Civil 3D CAD Designer

Civil and Environmental Consultants; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401(k)

Profit sharing

Performance bonus

Company stock

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short and long-term disability

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Work-life balance

Job summary

Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. in Austin or Houston seeks a Civil 3D CAD Designer to support project managers in producing civil site, water resources, stream restoration, and landfill design documents using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

You will quantify earthwork, prepare plans, review drawings to ensure compliance with CEC standards, and contribute practical design suggestions. Ideal candidates have 3–8 years of Civil 3D experience and landfill design exposure.

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelor's Degree in CAD/Drafting required.
• 3–8 years of experience in civil CAD preferred.
• Civil 3D experience required.
• Landfill design experience a plus.
• Digital Terrain Modeling experience.
• Detail oriented with strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce civil site, water resources, stream restoration and landfill design construction documents using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Create site plans, grading & drainage, utility, erosion control and storm/sewer profiles.
• Calculate quantities for construction estimates and determine earthwork volumes.
• Identify construction control systems on plans and ensure compliance with standards.
• Provide value-oriented design suggestions and review drawings to ensure quality.

Education

Associates or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Aided Drafting

Tools

Civil 3D

Job description

Job Locations

US-TX-Austin

Job Details

Category: CAD

Type: Full-Time

Overview

As a Civil 3D CAD Designer for Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. (CEC) in Austin or Houston, you'll work with project managers to produce civil site, water resources, stream restoration, and solid waste (landfill design) construction documents using AutoCAD Civil 3D to include site plans, grading & drainage plans, utility plans, erosion control plans, storm and sewer profiles. You'll calculate quantities to be used in construction estimates, determine earthwork volumes (cuts and fills) based on existing and proposed topography, identify appropriate construction control systems on plans (i.e., baselines, stationing, control points, etc.) and prepare the same. You'll provide value-oriented design suggestions, review drawings and documents to assure compliance with company design and production standards. Ideal candidate will have experience with landfill design.

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Aided Drafting
• 3-8 years of experience
• Civil 3D experience
• Landfill design experience
• Digital Terrain modeling experience
• Must be detail oriented
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

About Us

We have experts! CEC is consistently ranked as a Top 500 Design Firm and Top 200 Environmental Firm by Engineering News-Record. We are looking for people who enjoy using their education and experience to solve difficult technical problems and work on interesting projects. You can accomplish this while working with a team of professionals who are equally motivated to provide high levels of service to our clients and to teach you along the way.

We have support! We have a variety of Employee Resource Groups, including CEC Community - focused on giving back to the communities in which we work; CEC Ignite - focused on helping professionals early in their careers to develop their pathway; CEC iDEA - focused on inclusion, diversity, equality, and acceptance; and CEC Women - focused on creating internal and external opportunities for women to network and leverage professional experience!

We care about our people! People and Culture are two of the five elements of our strategic plan. When you care about your people, they will want to grow a career with you - that is our goal. CEC offers you a small-firm work environment with large-firm opportunities. Not only will we help you develop professionally, but we will also provide an opportunity to become an owner of the firm and share in its success.

• matching 401(k)
• profit sharing
• a performance bonus
• company stock
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• short and long-term disability
• tuition assistance
• professional development
• work-life balance

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If CEC has not expressly requested recruiting services or contractually engaged with you for recruiting services on a specific position, any resumes or candidate profiles sent to CEC shall be considered unsolicited. Therefore, any such submissions will be considered property of CEC, with no associated fees due to your firm.