Senior CAD Technician

AECOM Corporation; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

AECOM University

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior CAD Technician to join our Scottish Water team in Glasgow. You will develop design outputs from concepts through to fully detailed deliverables, champion BIM, and coordinate deliverables across multiple projects.

The role includes mentoring junior technicians and maintaining CAD standards within a flexible hybrid working model. The successful candidate will have Civil 3D or Revit experience, with Navisworks coordination, and a minimum of five years in related roles.

Qualifications

• Certified minimum of HND or Equivalent in an engineering discipline (Civil/Structural Engineering).
• Project Information Delivery: Experience in delivering project information in accordance with BIM standards.
• Software Proficiency: Proficient in Civil 3D or Revit, with experience validating and coordinating models in Navisworks or similar (minimum 5 years).
• Common Data Environment Experience: Experience working in a CDE such as ProjectWise, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Develop design outputs from initial concepts to fully detailed deliverables.
• Encourage the use of digital tools to review, influence, and enhance design quality processes.
• Promote, articulate, and lead BIM behaviours on the projects.
• Coordinate deliverables for multiple projects, ensuring completion within budget and managing project resources.
• Be proactive in relationships with internal project stakeholders and report progress, highlighting any technical issues for timely resolution.
• Support the CAD Lead in maintaining CAD standards, best practices, and processes for modelling, content creation, and advanced digital developments.
• Actively participate in design team meetings, promoting 3D model reviews and markups.
• Mentor junior Revit Technicians across Scotland.

Education

HND or equivalent in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

Civil 3D

Revit

Navisworks

Job description

• Primary Location: UK - Glasgow - 177 Bothwell Street

Company Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to support a talented team of engineers and consultants, and shape the future of the water industry? Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team as a Senior CAD Technician.

We are looking for a passionate individual withCivil 3D/Revitexperience to contribute to the delivery of high-quality technical drawings and models across a range of infrastructure projects. You will be based in our fantasticGlasgowoffice, whilst also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

At AECOM,we’reat the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water programs and projects through long-term partnerships with key clients. These include major water companies such as Thames Water, Welsh Water,Severn Trent Water,Wessex Water,South WestWater,Scottish Waterand Tier 1 Contractors.

Job Description

Here’s what you’ll do:

Digital Delivery:Responsible for developing design outputs frominitialconcepts through to fullydetailed designdeliverables

Utilise Digital Tools: Encourage the use of digital tools to review, influence, and enhance design quality processes

Champion BIM: Promote, articulate, and lead BIM behaviours on the projects

CoordinateprojectDeliverables:Support coordinationof deliverablesfor multiple projects, ensuring completion within budget.Provide support andmanagementof projectresourcestofacilitateproduction ofdeliverables

Team Relationship: Beproactivein relationships with internal project stakeholders, reporting progress of highlighting any technical issues fortimelyresolution

Maintain Standards: Support theCAD LeadinmaintainingCAD standards, best practices, and processes formodelling, content creation, and advanced digital developments

Design Team Meetings:Activelyparticipateand input to design team meetings, bringing with you a digital by default mindset, championing the use of 3D model reviews and markups

Mentor Junior Technicians: Work across theScotlandoffices supporting junior Revit Technicians, from a technical perspective

Grow with us.

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top-tier engineers and consultants to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.

You’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued. If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, we want to hear from you! Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

Don’t Forget the Perks!

You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days and our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits you. We recognise that everyone’s circumstances are different, so we’re more than happy to discuss part-time or flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Certifiedminimum of HND or Equivalentin an engineering disciplineCivil/Structural Engineering

Project Information Delivery: Experience in delivering project informationin accordance withBIM standards

Software Proficiency: Proficient in usingCivil 3d orRevit, with experience invalidatingand coordinating models in Navisworks or similar software.(minimum5years of experience)

Common Data Environment Experience: Experience working in a Common Data Environment such as ProjectWise, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or similar

Additional Information

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [e-mail] . At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe wouldbenefitus, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn – Laura Easdon

To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are aDisabilityConfidentEmployer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through theDisabilityConfidentInterview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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