Senior CAD Technician

Avove Utilities; Newry; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holidays + BH

Private medical insurance

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Family friendly policies

Lifestyle benefit options

Financial wellbeing programme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Avove Utilities is recruiting a Senior CAD Technician to support the UK Water Design Team. You will design water and wastewater schemes, lead BIM implementation, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the UK.

The role offers hybrid working around Glasgow, Durham or Birmingham with flexibility for other locations. You will work within long-term water frameworks and contribute to construction-ready designs.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification or completed learning agreement/apprenticeship with relevant technical qualification (HNC/HND).
• Basic understanding of water/wastewater infrastructure design; open to learning from other civil engineering backgrounds.
• Willingness to use Autodesk packages aligned to project needs.
• Knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist design team with a wide range of design tasks.
• Ensure outputs comply with project CAD procedures and standards.
• Lead on BIM implementation on projects.
• Supervise Technicians and Trainee Technicians as needed.
• Understand water/wastewater and infrastructure design techniques and solutions.
• Deliver to programme and communicate issues affecting delivery.

Skills

Strong communication

Teamwork

Self-motivated

Health & safety focus

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Education

Degree or HNC/HND

Tools

Autodesk Civil 3D

Autodesk packages

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 Senior CAD Technician to join our UK wide Water Design Team. The positions are 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…

• Work to appropriate project controls, guidelines and procedures.
• Support the design team and other team members in undertaking a wide range of design related tasks.
• Produce design outputs in accordance with the company and client CAD procedures and standards.
• Have an understanding of BIM on a project and be able to lead on its implementation
• Supervise Technicians and Trainee Technicians where necessary.
• Be familiar with water and wastewater, infrastructure and non-infrastructure design techniques and solutions.
• Understand the structure and activities of the business.
• Have a basic knowledge of our clients and the water market in general.
• Work collaboratively within a team environment.
• 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.

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, but open to learn if coming from another civil engineering background with appropriate experience.
• Open and flexible to use Autodesk packages aligned to project needs.
• Knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D essential.
• Have the adaptability and understanding to help in the upskilling of people and development.
• Computer literate and conversant with the MS Office suite.
• 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 the right temperament and dedicated approach to meet project deadlines.
• Client focused approach to service delivery.
• Self-motivated with the drive to achieve continuous improvement targets.
• Strong health & safety focus.
• Positive attitude in taking advantage of software learning and training materials in problem solving.

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…

We offer a rewarding salary that is tailored to your skills and experience. But that’s not all! We celebrate hard work and give recognition to our colleagues. In addition to this, we understand that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 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.