Drafting Specialist

Highland; Beverly (MA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, and Dental coverage

Generous Paid Time Off

401(k) program with company match

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

Highland Electric Fleets is seeking a Drafting Specialist to produce conceptual site layouts for EV charging, BESS, and edge compute projects. You will translate qualified sites into buildable designs, manage template-driven drawings, and coordinate with external design partners to maintain a high weekly throughput.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will ensure CAD standards and drawing packages remain consistent, while supporting up to 30% and IFP stages.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in drafting, design, engineering technology, or 3+ years of drafting experience.
• Expertise in AutoCAD to produce site layouts and civil/electrical drawing packages.
• Attention to detail and delivery of standards-compliant drawings on tight timelines.
• Familiarity with Procore, Bluebeam and GIS/site-plan data.

Responsibilities

• Set up project design templates and produce conceptual site layouts translating qualified sites into designs.
• Review external drafting output and drive weekly volume of completed layouts.
• Ensure layouts reflect site constraints identified in qualification.
• Maintain CAD standards, title blocks, symbol libraries, and design templates for consistency.
• Assist with markups, revisions, and drawing production through 30% and IFP design stages.
• Maintain a repository of AHJ drafting and drawing requirements.
• Quality-check drawings for completeness and adherence to Highland package content and structure.

Skills

AutoCAD

Site layouts

Drawing production

Attention to detail

Education

Associate's degree or 3+ years drafting

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

GIS / site data

Job description

About Us

Highland Electric Fleets’ mission is to make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all, enabling communities to realize the benefits of cleaner, quieter and healthier fleets. Highland is North America’s leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS). Founded in 2019, Highland partners with school districts, municipalities, and fleet operators to make the transition to electric fleets simple and affordable.

Highland proudly serves as the Official Electric School Bus Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Team USA. From pioneering vehicle-to-grid technology to managing some of the nation’s largest electric school bus fleets, Highland delivers reliable, cost-effective solutions that support local communities and drive the future of transportation.

Job Summary:

The Drafting Specialist produces conceptual design packages that move Highland's projects from a qualified site to ready for engineering, across a large and fast-moving portfolio of EV charging, battery energy storage (BESS), and edge compute sites.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Drafting Specialist turns buildable-area findings into template-driven conceptual layouts, prepares the drawing packages required for engineering. The Drafting specialist supports the coordination of Highland's external design partners to sustain a high weekly throughput of completed sites.

This is a hands-on, high-velocity CAD role for someone who takes pride in clean, standards-compliant
drawings produced at volume and on an aggressive timeline.

Responsibilities:

• Set up project design templates and produce conceptual site layouts that translate qualified
  sites with buildable areas into conceptual designs that identify equipment configurations (EV
  charging, BESS, and edge compute).
• Support Highland's external drafting partners, reviewing their output for quality and driving the
  weekly volume of completed layouts.
• Ensure conceptual layouts reflect the site constraints identified in qualification.
• Support the maintenance of Highland's CAD standards, title blocks, symbol libraries, and design
  package templates so drawings are consistent and repeatable across the portfolio.
• Support with markups, revisions, and drawing production through the 30% and Issued-for-
  Permit (IFP) design stages.
• Contribute to and maintain a repository of utility and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) drafting
  and drawing requirements.
• Quality-check drawings for completeness and adherence to Highland package content and
  structure before each internal approval gate and handoff.

Qualifications:

Required

• Associate's degree in drafting, design, engineering technology, or a related field, or 3+ years of
  directly related professional drafting experience.
• Expertise in AutoCAD, with the ability to produce site layouts and civil/electrical drawing
  packages accurately and at volume.
• Strong attention to detail and a track record of delivering standards-compliant drawings on tight
  timelines.
• Familiarity with project management and drawing package review software (Procore, Bluebeam)
  and with GIS, parcel, or site-plan data.

Preferred

• Drafting experience in EV charging, BESS, solar, or utility/electrical infrastructure projects.
• Experience coordinating or reviewing the work of external design vendors.

$65,000 - $75,000 a year

What You Can Expect from Highland:

• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program
• A supportive, highly collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work with bright, innovative, and forward-thinking colleagues
• Health, Vision, and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401(k) program and company match

Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.