Senior CAD Systems Manager - OpenRoads & ProjectWise Lead

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Health Insurance

401K

Job summary

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, a 100% employee-owned engineering firm, is seeking a senior CAD production overseer to manage CAD environments, templates, and workflows across the firm. The role emphasizes standardization, software upgrades, and cross-team coordination.

The position requires extensive experience with CAD systems, particularly Bentley OpenRoads Designer, and strong collaboration with design SMEs. Travel and multi-office coordination may be involved.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in engineering, drafting, information technology, or related field.
• 10+ years of total related professional experience including design, CADD, or related work.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience supporting and maintaining CAD environments for transportation, civil, or infrastructure projects.
• Working knowledge of Bentley OpenRoads Designer and related tools.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and validating CAD workspaces and templates.
• Experience participating in or leading software upgrade testing and validation efforts.
• Experience supporting multi-office or enterprise CAD environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain stable, standardized CAD environments across the firm, ensuring configurations are tested, documented, and production-ready before deployment.
• Develop, maintain, and validate CAD workspaces, templates, libraries, and configuration files in alignment with approved firmwide standards.
• Configure and maintain ProjectWise managed workspaces and integrations.
• Lead testing, validation, and controlled rollout of software upgrades, service packs, and environment changes, minimizing disruption to project teams.
• Serve as an escalation point for CAD-related issues impacting workspaces, standards, or multi-user workflows.
• Enforce approved CAD standards through configuration, workspace controls, and environment setup.
• Support migration of active projects to newer design software versions following established processes.
• Document workspace configurations, upgrade testing results, known issues, and repeatable support procedures.
• Collaborate with support to resolve systemic issues and reduce recurring support tickets.
• Coordinate with design subject matter experts when standards interpretation or changes are required.
• Assist with development of operational documentation, job aids, and internal knowledge resources.

Skills

Communication

Coordination

People skills

Education

Engineering degree

Drafting/IT background

Tools

Bentley OpenRoads Designer

ProjectWise

Job description

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, a 100% employee-owned engineering firm, is seeking a senior CAD production overseer to manage CAD environments, templates, and workflows across the firm. The role emphasizes standardization, software upgrades, and cross-team coordination.

The position requires extensive experience with CAD systems, particularly Bentley OpenRoads Designer, and strong collaboration with design SMEs. Travel and multi-office coordination may be involved.