Senior CADD Specialist – Heavy Civil Infrastructure

Lusternational; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer contribution

Professional development stipend

Paid holidays

Job summary

Lusternational is seeking Computer-aided Drafting and Design specialists to support large heavy civil programs across highways, bridges, rail, and water projects in a team environment.

Roles involve verifying drawings to CADD standards, maintaining controlled sets, and producing exhibits that support change and claims. Strong experience with Civil 3D, Revit, and project sharing tools is required.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in drafting and design technology, CAD, civil engineering technology, construction management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of CADD experience for large, complex heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience developing and checking heavy civil plan sets against defined CADD standards.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, topographic surveys, and technical specifications.
• Working knowledge of revision control, file naming, and submittal/transmittal tracking across more than one contract or design team.
• Proficiency with industry standard CADD, modeling, common data environment, and drawing review software (e.g., Autodesk Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks, Bentley MicroStation, OpenRoads, ProjectWise, Bluebeam Revu, Adobe Acrobat).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Review drawing sets against program CADD standards and log nonconformance for correction.
• Check plan sets for completeness, cross-referencing, scale, and datum consistency.
• Maintain the controlled drawing set with revision control and release of current sheets.
• Develop CADD drawings and exhibits to support the program team.
• Compile and mark up plan sheets with design review comments and track closures.
• Verify as-built drawings reflect approved changes before permanent record.
• Support quantity takeoffs from approved plans and contractor quantities.
• Coordinate drawing files across contracts to maintain cross-team consistency.
• Confirm reference to survey control and datum before acceptance into the set.
• Manage CADD files in the program's data environment with check-in/out and access control.
• Reconcile Autodesk and Bentley formats for combined review.

Skills

CADD experience

Reading engineering drawings

Communication

Project coordination

Education

Associate degree in drafting and design technology

Equivalent education/experience

Tools

Autodesk Civil 3D

Revit

Navisworks

Bentley MicroStation

OpenRoads

ProjectWise

Bluebeam Revu

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Lusternational is seeking Computer-aided Drafting and Design specialists to support large heavy civil programs across highways, bridges, rail, and water projects in a team environment.

Roles involve verifying drawings to CADD standards, maintaining controlled sets, and producing exhibits that support change and claims. Strong experience with Civil 3D, Revit, and project sharing tools is required.