Digital Engineering Technology Specialist - CAD Platforms - WSP

OpenTalent; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent in Boise, Idaho, seeks a Digital Engineering Technology Specialist to support, administer, and improve the design technology environment used by our Power Delivery teams. The role focuses on AutoCAD, MicroStation, and other design applications that support power and energy infrastructure design work.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, CAD managers, project teams, and IT partners to maintain reliable design environments, promote standards, and reduce manual effort through

Qualifications

• Strong collaboration with IT on software deployment and performance.
• Experience configuring and maintaining CAD standards and workspace configurations.
• Ability to automate workflows and reduce repetitive manual tasks.

Responsibilities

• CAD Environment Administration: manage profiles, templates, tool palettes, and standards.
• Engineering Design Application Support: assist AutoCAD, MicroStation, and related design tools.
• Automation, Scripting, and Process Improvement: develop scripts, automate deployments, and document procedures.
• User Support & Troubleshooting: provide advanced user support and resolve configuration issues.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Automation scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Job description

We are seeking a Digital Engineering Technology Specialist to support, administer, and improve the design technology environment used by our Power Delivery teams. This role will focus on AutoCAD, MicroStation, and other engineering design applications that support power and energy infrastructure design work.

This Opportunity

This position is business-facing and engineering-focused. The successful candidate will work closely with engineering teams, CAD managers, project teams, and IT partners to maintain reliable design environments, improve user experience, support client and project standards, and reduce manual efforts through automation. This role will require strong collaboration with IT on software deployment, application performance, and other technology dependencies.

Your Impact

CAD Environment Administration

• Maintain and support AutoCAD profiles, templates, tool palettes, plot styles, and support files, and related configuration standards.
• Administer MicroStation workspaces, worksets, configuration variables, seed files, levels, and standards.
• Support integration of client-specific standards and project requirements.
• Manage deployment, updates, and version control of CAD standards and workspace configurations.
• Promote consistency and compliance of engineering design environments while respecting established project workspaces and business standards.

Engineering Design Application Support

• Support design technology tools used across Power Delivery, including Autodesk, Bentley, and utility design applications.
• Partner with engineering subject matter experts to understand discipline-specific workflows and improve configuration, deployment, and support practices.
• Help evaluate new tools, updates, and workflows before broader deployment.

Automation, Scripting, and Process Improvement

• Develop and maintain automation tools, scripts, and utilities to improve engineering productivity.
• Automate workspace deployment, profile configuration, standards distribution, and update processes.
• Create scripts for drawing management, data extraction, batch processing, file organization, reporting, and related design support activities.
• Improve existing automation solutions and identify opportunities for further optimization and reduce repetitive manual work.
• Document automation tools, reusable scripts, configuration logic, and support procedures.

User Support & Troubleshooting

• Provide advanced support for AutoCAD, MicroStation, and related design technology users.
• Troubleshoot profile corruption, workspace issues, configuration conflicts, application performance issues, compatibility problems, and deployment challenges.
• Investigate application performance and compatibility issues.