Drainage & Utilities CAD Technician — Dubai

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM Middle East Ltd. in Dubai seeks a CAD Technician for drainage and utilities to produce and update technical drawings, verify field information, and coordinate utility records for sewerage, stormwater, irrigation, roads, and related infrastructure works.

The role focuses on accurate as-built documentation, adherence to RTA/Dubai Municipality/DEWA standards, and collaboration with engineers, inspectors, and document controls across projects.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in CAD drafting for civil infrastructure, utilities, drainage, roads, or construction projects.
• Strong capability using MicroStation and AutoCAD.
• Experience preparing construction drawings, shop drawings, and as-built documentation.
• Familiarity with sewerage, stormwater, irrigation, drainage, road, and utility infrastructure.
• Ability to interpret engineering sketches, design inputs, survey information, and field markups accurately.
• Understanding of drawing coordination and infrastructure utility interfaces.
• Familiarity with RTA, Dubai Municipality, and DEWA drawing or submission requirements is advantageous.
• Experience producing pipeline profiles, sections, utility layouts, and detailed construction drawings.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, revise, and issue technical drawings, layouts, details, and as-built documentation using current versions of MicroStation and AutoCAD.
• Translate engineering design inputs into detailed and coordinated construction drawings.
• Update drawings to reflect approved design changes, field information, and actual construction conditions.
• Maintain compliance with project specifications and applicable RTA, Dubai Municipality, and DEWA requirements.
• Apply AECOM CAD standards covering layers, scales, line conventions, title blocks, drawing references, and document presentation.
• Review available as-built information for existing sewerage, stormwater, and irrigation networks across Dubai.
• Track infrastructure information from Drainage, Irrigation, Roads, and related project records.
• Conduct site visits and surveys where required to verify installed works and gather information for as-built preparation.
• Coordinate with inspectors to confirm construction progress, dimensions, levels, alignments, and site modifications.
• Prepare and update redline markups based on verified site conditions.
• Produce section details, pipeline profiles, utility layouts, and microtunneling shaft drawings.
• Support preparation of coordinated utility drawings across multiple underground and above-ground services.
• Check utility interfaces and drawing information to help identify potential clashes or inconsistencies.
• Review contractor shop drawings and as-built submissions against recorded site conditions.
• Provide drafting support during construction when approved changes require drawing revisions.
• Coordinate drawing updates with engineers, inspectors, and document control teams.
• Ensure drawings are submitted within required project and authority timelines.
• Maintain clear revision histories and organized digital drawing archives.
• Control drawing files and records so that current approved versions remain readily identifiable.
• Support project closeout by producing accurate and traceable final as-built documentation.

Skills

MicroStation

AutoCAD

CAD drafting

Civil infrastructure drawings

As-built drawings

Utility coordination

Pipeline profiles

Drawing revisions

Job description

AECOM Middle East Ltd. in Dubai seeks a CAD Technician for drainage and utilities to produce and update technical drawings, verify field information, and coordinate utility records for sewerage, stormwater, irrigation, roads, and related infrastructure works.

The role focuses on accurate as-built documentation, adherence to RTA/Dubai Municipality/DEWA standards, and collaboration with engineers, inspectors, and document controls across projects.