CAD Manager

Avove Utilities; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Car allowance/Company Car

Private medical insurance

Company pension

Life assurance

Volunteer days

Lifestyle benefit options

Financial wellbeing programme

Onsite mental health support

Job summary

Avove Utilities is hiring a CAD Manager to join our UK wide Water Design Team. The role supports long-term water utilities frameworks and involves leading CAD design and documentation from feasibility through to construction.

Based in/around Glasgow, Durham or Birmingham with hybrid working options, you will mentor CAD staff, manage standards, and coordinate with clients like Northumbrian Water and Severn Trent.

Qualifications

• Has a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant field and can show related project delivery experience.
• Experience leading CAD design teams across water/wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Proven BIM knowledge and ability to lead on its implementation.
• Strong computer literacy with MS Office, SharePoint and CAD software proficiency.
• Understanding of delivering to programme and awareness of CDM health and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee CAD process from design to final documentation.
• Lead CAD design and document control teams across projects.
• Develop and implement CAD standards to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Mentor CAD technicians and manage software licensing and hardware.
• Support and promote CAD structure, processes, and innovation.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to meet project deadlines.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Client focus

Continuous improvement

Communication (written & oral)

Education

Degree in relevant field

HNC/HND or equivalent

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud ACC

AutoCAD

Autodesk Bridge

Revit

Civils 3D

Datum 360

SharePoint

MS Office

Job description

Working here isn’t just a job. You can advance your career at Avove, and we’ll reward you with a range of benefits that recognise great work. We provide full training and continuous development to help you reach your potential. We strive to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves. Join us and take the next step towards a fulfilling career.

About The Role…

We are currently recruiting for a CAD Manager to join our UK wide Water Design Team. The position is required to support our expanding Water Utilities workload and will typically involve providing designs for water and wastewater, infrastructure, and non-infrastructure projects as part of a multi-disciplinary design team. This will include design delivery at all stages, from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed designs for construction and commissioning.

The specific roles are required primarily to support our long-term frameworks with Northumbrian Water Group, Severn Trent Water and United Utilities. There will be additional opportunities to work on other projects and frameworks throughout the UK for a variety of clients including Scottish Water and Edinburgh Airport.

This is a permanent position and will be of a hybrid nature ideally based in or around any of our Glasgow, Durham or Birmingham offices, however, other locations or alternative ways of working would be given due consideration.

What Will Your Day Look Like…

• Oversee the entire CAD Process from initial design to final documentation
• Work to appropriate project controls, guidelines and procedures.
• Lead CAD design and document control teams and other team members in undertaking a wide range of design related tasks.
• Lead design outputs in accordance with the company and client CAD procedures and standards.
• Lead the development and implementation on CAD standards, ensuring consistency and accuracy
• Manage and mentor all grades of CAD technicians
• Support CAD software and hardware management licensing, performance and compatibility
• Manage vendor and partner s CAD management relationships
• Support and develop the CAD structure and activities of the business.
• Support and promote innovation and technology
• Working collaboratively within a team environment.

About You...

• A relevant degree qualification or have completed a learning agreement/apprenticeship and obtained a relevant technical qualification (HNC, HND etc.).
• A basic understanding of the design of water/wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure works.
• Have a good understanding of BIM on a project and be able to lead on its implementation.
• Computer literate and conversant with the MS Office suite, Sharepoint and with knowledge of Autodesk Construction Cloud ACC, AutoCAD, Autodesk Bridge, Revit, Civils 3D, Datum 360 for asset management and or other related engineering packages
• Be familiar with water and wastewater, infrastructure and non-infrastructure design techniques and solutions.
• Have a basic knowledge of our clients and the water market in general.
• Understand the importance of delivering to programme and notifying the design lead when issues that affect delivery arise.
• Understand and use the relevant Quality Management System processes and procedures throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations.
• Strong written and oral communication and organisational skills and to produce reports in clear concise English.
• Proven ability to work within a team environment with a dedicated approach to meet project deadlines.
• Client focused approach to service delivery.
• Self-motivated with the drive to achieve continuous improvement targets.

Please note that candidates with qualifications that do not fully match the above criteria but have relevant equivalent experience are invited to apply.

What’s In It For You...

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Car allowance/Company Car
• Private personal medical insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Family friendly policies
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

About Us...

We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.

We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, and Scottish Power Energy Networks.

We are an equal opportunities employer...

We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.