CAD Technician - 6 Month FTC

Affinity Water; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Annual leave 23-27 days

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Career development

Tap4Perks discounts

Affinity days volunteering

Life assurance

Job summary

Affinity Water is seeking a CAD Technician on a 6-month fixed-term contract to support engineering and operations by creating, updating and maintaining technical drawings and GIS data.

You will produce and update CAD drawings (site plans, layouts, process diagrams, electrical drawings) and help manage drawing standards, templates and documentation, while assisting GIS mapping and asset data updates. The role is on-site in Hatfield.

Qualifications

• Proven AutoCAD experience in an engineering or technical environment.
• Experience producing and amending technical drawings.
• Strong attention to detail and document control skills.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce and update CAD drawings, including site plans, layouts, process flow diagrams, and electrical drawings.
• Maintain drawing standards, document control, and version management.
• Manage CAD libraries, templates, and technical documentation.
• Support GIS mapping activities and asset data updates.
• Act as the main point of contact for CAD-related queries and support.

Skills

AutoCAD

Technical drawings

Attention to detail

Document control

Organisational skills

Communication

Tools

SharePoint

GIS systems

Job description

We're looking for a CAD Technician to join our team on a 6-month fixed-term contract, supporting engineering and operational teams by creating, updating, and maintaining technical drawings and GIS mapping data.

What You'll Do

• Produce and update CAD drawings, including site plans, layouts, process flow diagrams, and electrical drawings.

• Maintain drawing standards, document control, and version management.

• Manage CAD libraries, templates, and technical documentation.

• Support GIS mapping activities and asset data updates.

• Act as the main point of contact for CAD-related queries and support.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Proven AutoCAD experience in an engineering or technical environment.

• Experience producing and amending technical drawings.

• Strong attention to detail and document control skills.

• Excellent organisational and communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience within utilities, water, infrastructure, engineering, or manufacturing sectors.

• Knowledge of electrical/process drawings and GIS systems.

• Experience using SharePoint or document management systems.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience

• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.

• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.

• Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.

• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.

• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)

• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.

• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.

• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.

• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme

• Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice

• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.

• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.