CAD Designer

CAD Designer

Corpus Christi, TX

The Company

Our client was founded over 50 years ago in Corpus Christi, TX. They are an industry leader in site development and surveying work supporting both commercial and residential land developers. Their expertise doesn’t stop at land development, however. Our client also supports several municipalities and other government entities in the South Texas region with master plans, site development work and construction supervision on water, wastewater and drainage projects.

The Job

Our client has a need for a CAD Designer. In this role, you will be responsible for providing engineering design support to the project management staff for retail, office, residential, municipal, and industrial development projects.

Functions

• Work from architectural plans and base files or land planning documents to produce engineering construction documents in AutoCAD/Civil 3D
• Understand and use established company standards for drafting including layer names, line and character styles, drawings and window names, and file names for sheet layout
• Be proficient in preparing high-quality, innovative, and accurate plan drawings in Civil 3D
• Analyze sketches, notes, and other input material to determine and plan the best approach to develop and complete drawings with minimal supervision and red lines
• Use a creative design approach to solve design challenges and have meticulous attention to detail
• Effectively monitor and manage budgeted hours and schedule deadlines of multiple projects at the same time to keep CAD tasks profitable and meet project schedules
• Inform project manager(s) and client managers of progress on assigned projects and proactively communicate design concerns
• Have excellent problem-solving and multi-tasking skills, along with a strong work ethic and a sense of personal accountability
• Be able to work cohesively in a team environment and have good verbal, written, and graphical communication skills.
• Three or more years' experience using AutoCAD/Civil 3D for land development engineering design work.

Qualifications

• Proficient in AutoCAD/Civil 3D
• US work authorization
• Associates Degree or Diploma in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design