Civil CAD Drafter

CAD Drafter — Civil Engineering

Elite Engineering LLC — Greenbelt, MD (onsite)

Elite Engineering is a Maryland-based civil engineering firm specializing in land development projects across the State/DMV. We are looking for a detail-oriented CAD Drafter with 3 years of experience to join our team and support our engineers in producing permit-ready and construction-ready civil drawings.

What You'll Do

• Civil Drafting: Produce grading and stormwater management plans, site development plans, road and utility profiles, and subdivision plats in AutoCAD.
• Engineering Support: Work closely with project engineers to translate design intent into clean, accurate, and code-compliant drawings.
• Plan Production: Develop plan sets from preliminary layouts through final permit submission, including title blocks, legends, notes, and construction details.
• Revision Control: Maintain drawing revisions, sheet history, and project files within our structured CAD filing system.
• Agency Coordination: Incorporate review comments from county, state, and utility agencies into revised submission sets.
• Quality Control: Check drawings for accuracy, consistency, and conformance to agency standards before submittal.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Education: Associate degree in Drafting, Civil Engineering Technology, or a related technical field. Equivalent professional CAD training or experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree.
• Experience: 3 years of CAD drafting experience in a civil engineering or land development environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong proficiency in AutoCAD, including the ability to produce clean, well-organized 2D plan sets.
• Plan Types: Demonstrated experience drafting grading and SWM plans, site development plans, road/utility profiles, and/or plats.
• Technical Literacy: Ability to read and interpret engineering sketches, redlines, and survey data to produce permit-ready drawings.
• Documentation: Experience maintaining drawing revisions and version control within a structured project filing system.
• Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience drafting for Maryland jurisdictions (PG County DPIE, Montgomery DPS, MDE, SHA, WSSC, etc.).
• Familiarity with stormwater management design standards and sediment & erosion control requirements.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D (not required but a plus).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for coordinating with engineers and agency reviewers.

What We Offer

• Onsite role at our Greenbelt, MD office
• Paid time off including vacation, holiday, and sick leave
• Benefits: 401K
• Opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of Maryland land development projects
• Collaborative team environment with direct access to senior engineers