Drafter

Randstad USA; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Career advancement

Job summary

Randstad USA is seeking an experienced drafter to collaborate with engineering and CAD/BIM teams on civil infrastructure drawings, including water and wastewater facilities. The role spans from preliminary design to records drawings, requiring strong CAD/BIM proficiency and ability to review deliverables against standards.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and Civil 3D, and can supervise junior staff while coordinating with engineers on large

Qualifications

• Strong drafting and design skills for civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience with water, wastewater, or drainage systems preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering plans and standards.
• Proficiency with CAD/BIM software (Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks).
• Ability to supervise drafting staff and coordinate with engineers.

Responsibilities

• Performs technical drafting for water, sewer and drainage systems.
• Prepares plans, schedules, estimates, and BOMs; compiles data for reports.
• Occasionally conducts field surveys, inspections, or investigations.
• Supports project engineers and supervises junior drafters; maintains standards.
• Checks as-constructed information and shop drawings for accuracy.
• Organizes drafting work on larger projects; liaises with engineers and consultants.
• Tabulates tenders and prepares material requisitions.

Skills

Drafting

CAD

BIM

Revit

AutoCAD

Navisworks

Civil infrastructure

Tools

Civil 3D

Job description

We are seeking an experienced drafter will work with our clients engineering and CAD/ BIM teams to prepare and deliver engineering drawings related to civil infrastructure facilities including water, liquid waste and other works. Your drafting and design assignments may range from preliminary design to records drawings. This is an ideal role for a technically advanced CAD / BIM professional with wide ranging infrastructure design experience, including working experience in preparing civil mechanical and/or process mechanical drawings, and reviewing drafting deliverables against established standards.

Advantages

• Excellent compensation and benefits including pension plan
• Opportunities for career advancement

Responsibilities

• Performs technical drafting, preliminary layout and design work for a variety of water, sewer and drainage systems, including sewage treatment, plants, water reservoirs, pumping stations and ancillary structures.
• Prepares special plans, job schedules, estimates, bills of material; compiles data for reports and investigations; processes applications and handles inquiries for information from outside the office.
• Occasionally performs field surveys, inspections or investigations.
• Assists superior with minor administrative matters on special drafting assignments, assists in training new staff and assigns, checks and supervises the work of subordinate draftspersons; maintains prescribed drafting procedures and standards.
• Checks as-constructed information received from the field.
• Checks contractor's shop drawings and bills of material for approval for construction.
• As required, organizes and coordinates drafting work on larger projects; provides liaison with the project engineer, consultants and others; maintains records pertaining to the project.
• Tabulates tenders, specifications and prepares requisitions for materials.

Qualifications

• Considerable specialized knowledge of drafting, layout, design and reproduction principles, methods and techniques as applied to the production of sketches, plans, charts and cost estimates.
• Working knowledge of engineering design principles and practices and of basic technical mathematics.
• Working knowledge of construction methods and materials.
• Ability to perform mathematical computations that occur in drafting and surveying assignments.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering plans and specifications and produce engineering drawings to established standards from written and/or oral instructions with minimal supervision.
• Ability to direct and supervise the work of subordinates engaged in technical field or office work.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, contractors, subordinates and other employees.
• Skill in the use of drafting, surveying and computing instruments or equipment such as design and drafting applications (e.g. Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, etc.).
• Superior aptitude in drafting, visual perception and computation.

Civil 3D Experience a very large asset.

Summary