Science in Drafting or Technical School or related and 8 years of relevant experience, or
• In lieu education, 10 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret and work from design sketches to produce an intended drawing or detail with some supervision.
• Familiarity with transportation terminology.
• Ability to express your ideas and questions clearly with the design team.
• Proficiency with, or ability to quickly become proficient in Bentley Microstation software (OpenRoads and Inroads).
• Openness to applying skills to new and different processes.

Preferred

• Good time management skills.
• Good communication skills.
• 2 years' experience with transportation/roadway projects.

What You'll Bring

• Ability to interpret and work from design sketches to produce an intended drawing or detail with some supervision.
• Familiarity with transportation terminology.
• Ability to express your ideas and questions clearly with the design team.
• Proficiency with, or ability to quickly become proficient in Bentley Microstation software (OpenRoads and Inroads).
• Openness to applying skills to new and different processes.

Additional Information

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