Senior CAD Technician - Civil 3D & Drafting Lead

Geosyntec Consultants; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Geosyntec seeks a Senior CAD Drafting Technician (Civil 3D) to support environmental, civil and geotechnical projects across the South Atlantic Region including NC, SC, and TN offices. You will develop layouts, grading plans and details for landfills, industrial sites and utilities from concept through construction.

The role emphasizes CAD drafting standards, collaboration with engineers, and potential mentoring of CAD staff. A strong AutoCAD/Civil 3D background and driving license are required.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in drafting and 1 year CAD drafting experience, or five (5) years of equivalent education/experience.
• Autodesk AutoCAD Certified Professional within the last 3 years (preferred).
• Experience with grading plans, cross-sections, alignments, profiles, 3D surfaces and earthwork for large civil projects (required).
• Experience with land or aerial surveying/mapping data (required).
• Experience with arcgis and microstation (preferred).
• Extensive experience with latest AutoCAD releases (required).
• General familiarity with Windows OS, Outlook, Word, Excel, PDF tools (required).
• Understanding Civil 3D annotation styles and objects (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and finalize design plans and details using Geosyntec drafting standards.
• Visualize civil/geotechnical concepts such as grading and translate into drawings.
• Analyze sketches and input to determine best approach for drawing sets.
• Manage production of drawing sets from creation to modification.
• Transfer information from drawings to final CAD drawings using standard symbols and drafting norms.
• Copy detailed plans and perform non-routine drafting tasks.
• Operate plotter, printer, scanner and other I/O devices.
• Proofread CAD drawings for accuracy and formatting.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Strong reasoning and geometric skills

Read and interpret drawings

Education

Associate's Degree in drafting

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

ArcGIS

MicroStation

Microsoft Windows / Office

Job description

Geosyntec seeks a Senior CAD Drafting Technician (Civil 3D) to support environmental, civil and geotechnical projects across the South Atlantic Region including NC, SC, and TN offices. You will develop layouts, grading plans and details for landfills, industrial sites and utilities from concept through construction.

The role emphasizes CAD drafting standards, collaboration with engineers, and potential mentoring of CAD staff. A strong AutoCAD/Civil 3D background and driving license are required.