Senior CAD Designer - Water / Wastewater

Brown and Caldwell; Walnut Creek (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Parental leave

Paid holidays

401(k) with employer match

Performance-based bonus

Employee referral bonuses

Tuition reimbursement

Pet insurance

Long-term care insurance

Job summary

Brown and Caldwell, headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, seeks a Senior CAD Designer to develop complex civil drawings for water and wastewater projects. You will set up and maintain civil models, verify survey data, and coordinate with electrical and field teams to ensure design accuracy and regulatory compliance.

Ideal candidates have a minimum of 4 years in civil design, a formal associate degree, and strong Civil 3D/AutoCAD skills for grading, piping, and site modeling.

Qualifications

• Requires Associate's degree in civil engineering technology, civil drafting, or related field.
• Typically 4+ years of civil design experience.
• Proficiency in Civil 3D/AutoCAD essential.
• Ability to verify survey data and implement designs.

Responsibilities

• Set up, create, and maintain complex civil models (piping/grading).
• Verify electronic deliverables for survey and GIS data.
• Manage pipe layouts and structures, ensure client standards.

Skills

Civil 3D/AutoCAD

Survey data verification

Grading design

Piping/design layouts

Electrical duct bank coordination

Vehicle tracking analysis

Clash detection

Communication skills

Education

Associate's degree in civil engineering technology/civil drafting

Tools

Civil 3D

AutoCAD

Job description

The Senior CAD Designer role will be a major contributor in the development of civil drawings for water and wastewater utility infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards. This comprises the setup, creation, and maintenance of complex civil models, whether site or linear. This includes detailed grading design, complex piping design layouts, visual clash detections, surface analysis and electrical site layout coordination as well as vehicle tracking studies. The role will verify survey data and evaluate record drawings for accuracy, as well as implement designs. This role will provide cross discipline coordination and analysis. A proficiency in Civil 3D/AutoCAD is essential. This position has decision-making authority with a licensed engineer.

Responsibilities

• Set up, create, and maintain complex civil models, whether piping or grading, with an understanding in the usage of data shortcuts as required, for numerous projects.
• Verify company electronic deliverable for survey, as well as GIS information, for the implementation into design.
• Handle pipe layouts, verifying compliance with client and company standards, creating tables for structures and fittings, denoting any specific client detail exceptions as needed or indicated by the engineer.
• Coordinate electrical duct bank site layouts, ensuring accurate duct bank sizing and constraints with the electrical engineer, as well as manhole/hand hole parameters.
• Execute detailed grading, applying various techniques (feature lines, grading objects, corridors) as the project requires.
• Conduct vehicle tracking analysis to ensure clearance and functionality.
• Perform visual clash detection, verifying ground cover of piping.
• Provide cut/fill calculations, for different scenarios if needed.
• Verify the client expectations prior to commencement in the BIM execution Plan (BxP), to ensure all appropriate standards are being followed and schedule understood.
• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.

Mentorship

• May provide mentorship, guidance, support, and knowledge-sharing to help less experienced team members develop their skills and grow within their roles.

Skills and Competencies

• Confidence in Civil 3D/AutoCAD to develop complex drawings.
• Pipe/pressure pipe capabilities to create complex site models.
• Ability to perform a survey check for proper company electronic deliverable verification.
• Strong grasp of surface creation and analysis.
• Understanding of various grading techniques for tailored site solutions.
• Excellent underground in piping design and electrical duct bank coordination.
• Strong understanding of the level of detail required at various project design gates/milestones.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Experience

• Typically, a minimum of 4 years of civil design or related experience is required.
• Experience in both plan and profile development.
• Prior experience with Civil 3D/AutoCAD software.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Preferred skill

Education

• An Associate's degree in civil engineering technology, civil drafting, or related field or equivalent experience is required.

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Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee's primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location A: $30.70 - $41.90
Location B: $34.10 - $46.20
Location C: $37.00 - $50.50

You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.

Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.

About Brown and Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice-to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

Brown and Caldwell is proud to be an EEO/AAP Employer.

Brown and Caldwell encourages protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, and applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Brown and Caldwell ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

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