CAD Drafter- Land Surveyor Technician

Civil Design, Inc.•St. Louis, MO

49d•$45,000 - $75,000

About The Position

Civil Design, Inc. (CDI) is a multi-disciplined civil engineering firm offering civil site, structural, land surveying, and GIS services. Since its founding in 1996, our team has grown to over 150 team members with six locations. We operate in three states serving our six service lines - Infrastructure + Analytics, Site, Structures, Survey, Transportation, and Water Resources. We have office locations in Missouri – St. Louis and Jefferson City, Illinois - Collinsville and Effingham and Kentucky – Louisville and Prestonsburg. We are looking for a CAD Drafter- Survey Technician to support our CDI mission in Building Stronger Communities. By designing and producing survey projects, you will be supporting our mission and developing a better tomorrow. Be a part of the CDI Mission: The ideal candidate brings both project expertise and a people-first mindset - committed to teamwork, collaboration, and making a meaningful difference.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent GED is required.
Prior drafting experience with MicroStation and AutoCAD Civil3D.
Must be able to lift/carry 30lbs in field conditions.

Nice To Haves

Associates or Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.
Previous CAD experience in land surveying preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for producing detailed survey drawings using AutoCAD Civil3D and MicroStation CAD software while ensuring drawings meet company, client, and industry standards and codes.
Process UAS aerial, mobile and terrestrially collected LiDAR and photogrammetric data and work with point cloud data to create project deliverables.
Create drawings from field collected survey information, complete initial QC of field data and ensure deliverables meet standards and best practices as well as preparing project-specific information for field crews.
Work from sketches, notes, plats, deeds, title reports, and other input material and specifications to analyze and produce detailed final land surveying project deliverables using computer-aided design and drafting systems.
Work closely with professional land surveyors to complete red line mark-ups and take an active role in the evaluation of accuracy and quality assurance process addressing comments related to the survey deliverables.
Work independently and collaboratively with surveyors and engineering design team to provide existing conditions survey drawings used for planning, design, and/or research on conventional civil engineering projects.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.