CAD Technician

Kier Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a CAD Technician to join their Design team in Salford. This role involves creating and updating technical drawings and 3D models, ensuring compliance with standards. The ideal candidate will have an ONC/HNC in mechanical or process engineering and experience with tools like Revit and Navisworks. The company promotes growth and offers a variety of benefits including a matched pension scheme and competitive annual leave. Join us to be part of a major engineering consultancy committed to innovation and sustainability.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Share Incentive Plan

Competitive annual leave

Qualifications

• Qualified in mechanical or process engineering (ONC/HNC).
• Experience using Revit, Navisworks, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with UK water company standards.

Responsibilities

• Produce and update MEICA layout and installation drawings.
• Create 3D models and working drawings from manufacturer details.
• Coordinate designs with Civil and Electrical Engineers.
• Ensure drawings comply with British standards and quality.

Skills

Revit

Navisworks

Mechanical engineering

Process engineering

Education

ONC / HNC in mechanical or process engineering

Tools

ACC

Digital design tools

Job description

We're looking for a CAD Technician to join our Design team based in Salford. Kier Design are a top-25 engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.

Location: Salford

Hours: 40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting instructions from Design Engineers and Engineering Technicians regarding technical production of drawings, preparing, modifying and updating MEICA layout drawings, GA's, schematics, cable routing, equipment arrangement, and installation details.
• Translating standard and proprietary manufacturer's equipment details into 3D models and produce working drawings, which will include P&I diagrams, pipework layouts, plant & equipment layout, cable routing, access ways, etc.
• Produce civil interface drawings, including penetrations, bases, plinths, duct routes, chambers, access requirements, and spatial coordination.
• Liaise with Civil, Structural, Process, and Electrical Engineers to ensure all designs align and integrate correctly.
• Support the compilation of design deliverables such as P&IDs, instrument schedules, valve schedules and design packs.
• Ensure that drawings produced comply with the relevant quality and British standards.
• Ensure the dimensional accuracy and compliance with available drawings and specifications of information issued.
• Work with supply chain partners to incorporate vendor information into models and drawings.

Qualifications

• ONC / HNC in a mechanical or process engineering.
• Working knowledge of Revit, Navisworks, ACC, or similar digital design tools.
• Understanding of UK water company frameworks (e.g., AMP programmes) and standards WIMES.

Rewards and Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and Inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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