Senior Civil CAD Drafter — Civil 3D Expert for Infrastructure

Energy Jobline ZR; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking an experienced Civil CAD Drafter/Technician to support civil engineering, land development, and infrastructure projects across West Texas and Texas markets. The role focuses on producing accurate construction-ready drawings in AutoCAD Civil 3D while collaborating with engineers, surveyors, and project managers.

The ideal candidate will have five or more years of professional experience, strong Civil 3D skills, and a track record creating complete construction

Qualifications

• Five+ years of CAD drafting/design in civil engineering, land development, or a closely related field.
• Strong proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Experience preparing civil engineering construction plan sets.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and modify civil construction drawings, site development plans, grading plans, paving plans, utility plans, drainage plans, erosion control plans, demolition plans, and infrastructure improvement plans.
• Develop construction plan sets from preliminary concepts through final construction documents.
• Prepare plan and profile sheets for roadways, water lines, sanitary sewer systems, storm drainage systems, and other civil infrastructure.
• Create and maintain Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, feature lines, corridors, pipe networks, and related design objects.
• Import and process survey information, including survey points, surface data, LandXML files, and existing-condition linework.
• Coordinate survey base files with proposed engineering design drawings.
• Assist with grading design, earthwork coordination, drainage layouts, utility routing, roadway geometry, and site development layouts.
• Prepare permitting exhibits, construction details, quantity exhibits, easement exhibits, and other supporting project documents.
• Incorporate engineering calculations, design revisions, municipal review comments, client comments, and field information into construction documents.
• Maintain organized and efficient Civil 3D drawing files, external references, data shortcuts, sheet sets, and project folder structures.
• Assist engineers with identifying potential utility conflicts, grading issues, drainage conflicts, constructability concerns, and plan coordination issues.
• Perform internal QA/QC reviews to verify drawing accuracy, consistency, completeness, and compliance with company standards.
• Coordinate with engineers, project managers, surveyors, designers, and field personnel to resolve drafting and design-related issues.
• Manage multiple assignments and project deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy and production quality.

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking an experienced Civil CAD Drafter/Technician to support civil engineering, land development, and infrastructure projects across West Texas and Texas markets. The role focuses on producing accurate construction-ready drawings in AutoCAD Civil 3D while collaborating with engineers, surveyors, and project managers.

The ideal candidate will have five or more years of professional experience, strong Civil 3D skills, and a track record creating complete construction