Senior Civil CAD Designer – Roadway & Utilities

Westwood-Professional-Services; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. seeks a Senior CAD Technician to join our Fort Worth or San Antonio team. The role focuses on producing grading plans, roadways, and utility designs, while coordinating with in-house disciplines and sub-consultants.

You will prepare design calculations and civil construction documents, ensuring compliance with codes and client requirements. Responsibilities include QA/QC, cost estimates, and mentoring CAD Technicians and interns.

Qualifications

• Prepare grading plans with minimal direction from supervisor or team leader.
• Understand drainage, water, sewer design elements.
• Understand surveying mapping.
• Competent technical skills required to complete basic engineering tasks.
• Proactively pursues design solutions.
• Exercises sound independent judgement.
• Strong understanding of local and agency standards, codes, and policies.
• Strong understanding of client requirements.
• Ability to estimate man-hours for specific tasks.
• Advanced knowledge of CAD software.
• Maintain organized CAD drawings and drawings with precision.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and able to write, send, and process email.
• Able to maintain a task list and set the priority of tasks to achieve project milestones and deadlines.
• Able to write justification letters for elements of designs and submittal packages.

Responsibilities

• Prepare plan documents and supporting design calculations.
• Assist in coordination with other in-house disciplines and sub-consultant services.
• Prepares grading designs, plan, and profile of roadways and utilities.
• Prepare complete civil construction documents/improvement plan sets.
• Review jurisdictional code requirements and implement in the design.
• Prepare construction cost estimates/quantity takeoffs.
• Perform QA/QC of work product.
• Assist in submittal of project documents and coordination with comments.
• Maintain open communication with Project Manager and design team.

Skills

Advanced CAD software

Grading plan preparation

Drainage design understanding

Surveying mapping understanding

Independent judgement

Communication with design team

Estimate man-hours

Outlook/email proficiency

Task prioritization

Justification letters writing

Education

Associate’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology or related

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Bentley OpenRoads Designer

CAD software proficiency

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. seeks a Senior CAD Technician to join our Fort Worth or San Antonio team. The role focuses on producing grading plans, roadways, and utility designs, while coordinating with in-house disciplines and sub-consultants.

You will prepare design calculations and civil construction documents, ensuring compliance with codes and client requirements. Responsibilities include QA/QC, cost estimates, and mentoring CAD Technicians and interns.