Assistant CAD Technician

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work

Job summary

M Group Water Scotland is seeking a CAD Draughtsperson to support production and updating of drawings across engineering projects. You will organize information, assist surveys, and transfer site data into clear drawings, working with engineers and project teams to deliver timely design deliverables.

The role emphasizes accuracy, version control, and adherence to standards, with opportunities to grow within the water division and frameworks across Scotland.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with AutoCAD or similar CAD software to produce basic drawings.
• Able to organise and manage multiple drawing tasks and revisions.
• Proficient in MS Office and keeping drawing information accurate and up to date.
• Strong communication skills and ability to follow structured instructions.
• Experience supporting technical surveys or using design documentation; familiarity with 3D modelling tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Produce and update CAD drawings across engineering and infrastructure projects, ensuring accuracy and adherence to standards.
• Organise design information, support surveys, and transfer site data into clear, well-structured drawings.
• Coordinate and issue design deliverables with engineers and project teams, maintaining version-controlled documents.

Skills

CAD drafting

Multi-tasking

Communication

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

3D modelling tools

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where you'll be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our Water Division, working on one of our current three frameworks with Scottish Water.

• SR21 DV1 : Capital works water and wastewater framework, delivered by the Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) Joint Venture. Primarily infrastructure and civil engineering project improving network resilient and protecting the environment.
• SR21 DV2 : Predominantly MEICA based capital maintenance framework on existing water and wastewater assets. Upgrade, refurbishment and high value capital maintenance projects
• SR27 DV4 : The integrated design and construction of civil and infrastructure projects within SW 12 years enterprise arrangement. Project and progharmeme opportunities across the full capital investment programme.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice, graduate, or progressing through your career, it’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group Water Scotland. Our Scottish Water frameworks offer long term career development opportunities and a diverse portfolio of roles within the water sector.

What you’ll be doing?

You’ll support the production and updating of CAD drawings across engineering and infrastructure projects, ensuring accuracy and adherence to standards. You’ll organise design information, support surveys, and transfer site data into clear, well-structured drawings. Working closely with engineers and project teams, you’ll help coordinate and issue design deliverables, keeping technical documents up to date.

You’ll follow quality processes, manage drawing storage and version control, and assist with checks and reviews as required, supporting efficient, compliant project delivery.

What you’ll bring?

• Are you confident using AutoCAD or similar CAD software to produce basic drawings with guidance?
• Can you organise and manage multiple drawing tasks and revisions effectively?
• Are you comfortable using MS Office and keeping drawing information accurate and up to date?
• Do you have good communication skills and follow structured instructions well?
• Have you gained any experience supporting technical surveys, using design documentation, or working with 3D modelling tools?

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.