CAD Design Manager - Lead 2D/3D Team, BIM, Flexible

Fluid Recruitment; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Life Insurance

Flexible working conditions

Professional Development opportunities

Job summary

Fluid Recruitment is partnering with a specialist consultancy to recruit a CAD Designer Manager in Auckland/Christchurch. The role leads a mid-size team of CAD Designers, overseeing 2D and 3D drafting across diverse power systems projects.

You will mentor staff, coordinate workloads, and provide technical oversight on AutoCAD, Revit and BIM while collaborating with Engineers to deliver high-quality drawings. A strong leadership mindset and power/energy sector familiarity are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a designer, draftsperson, or modeller.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor and support others.
• Strong technical expertise across 2D & 3D drafting software, including AutoCAD, Revit and BIM.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations, workloads and technical priorities across the team.
• Undertake CAD drafting across the client’s portfolio of projects.
• Provide technical support across 2D & 3D drafting, AutoCAD, Revit and BIM
• Mentor team members and support their career and professional development
• Collaborate with Engineers and wider project teams to deliver high-quality technical drawings for the power systems engineering team

Skills

CAD design

2D drafting

3D drafting

AutoCAD

Revit

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

BIM

Job description

Fluid Recruitment is partnering with a specialist consultancy to recruit a CAD Designer Manager in Auckland/Christchurch. The role leads a mid-size team of CAD Designers, overseeing 2D and 3D drafting across diverse power systems projects.

You will mentor staff, coordinate workloads, and provide technical oversight on AutoCAD, Revit and BIM while collaborating with Engineers to deliver high-quality drawings. A strong leadership mindset and power/energy sector familiarity are advantageous.