CAD Manager

SCJ Alliance; Lacey (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) & ESOP

Health and disability insurance

Community involvement opportunities

Job summary

SCJ Alliance in Washington state is seeking a CAD Manager with AutoCAD and Civil 3D expertise to lead civil design production for public and private projects. This role focuses on advanced CAD work, CAD standards, automation, and training CAD users across teams.

You will mentor a CAD team, develop workflows, and stay current with CAD tools to ensure accurate, efficient plan sets and deliverables. This position is on-site in Lacey, WA.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible drafting and civil engineering design experience.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D with Lisp customization.
• Strong ability to develop and train CAD standards and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across teams to produce accurate, high-quality civil plans.
• Learn existing workflows and identify areas for improvement.
• Propose and plan updates to CAD standards for consistency and efficiency.
• Implement automation and customization with scripts to streamline tasks.
• Create and document workflow protocols for drafting and design.
• Train CAD technicians to adopt revised standards and tools.
• Provide team leadership, supervision, and performance feedback.
• Stay up-to-date with CAD tools and trends to keep practices current.
• Troubleshoot complex design issues to ensure accuracy.
• Improve AutoCAD performance through process improvements.

Skills

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

LISP routines

CAD standards

Leadership

Communication

Tools

LISP

Job description

SCJ is hiring a CAD Manager with expertise in AutoCAD and Civil 3D, ideally with experience in transportation and civil site development. This role involves advanced AutoCAD and Civil 3D use for design and plan production, training CAD users, enhancing company CAD standards, and automating workflows.

Our engineering projects are diverse, serving both public and private clients. We approach each project with curiosity and creativity, customizing solutions to fit the unique needs of our clients and communities.

Who we are

Our mission is to serve our clients, communities, and each other with creativity, knowledge, insight, and perspective. At SCJ, a 100% employee-owned company, we value curiosity, compassion, stewardship, integrity, and empowerment. Our team is collaborative and adaptable, stepping outside job descriptions to get things done. We offer a fast-paced, flexible, and fun work environment where meaningful, community-focused work is the norm.

SCJ specializes in civil engineering, transportation planning and design, environmental and urban planning, landscape architecture, and public outreach. With exciting projects and a spirited team, we've been recognized multiple times as one of the nation’s fastest-growing and best places to work.

What you’ll be doing

• Collaborate across teams. Work closely with engineers, project managers, IT, and CAD users to produce accurate, high-quality civil engineering plans.


• Understand current workflows. Engage with engineers and CAD users to learn existing processes and identify areas for improvement.


• Enhance CAD standards. Propose and plan updates to improve consistency, accuracy, and efficiency in CAD standards.


• Implement automation and customization, Identify and recommend tools or scripts to automate tasks, maintain healthy drawing files, and streamline workflows.


• Develop workflow protocols. Create and document processes that support smoother, more efficient drafting and design practices.


• Lead training and implementation. Train CAD technicians to effectively adopt and apply the revised standards and tools.


• Provide team leadership. Works well with the team and is able to provide supervision, support professional development, and conduct performance evaluations.


• Stay up-to-date with CAD technology. Monitor and explore emerging CAD tools and trends to keep practices current.


• Troubleshoot complex design issues. Resolve challenging technical problems to ensure design accuracy and efficiency.


• Optimize productivity. Improve AutoCAD performance through process enhancements and workflow improvements.

What you bring

• A passion for serving others, communication, creativity, and a commitment to high-quality work.


• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, creating LISP Routines and customization techniques.


• Expertise in developing and training CAD standards, workflows, and best practices.


• Advanced problem-solving and troubleshooting skills related to the use of AutoCAD and Civil 3D for producing civil engineering design and construction plan sets.


• Strong leadership and proven experience managing and mentoring a CAD team, including task assignment, prioritization, quality control, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.


• Generally, 5+ years of progressively responsible drafting and civil engineering design experience.

What we bring

• An unbeatable culture: In recent employee satisfaction surveys, "the people at work" and "culture" are consistently identified as the top two things people love about working at SCJ. We are proud of our autonomous and collaborative work environment, exceptional operational support, creative and supportive co-workers, and compassionate leadership team. Plus, we do lots of other fun stuff, including mugshots, an annual gala, fitness challenges, summer campouts... and a variety of other creative ways we have found to come together and hang out.


• Quality projects: We pursue work that improves communities, challenges us, and makes a difference.


• Community involvement opportunities and a charitable matching program.


• Paid time off: vacation/sick time, holidays, personal floating holiday


• Retirement benefits: 401(k) plan & employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).


• Health, disability, and other insurance plan options to fit your needs. Including HSA & FSA.

This is not a remote position.