Senior CAD Technician

Job Title: Senior CAD Technician

Reporting to: Head of Design/Principle Design Engineer/Section Lead

Role purpose

The Senior CAD Technician will:

• Be responsible for managing and coordinating the CAD delivery of projects, with a strong understanding of delivering work to agreed quality, cost, and programme requirements.

• Manage and deliver single and/or multi-disciplinary CAD outputs in line with project schedules, budgets, and quality standards.

• Lead and coordinate steelwork detailing design activities, acting as the lead CAD technician on projects of varying size and complexity, appropriate to their experience.

• Produce high-quality steelwork detailing and other industry related CAD designs and drawings, and work closely with Omexom Engineers to develop concepts and calculations into detailed, construction-ready drawings as part of a wider design team.

• Maintain a sound working knowledge of relevant legislation, standards, and client specifications applicable to structural design, ensuring drawings comply with all required requirements.

• Work using their own initiative and provide technical guidance, checking, and mentoring support to CAD technicians, graduate engineers, and trainees as required.

• Deliver appropriate levels of design and detailing across a range of OHL related elements, in accordance with project requirements and direction from the BUGM and their reports.

  Will contribute to the development and mentoring of junior staff.

Responsibilities & Duties

Including but not limited to the following:

• Produce, manage, and coordinate high-quality CAD designs and drawings in accordance with project specifications, industry standards, and Omexom procedures.

• Act as Lead CAD Technician on allocated projects, coordinating drawing production, revisions, and issue registers to meet programme and delivery milestones.

• Develop set drawings, wire clearance diagrams, layouts, general arrangements, detailed construction and steelwork drawings and other related outputs from engineering concepts and calculations.

• Liaise closely with Engineers and other discipline teams to ensure designs are fully coordinated and technically compliant.

• Ensure all CAD outputs meet quality, cost, and schedule requirements, carrying out self-checks and peer reviews as required.

• Maintain awareness of relevant legislation, standards, and client requirements applicable to Civil and Structural design and ensure compliance within drawings.

• Line manage, support and mentor CAD technicians, graduates, and trainees, providing technical guidance and drawing checks where required.

• Manage CAD standards, layering conventions, drawing templates, and document control processes in line with company procedures.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of CAD processes, workflows, and best practice within the Primary design team.

• Work independently using own initiative while reporting progress, risks, and issues to the BUGM or nominated project leads.

Key interfaces

Relationships with key stakeholders:

• Head of Design

• Design Manager

• Design Engineers (Graduate, Design, Senior, Lead designer, Principal)

• Engineering Manager

• Temporary Works designers and Coordinators.

• Client Representatives

• Project Managers

• Site Manager.

• Estimating and Planning Engineers

• External stakeholders, e.g. client, authorities

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

The jobholder shall hold a degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience in a similar role.

Essential:

• Proven experience working as a Senior CAD Technician or CAD Technician within the civil and structural field.

• Extensive experience 5-8 years producing General arrangements and details for structures, foundations and roads.

• High level of proficiency in relevant CAD software (e.g. AutoCAD, REVIT, Tekla or equivalent).

• Experience working to industry standards, client specifications, and internal CAD procedures.

Desirable:

• Degree or higher qualification in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.

• Experience working on National Grid, DNO, or other major utility projects.

• Knowledge of BIM environments and model-based design (e.g. BIM 360, Revit, ProjectWise).

• Experience supervising or mentoring junior CAD technicians or trainees.

• Familiarity with CDM Regulations and design assurance processes.

Competencies

Required skills, knowledge, and abilities:

• Working knowledge of the 2015 CDM Regulations, including Designer duties and awareness of Principal Designer requirements.

• Ability to support and discharge Designer responsibilities under CDM, ensuring Designer Risk Assessments are completed and reflected in CAD outputs.

• Promote and follow company CAD, design, and document control procedures.

• Knowledge of current UK technical standards and relevant legislation.

• Understanding of common UK construction materials (e.g. steel, concrete, reinforced concrete, timber) and their design limitations.

• Strong attention to detail, ensuring designs are coordinated, suitable, and constructable.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).

• Highly proficient in CAD software such as AutoCAD and Revit.

Values

In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must have the following qualities:

Team Spirit & Generosity – able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support and drive performance.

Trust and Empowerment – enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally.

Integrity and Responsibility – enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high quality results.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship – continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.