Senior CAD Drafting Technician

Overview

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better? 

Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Senior CAD Drafting Technician (Civil 3D) to support project needs in our New England branch with offices in Acton and Hamilton, Massachusetts, and Bedford, New Hampshire.  After initial training, this position offers the opportunity for a hybrid work schedule.  The position will support project needs by computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) using Civil 3D software for a variety of environmental, civil, and geotechnical engineering design projects.  We are seeking a motivated individual who can develop layouts, grading plans, and details for engineering projects, including landfills, industrial sites, and utilities.  Projects also include opportunities to contribute from the conceptual design stage through construction.

 

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

 

We invest in our people.  Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too.  We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

 

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate a CAD computer using appropriate hardware and Civil 3D software to develop figures, drawings, and drawing sets;
• Draft, edit, and finalize design plans and details using appropriate and efficient methods, and adhering to Geosyntec drafting standards;
• Understand and visualize overall civil/geotechnical engineering concepts, such as grading, and translating abstract concepts to design drawings;
• Analyze sketches, notes, and other input material to determine best approach to complete drawings and drawing sets;
• Copy detailed plans and drawings, and perform non-routine complex drafting assignments;
• Operate plotter, printer, scanner, and other input/output devices;
• Proofread CAD drawings for accuracy, format, and grammar;
• Participate in CAD Action Group, by supporting, networking, and collaborating to improve CAD standards and efficiencies across the company;
• Work collaboratively with other Geosyntec CAD practitioners to prepare design drawings and details and review completed work products to ensure quality;  and
• Assist with mentoring and overseeing CAD Drafting Technicians.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of Associate’s Degree in Drafting and a minimum of three (3) years (5 -7 preferred) of experience performing CAD drafting work in a professional engineering setting, or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job. (required)
• Successful Autodesk AutoCAD Certified Professional examination within the last 3 years (preferred)
• Extensive knowledge of the latest releases of Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D (required)
• Extensive experience using Civil 3D, including but not limited to surfaces, alignments, profiles, profile views, cross-sections, data shortcuts, surface analyses, volume calculations, sheet set manager with fields, and coordinate systems (required)
• Qualified candidate will be required to take a Geosyntec Civil 3D exam to show proficiency in the software; will be conducted during interview process.
• Extensive experience using AutoCAD, including but not limited to annotation styles, multileaders, MTEXT, dimensions, scales, paper space/model space, XREFs, layers, dynamic blocks, and tool palettes (required)
• Extensive experience using/incorporating land or aerial surveying/mapping data and files (required)
• Experience with stormwater management design (preferred)
• Experience with landfill design (preferred)
• Experience using Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) as cloud-based storage (preferred);
• Experience using the latest releases of Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, Adobe PDF, and Windows File Explorer (required)
• Ability to perform basic math skills including applying concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations, and fundamentals of geometry and trigonometry (required)
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret red line drawings from Engineers,