Senior CAD Technician – Balfour Beatty Careers


Website Balfour Beatty

Position Summary:

  • Liaise with Site Operative & Design team to produce a variety of drawings for the delivery of Overhead Line & Cabling Projects;
  • Works will be mainly Civils driven for Cable Installation, Termination compounds, Haul Roads, Bellmouths, Crane Pads & Bridge Earthworks drawings to enable a safe and secure solution in accordance with BIM & client design requirements, programme, cost and quality

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work on your own & as part of a team, be willing and able to share technical ability, knowledge to other members of the team whilst being keen to learn new skill sets;
  • To produce Earthwork drawings for Hardcore Haul Roads including Crane Pads, Bellmouths & bridges using point clouds/ surfaces from lidar. Balancing cut and fill volumes, volume calculations;
  • Attend and contribute to team meetings and consider ways to constantly improve CAD delivery in the most efficient and cost-effective manner;
  • Understand the requirements of contract documents and liaise with Senior/ Principal Design engineers as necessary to agree design requirements;
  • Have the ability to self-check own work prior to approval stage and issue drawings to Doc control Via BIM;
  • Produce cable routes from tender stage to As Built as well as producing cross sections, Line
  • Diagrams and termination approach drawings;
  • To be flexible to ensure that deliverable timescales are met;
  • Be part of a team to deliver project specific drawings at a high standard and accuracy in accordance to client specification and BIM requirements & across all departments;
  • As a CAD Technician under a Design Team Leader to support drawing production for various sites;
  • Ensure Balfour Beattys Code of Conduct is thoroughly understood, adhered to and promoted across the business to ensure safe, compliant and consistent working practices;
  • To operate in an open and even handed manner with all personnel across the business. Treat all who we interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences. Encourage everyone to achieve maximum potential;
  • To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working. To listen to each other and share knowledge enabling us to willingly combine expertise across the business and with our clients and supply chain;

Required Education & Experience:

  • Ability to use and process international geographic datasets;
  • Working under a BIM environment;
  • Demonstrates a working knowledge of Autodesk Civils 3D & AutoCAD;
  • Full driving licence with access to vehicle.
  • Proficient using the industry design software; AutoCAD, Autodesk Civil 3D;
  • Previous experience of acting as a CAD Technician in an Engineering / Civils environment;
  • HNC/HND (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or HNC/ HND CAD;
  • Demonstrates a working knowledge of cable routes and existing services;