What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAD Designer, Civil/Site Design position at Stantec?
Strong communities don't just happen. They're thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.
If you're passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.
Stantec is seeking talented AutoCAD Designer to join our Civil/Site engineering team in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Your technical knowledge and team-focused approach will enhance our mission to set the standard in our field for exceptional client service and professional excellence, as we grow to better serve clients, communities and provide greater opportunities for employees.
As an integral member of the community development team, the CAD Designer assists our team of engineering, landscape architecture, and survey professionals to produce drawings to fulfill clients' goals. In addition, this position will be an integral part of the design team taking design intent direction and documenting through drawing production.
Your Key Responsibilities
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Education and Experience
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required in this job; other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
About Stantec
Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what's previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements
Primary Location: United States | PA | Philadelphia
Organization: BC-2104 CommDev-US Northeast
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 10/06/2026 07:06:25
Req ID: 1006236
#additional
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
If you're passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.
Stantec is seeking talented AutoCAD Designer to join our Civil/Site engineering team in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Your technical knowledge and team-focused approach will enhance our mission to set the standard in our field for exceptional client service and professional excellence, as we grow to better serve clients, communities and provide greater opportunities for employees.
As an integral member of the community development team, the CAD Designer assists our team of engineering, landscape architecture, and survey professionals to produce drawings to fulfill clients' goals. In addition, this position will be an integral part of the design team taking design intent direction and documenting through drawing production.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Relevant drawing elements for this position include, but are not limited to, alignments, profiles, and cross sections of roadways and utilities, surface editing, corridor modeling. Projects may also include, but are not limited to, site plans, grading and drainage plans, roadway alignment, plan and profiles, cross sections, traffic control, earthwork calculations, water distribution, sanitary sewer collection systems, storm sewer design, intersection layouts, and applicable standard details.
- Produces construction documents using relevant drafting/design software.
- Organizes construction documents from beginning to end with little to minor direction.
- Demonstrates understanding of codes and regulatory requirements for design.
- Maintains file management of AutoCAD files and other documents.
- Ensures compliance with company CAD standards within the scope of assigned projects.
- Produces and completes utility alignments and profiles.
- Prepares layout site plans from basic concept to final.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proficient in AutoCad Civil 3D with skills including grading, pipe networks, profiles, and corridor modeling.
- Knowledge and skills required includes codes and design standards specific to local geographic market in the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region is desired.
- Ability to work efficiently in a high-volume, deadline-driven team environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience developing construction documents for Site (Land) Development plans, roadways, utilities and site development plans from preliminary through final design. Be self-motivated and work independently.
- Rendering and Conceptual plan preparation.
- Manage production of multiple drawings and multiple projects at the same time.
- Read and interpret complex engineering plans and specifications.
- Use good judgment to identify alternatives to assist in the resolution of design problems.
- Manage time and workload efficiently which includes planning, organizing, prioritizing, and following-through on a variety of tasks, projects, assignments, and reports to meet deadlines.
- 5 years of relevant experience in Civil/Site CAD design.
- Civil/Site development experience should include residential, commercial/retail, industrial and related projects.
- Associate degree in Drafting/Design or equivalent from an accredited college or technical school or equivalent experience or accreditation preferred.
Education and Experience
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required in this job; other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
About Stantec
Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what's previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements
Primary Location: United States | PA | Philadelphia
Organization: BC-2104 CommDev-US Northeast
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 10/06/2026 07:06:25
Req ID: 1006236
#additional
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.