Designer – AutoCAD Civil 3D (Job ID: 2025-3782, Category: CADD)
Primary Location: Kennesaw, GA. Additional Locations: Birmingham, AL.
Position Type: Regular Full‑Time. Remote: No.
Overview
Geosyntec offers an exciting opportunity for a Designer (AutoCAD Civil 3D) who will perform computer‑aided design and drafting for a variety of civil and geotechnical engineering design projects, including developing layouts, grading plans, and details for projects such as landfills, industrial sites, and utilities. Projects include mechanical drawing systems and provide opportunities to contribute from conceptual design through construction.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Draft, edit, and finalize design plans and details using appropriate and efficient methods and adhering to Geosyntec drafting standards.
- Understand and visualize overall civil/geotechnical engineering concepts, such as grading, and translate abstract concepts to design drawings.
- Analyze sketches, notes and other input material to determine the best approach to complete a drawing set.
- Manage the production of drawing sets from creation, markup and modification based on overall design.
- Assign work to, mentor, train, and supervise CADD technicians in the preparation of design drawings and details and review completed work products to ensure quality.
- Assist with CADD department management tasks, including estimating level of effort for CADD‑related work and developing file management standards.
- Participate in the CAD Action Group to support, network, and collaborate to improve CAD standards and efficiencies across the company.
- Work collaboratively with other Geosyntec CADD practitioners to prepare design drawings and details and review completed work products to ensure quality.
- Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations as needed.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- Associate’s degree in Drafting and a minimum of five (5) years related experience in a professional civil engineering setting; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Successful Autodesk AutoCAD Certified Professional examination within the last 3 years.
- Experience developing and working with grading plans, cross‑sections, alignments, profiles, 3D surfaces, and earthwork volumes for large civil design projects such as landfills.
- Experience using/incorporating land or aerial surveying/mapping data and files.
- Proficiency in the latest releases of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and AutoCAD Map3D, with strong understanding of Civil 3D annotation styles and object and label styles.
- Understanding of Feature Lines, Grading Groups, Assemblies, and Corridors.
- Experience with ArcGIS and MicroStation; working interoperability knowledge of ESRI ArcMap or equivalent GIS software.
- Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical engineering design situations.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret red‑line drawings from Engineers, CAD Managers, or others on the project team.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to present information to project team and clients, supervise and communicate with subordinate staff, and interact effectively within a team environment.
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and satisfactory driving record for business travel.
- Candidates must currently hold and maintain valid U.S. work authorization. New H‑1B visa lottery and employment‑based green card sponsorship are not available for this position.
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