Principal Cad Technician

Responsibilities

• You will be working on a range of infrastructure schemes and will be responsible for the work prepared by a team of Technicians and assists with their development to improve knowledge and strengths.
• You will be expected to play a proactive part in the design process and to be active on several projects at any given time.
• You will ensure that all drawings are produced in accordance with the relevant technical standards, in adherence to WSP's and the Client's CAD Standards documentation.
• You will actively develop the CAD and BIM skills and capabilities of a team and ensure deployment is appropriate to highways business and projects.
• You will assist in the development of strategic BIM documentation, including BIM Execution Plans, BIM Standards and protocols.
• You will contribute to our Lean approach to driving efficiency and removing waste from our processes.
• You will work under the guidance of the project manager or designated discipline lead.
• You will be involved with resource management, utilisation forecast, production of fee proposal and recruitments as required.
• You will read, adher and ensure compliance to all relevant policies and procedures for Health and Safety including the H&S Policy, H&S Manual, and Local Procedures Manual.
• Take responsibility for own personal development with the support of line manager and follow an agreed development plan.

Key Competencies / Skills:

Mandatory Skills

• Ability to utilise AutoCAD or MicroStation in adherence to defined CAD standards to lead and develop engineering drawings.
• Ability to liaise with the design teams as necessary to coordinate design and drawing production.
• Capable of multi-tasking and managing multiple projects with the ability to accurately predict the time required to fulfil the individual scopes of work required.
• Assists with establishing, maintaining and enforcing the use of proper CAD standards and procedures.
• Undertake reviews of work produced by others to ensure high quality of CAD output.
• Ability to customise and automation of programs and menus to increase drawing productivity
• UK Highways project experience and knowledge of UK design standards
• You should be able to demonstrate some experience and working knowledge of relevant technical design guidance and standards, such as DMRB, MfS, TSRGD, HCD, and IAN 184.
• Ability to understand and communicate BIM and CAD standards for use on Civil engineering projects and possessing an appropriate overall level of knowledge of the UK infrastructure design sector.
• Proficient in use of standard office software
• Proficiency in the use of Bentley ProjectWise and Navisworks. You should be able to set up BIM models to the project standards and liaising with Model Managers.
• Experience of using and optimising CAD resource libraries (cells / blocks, objects, seed files, etc).
• Experience of supervising and coordinating the CAD output of others (either directly or indirectly) within a multi-disciplinary project environment.
• A passion for quality and continuous improvement with a focus on delivery.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective time management and strong organisational skills.

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of basic design using Civil 3D or MX
• A clear understanding of Building Information Modelling and its benefits to the design and
• construction Industry.
• Experience of using a variety of design engineering modelling packages (CAD) and their interoperation, including applications such as MX, OpenRoads, Civil3D, AutoCAD and MicroStation.
• Have a good working knowledge of industry standards such as the BIM Level 2 Document suite, Uniclass, CIC BIM Protocol etc.
• Project management

Qualifications

• You will have either Diploma or Degree level qualification in Civil Engineering or equivalent with 12 years'+ relevant post-graduate experience
• Autodesk AutoCAD or Bentley MicroStation user certification
• Professional qualified, such as EngTech with a recognised institution