Remote CAD Design Specialist

HireLATAM; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking recruitment agency as a Remote CAD Design Lead, where your expertise in civil engineering and CAD software will be pivotal. This role emphasizes collaboration, critical thinking, and effective communication in a fully remote environment. You will be responsible for creating high-quality design drawings and ensuring project accuracy while mentoring others in CAD techniques. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects and grow within a supportive team that values your skills and insights. If you are passionate about engineering and looking for a fulfilling role, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4-10 years of experience in Engineering-related Drafting and Design.
• Self-motivated with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform design calculations and independent drafting of project elements.
• Produce detailed design drawings for civil projects using CAD software.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Time management

Teaching drafting remotely

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

MicroStation

AutoCAD

Autodesk Civil3D

Bentley CivilStorm

MS Office

Bluebeam Revu

ArcGIS

HEC-RAS

Job description

HireLatam is a premier recruitment agency that connects exceptional talent in Latin America with outstanding opportunities in the United States. With a proven track record and a commitment to excellence, we're your trusted partner in the pursuit of career success. Our extensive network, personalized approach, and supportive guidance ensure that you're in the best hands to find your next job opportunity.

Job Title: Remote CAD Design Lead (100% Work From Home)

Location: Remote from Latin America

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $2,500 USD/month

Job Overview:

Our client is looking for a highly motivated individual to join their growing team of professionals. They seek a team player who thrives in workplace collaboration, has excellent communication skills, exudes emotional intelligence, and has strong critical thinking and time management capabilities.

Responsibilities:

1. Perform basic analysis, design calculations, and independent drafting of project elements.
2. Review plans and figures for technical accuracy, consistency, and drafting standard compliance.
3. Review mathematical calculations of others and organize calculations to be included in the design file, following project standards and as assigned.
4. Perform Quantity Take-offs for construction estimating, generating tabular reports describing project pay items.
5. Work independently at the requests of project managers, balancing work requests, and providing timely feedback on priority work requests.
6. Supply time estimates to project managers, and work within given budgets.
7. Accurately log all project time.
8. Using MicroStation and AutoCAD, produce detailed, high-quality design drawings of roadways, sanitary sewer lines, storm drains, stormwater retention/detention facilities, waterlines, and site grading.
9. Participate in the project Quality Review process, making requested revisions.
10. Create and maintain company CAD drafting standards for civil and environmental projects.
11. Develop and maintain a company CAD learning curriculum and company how-to materials.
12. Provide one-on-one CAD training and support for staff scientists and engineers.

Qualifications, Skills and Key Competencies:

1. Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy in all project deliverables.
2. Self-motivated individual with strong written and verbal communication skills.
3. Candidates should present as available and approachable in an all-remote role.
4. Ability to read and interpret technical design plans for construction projects, particularly relating to civil, site, and utility elements. Strong understanding and interpretation of ground survey and utility data.
5. Ability to deliver a wide variety of project scopes on time and budget.
6. Team skills: ability to teach drafting and other technical software remotely, with clear communication of techniques and expectations.
7. Time management: project drafting tasks must be completed efficiently and time logged accurately.
8. Autodesk Certification is a plus.
9. Autodesk Civil3D: process ground survey and lidar data, create existing and proposed surfaces for roadway and site improvement projects. Create pipe networks for various utilities. Generate plan and profile sheets. Maintain catalog of materials, and templates.
10. Bentley CivilStorm or StormCAD: develop hydraulic models of site and roadway drainage systems, as well as design of stormwater detention.
11. MS Office program experience, especially Word, Excel, Outlook.
12. Bluebeam Revu advanced features for markup and tracking QC processes.
13. ArcGIS, Hydrology Studio, HEC-RAS, Hy-8, and other industry-standard software are considered a plus.

Your Education and Experience:

1. 4-10 Years of full-time experience in Engineering-related Drafting and Design, preferably Civil Engineering.
2. Full-time remote work experience in the technical field.
3. Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, preferable.

Application Disclaimer: Please Read Before Proceeding

To ensure a fair evaluation process, please submit all required information on the application form. Kindly note that resumes and recordings must be in English; any other language will lead to disqualification. Also, ensure your voice/video recording lasts at least 30 seconds. Applications without a voice/video recording will be automatically disqualified.

If you apply for more than one position, we will only consider your application for the first job you applied for. However, if you do not qualify for the first position but meet the requirements for another, we can consider you for the relevant role. To streamline the process and ensure fair consideration, we kindly request that you apply to a maximum of three jobs and that you only apply to jobs that you truly qualify for based on the stated requirements and qualifications.

We value your interest and look forward to reviewing your application. Thank you.