Civil Drafter/Designer

Actalent; United States; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote and hybrid work

Fully remote position

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Civil Drafter/Designer to support North America pipeline projects, focusing on Civil 3D-based design and mapping. You will produce alignment sheets, plats, permit drawings, and route exhibits while coordinating with engineers, survey teams, and project managers on large-scale infrastructure initiatives.

The role emphasizes high drafting standards, QA/QC, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams in a remote or hybrid setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D for pipeline design or mapping.
• Experience with large linear infrastructure projects (natural gas, water, hydrogen, midstream pipelines).
• Strong attention to detail with QA/QC skills.

Responsibilities

• Create pipeline design and mapping deliverables using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Develop alignment sheets, plats, permit drawings, route exhibits, and construction detail packages.
• Incorporate survey data, stationing, easements, and boundaries into drawings.
• Update drawings through project lifecycle with accurate revisions.
• Coordinate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver constructible design packages.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Associate degree in Drafting or Civil Technology

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

GIS workflows

Job description

Civil Drafter / Designer

Overview

Join a growing engineering and design team supporting natural gas, water, hydrogen, and midstream pipeline projects across North America. This role is ideal for an experienced Civil 3D professional who enjoys producing high-quality pipeline design and mapping deliverables while collaborating with engineers, survey teams, and project managers on large-scale infrastructure projects.

You'll play a key role in developing pipeline alignment sheets, plats, permit drawings, and construction deliverables while working in a collaborative environment with strong opportunities for career growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain pipeline design and mapping deliverables using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Develop alignment sheets, property plats, permit drawings, route exhibits, hydrostatic test drawings, and construction detail packages.
• Incorporate survey data, pipeline stationing, easements, right-of-way information, and property boundaries into project drawings.
• Update drawings throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring revisions are accurately documented and implemented.
• Perform self-checks and QA/QC reviews to ensure drawing accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company and client standards.
• Support engineers, project managers, survey teams, and senior designers with pipeline routing and design efforts.
• Utilize engineering data and project information to produce consistent, high-quality deliverables.
• Coordinate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver accurate and constructible design packages.
• Communicate project status, design concerns, and progress effectively in a remote or hybrid environment.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D for pipeline design or pipeline mapping.
• 5+ years of experience supporting large linear infrastructure projects such as natural gas, water, hydrogen, or midstream pipelines.
• Experience producing alignment sheets, property plats, permit drawings, route exhibits, hydrostatic drawings, and construction details.
• Understanding of pipeline stationing, easements, right-of-way, survey data, and routing concepts.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to perform QA/QC reviews and maintain high drafting standards.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, project managers, surveyors, and fellow designers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in Drafting, Civil Technology, or a related technical field.
• Natural gas transmission pipeline experience.
• GIS experience or familiarity with GIS workflows.
• Experience creating plan and profile drawings.
• Experience supporting meter stations, valve sites, pipeline crossings, or integrity projects.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD Map and related design platforms.
• Understanding of grading, topographic surveys, easements, and land development concepts.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Flexible remote and hybrid work options.
• Opportunity to work on large-scale energy infrastructure projects across natural gas, hydrogen, water, and renewable sectors.
• Stable project workload supported by long-term client relationships.
• Clear growth path into senior design, mapping, project coordination, and project management positions.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary services including engineering, GIS, surveying, project controls, and construction support.
• Collaborative team environment that values professional development and technical growth.

Work Environment

This role operates primarily in a remote environment aligned to Eastern or Central Time, with an expectation to travel to the Lexington, KY office approximately once per month. For candidates located within roughly 1.5 hours of the office, a hybrid schedule of three days in the office and two days working from home is typical. The position is part of a medium-sized, multi-discipline engineering office of about 60 people, including field staff, engineers, and project managers. The team delivers a full suite of services in-house, including survey, drafting, design, project controls, engineering, project management, mapping/GIS, construction management, inspection, and operations and maintenance consulting. Collaboration is frequent with the VP of EPC services, project directors, project engineers, internal survey teams, and design/mappers.

The role requires a high level of communication and articulation to balance technical deliverables with proactive updates in a remote or hybrid setting. Remote work requires a strong home office setup with reliable high-speed internet: download speeds of 80100 Mbps, upload speeds of 2030 Mbps, latency under 50 ms, and a wired Ethernet connection preferred (strong WiFi 5 or 6 is acceptable). During the consulting period, employees receive standard 40-hour paid time off and paid holiday offerings. The organization offers a strong backlog of repeat and new client work, a diversified portfolio including natural gas distribution and renewables, and a highly competitive, performance-based bonus structure for full-time employees, with significant bonus potential in high-performing years. The culture emphasizes professional growth, with a track record of developing civil designers into leadership and project management roles.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lexington, KY.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $60.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your jobclassification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefitsavailable for this temporary role may include the following:Medical, dental & visionCritical Illness, Accident, and Hospital401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions availableLife Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)Short and long-term disabilityHealth Spending Account (HSA)Transportation benefitsEmployee Assistance ProgramTime Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lexington, KY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 17, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications withoutregard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protectedby law.

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