CAD Designer – Structural - Senior Level

Moffatt & Nichol; Colombia; Presencial; COP 90.658.543 - 126.921.961; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global engineering consultancy in Colombia is seeking a Senior CAD Designer to join their Bogota office. The role involves preparing and modifying detailed CAD drawings for maritime and waterfront structures, supporting project documentation, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate should possess an associate degree in a relevant field and 5–7 years of CAD drafting experience in an engineering consultancy, with proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D. This position offers an opportunity to work on innovative infrastructure projects.

Formación

• 5–7 years of professional CAD drafting experience in an engineering consultancy environment.
• Experience in ports, maritime, coastal, structural, or civil infrastructure design highly preferred.
• Knowledge of civil site development, structural detailing, engineering principles, and CAD standards.

Responsabilidades

• Transform initial rough designs, sketches, and mark‑ups into complete working drawings.
• Prepare detailed drawings for maritime and waterfront structures.
• Develop CAD drawings for grading, site development, utilities layouts, and structural details.
• Review drawings to ensure compliance with CAD standards and guidelines.

Conocimientos

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

MicroStation

Revit

ArcGIS

3ds Max

Navisworks

Educación

Associate degree or diploma in Design, Drafting, Engineering Technology, or a related field

Descripción del empleo

Moffatt & Nichol specializes in large complex waterfront infrastructure projects and is recognized as one of the worldwide leaders in this field. We are actively looking for a Senior level, CAD Designer to join our Bogota office. As part of the Design Group, the Designer Technician will be responsible for preparing and modifying CAD drawings for assigned projects in accordance with company and agency CAD standards and procedures.

About Moffatt & Nichol

Moffatt & Nichol is a leading infrastructure advisor specializing in the planning and design of facilities that shape and serve our coastlines. Reflecting Moffatt & Nichol’s commitment to design innovation since 1945, Engineering News-Record (ENR) has ranked the company No. 1 design firm for Marine and Port Facilities in the United States and No. 7 internationally.

Moffatt & Nichol's professional staff includes engineers, planners, scientists, and architects who serve our global client base from offices in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The firm provides clients worldwide with customized service and a level of excellence that have become the firm’s hallmark in three primary practice areas—coastal, environmental, and water resources; ports and harbours; and transportation, bridges, and rail.

Duties And Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Transform initial rough designs, sketches, and mark‑ups into complete working drawings
• Prepare detailed drawings for maritime and waterfront structures, including cargo terminals, breakwaters, quay walls, revetments, marinas, jetties, bulkheads, and shoreline construction
• Support preparation of tender, IFC, and as‑built drawing packages in accordance with project standards
• Develop CAD drawings for grading, site development, utilities layouts, structural details, dredging layouts, and earthworks
• Compute excavation and fill volumes for dredging and earthmoving projects
• Review drawings to ensure compliance with Moffatt & Nichol CAD standards, client‑specific requirements, and regional authority guidelines
• Manage file organization including layers, XRefs, sheet sets, and drawing registers
• Support designers and senior technicians with multi-disciplinary drawing packages
• Assist with 3D visualisations, concept graphics, and model coordination where needed
• Participate in internal quality reviews throughout design stages

Other Duties

Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or diploma in Design, Drafting, Engineering Technology, or a related field
• 5–7 years of professional CAD drafting experience in an engineering consultancy environment
• Experience in ports, maritime, coastal, structural, or civil infrastructure design highly preferred
• Strong working proficiency in AutoCAD (required) and Civil 3D (required)
• Additional skills: MicroStation, Revit, ArcGIS, 3ds Max, Navisworks
• Knowledge of civil site development, structural detailing, engineering principles, and CAD standards
• Excellent communication and coordination abilities }