What are the responsibilities and job description for the Civil & Earthwork CAD Designer position at WSP in the U.S.?
Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP is looking for a seasoned CAD Designer to join our Earth & Environment team in our Austin or Houston offices. The ideal applicant should possess extensive experience in AutoCAD Civil 3D, particularly in creating drawing sets including civil grading. Candidates are expected to exhibit strong communication skills and the capability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of proficient professionals. The primary responsibilities include consult and partner with engineers on projects with small to medium scope of work and moderate complexity to build detailed designs, redesigns, and edits on engineering projects and change orders, working from sketches, key plans, and verbal instructions to produce the final design. Draft new and edit existing designs, drawings, layouts, charts, diagrams or maps using computer aided tools from sketches, key plans, site plans, and layouts in order to support proposals, reports and presentations. Assists senior staff in carrying out technical tasks requiring accuracy in calculations and completeness of data and adherence to prescribed analysis, design or computational methods.
Your Impact
Required Qualifications
About WSP
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is looking for a seasoned CAD Designer to join our Earth & Environment team in our Austin or Houston offices. The ideal applicant should possess extensive experience in AutoCAD Civil 3D, particularly in creating drawing sets including civil grading. Candidates are expected to exhibit strong communication skills and the capability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of proficient professionals. The primary responsibilities include consult and partner with engineers on projects with small to medium scope of work and moderate complexity to build detailed designs, redesigns, and edits on engineering projects and change orders, working from sketches, key plans, and verbal instructions to produce the final design. Draft new and edit existing designs, drawings, layouts, charts, diagrams or maps using computer aided tools from sketches, key plans, site plans, and layouts in order to support proposals, reports and presentations. Assists senior staff in carrying out technical tasks requiring accuracy in calculations and completeness of data and adherence to prescribed analysis, design or computational methods.
Your Impact
- Prepares new drawings, edit existing drawings (ex. plans, cross sections profiles, and details), and input field notes and client data into drawing base plans for proposals, reports and presentations.
- Adhere to company and department design standards.
- Communicate clearly in writing and verbally to build an internal network of professionals.
- Address routine problems with established procedures or ample precedent.
- Work under moderate supervision with general work instructions and standardized routines.
- Propose ideas on how to execute work assignments.
- Perform 2D and 3D drafting to develop working and final drawings.
- Provide drafting support to less experienced staff.
Required Qualifications
- Associate's degree from an accredited community college or technical institution in computer-aided design or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant post-education experience in Civil Design.
- Proficiency in three-dimensional modeling, especially using Autodesk Civil 3D 2023 or newer. Emphasis on utilizing modern and efficient tools and workflows within AutoCAD and Civil 3D (e.g., external references, annotative objects, sheet sets, surfaces, alignments, profiles, cogo points, data shortcuts, etc.). Familiarity with drafting and design support principles, practices, processes, methods, and techniques.
- Knowledge of relevant codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
- Interpersonal and communication skills for interacting with others and expressing ideas effectively and professionally to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-leadership with attention to detail, ability to learn new techniques, perform multiple tasks simultaneously, follow instructions, and comply with company policies.
- Ability to work independently under general supervision and as part of a team to meet business objectives.
- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation software, technology, math principles, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Track record of upholding workplace safety and adherence to WSP's health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements, which may extend beyond the typical workweek.
- Experience in plan production and design for civil projects.
- Flexibility in daily duties and level of responsibility, including redlining and leading plan production efforts.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Collaboration within a multi-discipline design team to produce construction drawings efficiently.
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficiency in MS Office products.
About WSP
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.