Senior CAD Technician

STANTEC; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Exeter is seeking an experienced Senior BIM Technician to join their Digital Design team. The role involves providing technical design support, managing workload, and mentoring junior colleagues within the water sector. Candidates should be proficient in CAD/BIM tools like Autodesk and Bentley, and possess experience in digital delivery and project management. This position offers a chance to work in a progressive and supportive environment with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Excellent working environment

Support network for career development

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Technician or Senior Technician in digital delivery.
• Extensive experience in Common Data Environments.
• Ability to manage workload across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the digital design team in the Southwest.
• Collaborate with regional leads across the UK.
• Deliver BIM/CAD outputs as part of the engineering team.
• Manage regional workload plans and delivery deadlines.
• Mentor and develop local Digital Design team members.
• Serve as client contact for digital deliverables.

Skills

Experience in digital delivery

Experience in the water engineering sector

Familiarity with ISO 19650

Proficient in CAD/BIM tools from Autodesk and Bentley

Mentoring junior colleagues

Tools

BIM360 AAC

ProjectWise

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced Senior Technician that is looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in working with a progressive and growing engineering consultancy who has been named as one of the UK’s best places to work in 2025 in Glassdoor’s annual Employees’ Choice Awards? Then come join us at Stantec! Stantec are seeking to recruit a Senior BIM Technician to join our Digital Design team in the Southwest Region, based from either our Bristol or Exeter offices, and specialising in projects within the water sector. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a fast-growing, multi-disciplinary infrastructure consultancy. As a senior member of our Digital Design team, you will be self-motivated and responsible for supporting Digital Delivery across the UK and Ireland. As the regional lead for BIM / CAD Modelling and digital delivery within our South-West regional team, you will provide technical design support to our Engineering teams and play a key role in the successful delivery of our major projects.

We will provide you with an excellent working environment in our modern offices and a support network that will enable you to achieve your professional aspirations. We will give you every opportunity to deliver high quality work and take your career to the next level.

Duties

• Regional leadership of the digital design team in the Southwest
• Collaboration with your equivalent regional leads across the UK
• Working as part of the engineering team with specific responsibility to deliver BIM/CAD deliverables.
• Responsible for managing regional workload plans; establishing and maintaining delivery deadlines.
• Developing and mentoring local Digital Design team members.
• Being the point of contact with clients for development, maintenance and delivery of digital deliverables
• Working within the Common Data Environments.

About you

You will have prior experience working within a Technician or Senior Technician role or similar digital delivery role - with experience of working within the water engineering sector. In addition, you will have:

• Full familiarity and experience of project delivery to ISO 19650
• Extensive experience of working in Common Data Environments using Data Management Systems such as BIM360 AAC, or ProjectWise
• Highly proficient at 2D and 3D delivery
• An experienced user of the major 2D and 3D CAD/BIM tools from Autodesk and Bentley
• Experience of contributing to project planning, providing estimates for project delivery and work breakdown schedules
• Ability to manage your workload and maintain project delivery across multiple projects
• Experience of mentoring junior colleagues

Finally, you will embody our passion for innovation and client service, with ambitions to tackle a range of challenges as the team looks to continue its growth within the sector.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [e-mail] we will talk to you about how we can support you.

ReqID: 7994