Staging CAD Designer - Traffic

Egis in Canada; Hamilton; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Egis in Canada is seeking a CAD Designer for the Hamilton LRT corridor project. This role supports transportation infrastructure delivery and focuses on production and coordination of staging and traffic management drawings. Ideal candidates have 3–7 years of CAD design experience in civil projects and proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

The position offers a hybrid work model and an opportunity to contribute to significant urban infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• 3–7+ years of CAD drafting and design experience in transportation or civil infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of plan production workflows, including external references (Xrefs) and annotations.
• Effective organizational, time-management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce detailed staging and traffic management drawing packages.
• Coordinate staging drawings with various engineering disciplines.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews on drawings.

Skills

CAD drafting

AutoCAD Civil 3D

MicroStation

OpenRoads

multidisciplinary coordination

attention to detail

time management

communication skills

Education

Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology

CAD/BIM certification or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

MicroStation

OpenRoads

Job description

Join Egis, where your ambition meets unparalleled growth opportunities. As we continue to expand within Canada, we’re looking for talented professionals like you to be a part of our innovative team. Imagine working alongside over 1,000 top-tier engineers, architects, and planners, all dedicated to shaping the future of infrastructure and development.

Job Description

CAD Designer – Construction Staging supports transportation infrastructure delivery in Hamilton, ON, Canada, contributing to the Hamilton LRT corridor project within a hybrid work model. This role focuses on the production and coordination of staging and traffic management drawings aligned with engineering design intent.

The position operates within a multidisciplinary environment, translating design markups into detailed plan sets that support phased construction, traffic operations, and temporary works. Responsibilities span drawing production, revision management, document control, and coordination across roadway, transit, and utility disciplines. Work contributes to design development and implementation phases within a large‑scale urban corridor.

The ideal candidate brings 3–7+ years of CAD drafting experience in transportation or civil infrastructure projects, with strong expertise in staging drawings, plan production standards, and multidisciplinary coordination.

• Produce detailed staging and traffic management drawing packages for the Hamilton LRT project, converting design markups into clear, accurate, and coordinated plan sheets.
• Prepare staging plans that illustrate lane configurations, traffic detours, staging limits, work zones, pedestrian routing, cyclist accommodations, and temporary traffic control measures.
• Support staging designers, traffic engineers, and project teams by implementing revisions and maintaining up‑to‑date drawing packages throughout project development.
• Manage drawing updates, revisions, and document control activities to ensure consistency across all corridor segments.
• Coordinate staging drawings with roadway, transit, utility, and other multidisciplinary design teams to identify and resolve conflicts.
• Develop and maintain CAD files, external references, base mapping, alignments, linework, annotation, and sheet layouts in accordance with project standards.
• Ensure all drawings comply with established CAD standards, drafting procedures, project specifications, and quality requirements.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews to verify drawing accuracy, completeness, readability, and consistency.
• Maintain organized drawing files and support efficient delivery of large, corridor‑wide staging packages.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of CAD workflows, standards, and production processes.

Qualifications

• 3–7+ years of CAD drafting and design experience in transportation, traffic, roadway, or civil infrastructure projects.
• Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology, CAD/BIM certification, or equivalent technical training.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, or OpenRoads.
• Experience producing engineering plan sets, construction staging drawings, and technical design documentation.
• Strong knowledge of plan production workflows, including external references (Xrefs), base mapping, alignments, annotation, and sheet layouts.
• Experience incorporating design revisions and markups into multidisciplinary drawing packages.
• Ability to coordinate CAD drawings with multiple engineering disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver accurate, high‑quality drawing packages.
• Effective organizational, time‑management, and communication skills in a project delivery environment.

Assets

• Familiarity with temporary traffic control design, work zone layouts, detour plans, and construction phasing drawings.
• Experience working on large‑scale transit or urban corridor infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of traffic staging standards and municipal transportation design guidelines.
• Exposure to BIM workflows or digital design coordination environments.

Additional Information

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This role is eligible for a referral bonus in line with the Referral Program. If you have been referred, please provide the name of the employee who has referred you at the time of your application.

At Egis, we embrace innovation to tackle challenges and utilize AI in our recruitment process under stringent ethics and compliance policies and in alignment with our values of being a Responsible Company, a People First Company and a Creative Company. Committed to diversity, growth and collaboration, we may leverage AI to support the recruitment process.

Egis Canada is an equal opportunities employer offering a competitive salary and benefits to those with the skills suited to the needs of our clients. The salary range advertised may exceed the range based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.