Company: NATURAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
We are a growing small engineering firm specializing instream, river, and wetland restoration.
Website: http://www.naturaldes.com
Contact: jobs@naturaldes.com
Position Available: CAD TECHNICIAN
We are looking for a CAD technician to work fulltime producing plan sets for engineering/ stream, river, and wetland restoration drawings.
Responsibilities:
· Work independently on all aspects of plan production using AutoCAD to create engineering construction documents for habitat restoration projects.
· Coordinate with project managers to ensure that multiple projects with simultaneous timelines are completed on schedule(manage workloads and tasks for self and others).
· Work cooperatively as part of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and biologists to develop plan sets (organize layouts, develop details, plan views, etc.).
Required Qualifications - Interest in and Demonstrated Ability to:
· Work with AutoCAD 2010 at a minimum.
· Competently work with AutoCAD tools needed for plan production:
o Templates (create and work with)
o Sheet set manager (create and work with custom fields to develop titleblocks and callouts, properties, sheet and model views, page setups, batch plot).
o Xrefs (create and work with)
o Styles (create and work with for text, dimensions, leaders, tables, plot, etc.)
o Layer management (filtering, creating layers, viewport settings, plot styles, line type loads, etc.)
o Page setup manager (create page setups)
o Annotative scaling (create and work with)
o Block creation and editing
o Model space and paper space (working understanding of the different tools and content used in each)
· Independently research/ troubleshoot AutoCAD issues, such as proper plotting, element display,xref object display, etc.
· Submit electronicAutoCAD drawing file packages to clients and other consultants with awareness of CAD file version compatibility, relative paths, and data shortcuts.
· Be organized and detail-oriented.
· Integrate changes given as markups and verbally.
· Continually expand knowledge of AutoCAD capabilities.
· Use basic computer skills, Microsoft software, and install/ uninstall software.
· Ability and/or interest in becoming competent (required) in:
o Developing plan sets with City of Seattle CADD standards.
o Working with National CAD Standards.
o Working with CAD drawings that contain Civil 3D objects and data shortcuts so that file integrity is maintained between AutoCAD and Civil 3D.
o Creating and manipulating surfaces, profiles, cross-sections, etc. with Civil 3D.
o Creating basemaps from survey data.
o Estimating CAD time needed to produce budgets.
o Developing civil/ landscape drawings to depict natural settings.
o Creating various line types with embedded text.