Sr. Civil CAD Designer

Salas O'Brien•Merritt Island, FL

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future. Building for the long-term means that all our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way. Job Summary: Job duties will include performing civil design responsibilities and technical drafting activities in support of project engineers throughout the engineering design process. In a civil design capacity, the candidate will execute limited engineering designs by applying established standards, specifications, codes, and project requirements to develop technically sound and compliant design deliverables for engineer review and finalization. Work will primarily focus on AutoCAD and Civil3D model and drawing development of construction drawing packages based on various datasets and engineer input, completing engineer markups during the design process, preparing design concepts, completing as-built drawings and the creation or modification of details. Responsibilities may also include performing in-field walk-downs of project sites, verifying existing conditions of sites and facilities prior to new design efforts, and compiling data. Work will primarily be conducted virtually, but local candidates are encouraged to work from the office occasionally (20%). Travel to the Space Coast Area of Florida (Brevard County) and other travel locations will be limited.

Requirements

AS. in Drafting and Design (or equivalent experience)
Minimum of 8 years of drafting/design experience working with Civil3D with specific experience in application for development of civil construction drawing packages.
An in-depth knowledge of the civil engineering design process including documentation of existing conditions, integration of pre-and-post-construction survey data, and working directly with engineers to develop construction packages.
Extensive experience working with civil design drawings and detailed civil plans is essential.
Proficient in Autodesk Civil3D (2023-26 versions) including understanding and experience in application of the following: Creating multiple existing surfaces, proposed surfaces, final surfaces, GRID surface, GRID volume surface, and TIN volume surface Coordinate systems and AEC unit setup Point file formatting to export and import point files Referencing Digital Elevation Models (DEMS) Alignment creation and station labeling Surface profile sampling, sample line creation for sections Profile view creation Feature line creation and appropriate applications Grading tools and surface creation from grading groups Pipe, pipe networks parts lists and catalogs Surface profile sampling and sample line creation for sections Project Explorer Civil3D label style and 3D object style creation View frame creation, output plan and profile sheets to sheet set with automatic match lines Section sample line creation along alignment and output section views to sheets and automatically add to sheet set with station location title
Experience and proficiency in Autodesk Map (2023-26 versions), Autodesk AutoCAD (2023-26 versions), Autodesk Vehicle Tracking (2023-26 versions), and Autodesk Recapture
Experience with GIS mapping software (QGIS / ArcGIS Map). Basic understanding of applications including shape files and databases.
AutoCAD and Civil3D sheet set creation and field creation
AutoCAD and Civil3D National CAD Standards, NCS layer management, NCS symbols, NCS line types, NCS text styles, NCS dimension styles
AutoCAD and Civil3D sheet set custom fields and sheet fields
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, and e-mail applications.
Familiarity and adeptness with codes and federal/state/local regulations.
Full understanding of the National CAD Standards (NCS) layer management, symbols, linetypes, text styles and dimension styles.
Valid / Unrestricted driver’s license
Must be a U.S. Citizen for Security Clearance requirements.
Ability to obtain a clearance from the Defense Security Service and other Federal Government Agencies.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to evaluate project needs and strategically distribute drafting assignments, sub-tasks, and production deliverables across drafting personnel to optimize team capacity and leverage individual technical strengths.
Proficient in coordinating civil design elements in AutoCAD/Civil 3D with MEP design teams in Revit; knowledgeable in standard BIM/CAD interoperability workflows (including shared coordinates, georeferencing, linked DWGs/RVT files, and elevation matching) to ensure accurate cross-disciplinary model alignment and clash detection.
Previous experience in developing drafting project proposals, including preparing detailed scopes of work, defining project assumptions and exclusions, and developing accurate labor effort estimates based on client requirements, project specifications, project schedules, and resource requirements.
Experience using Bluebeam Revu for PDF markup, document review, collaboration, and construction document workflows.

Responsibilities

Performing civil design responsibilities and technical drafting activities in support of project engineers throughout the engineering design process.
Executing limited engineering designs by applying established standards, specifications, codes, and project requirements to develop technically sound and compliant design deliverables for engineer review and finalization.
Developing AutoCAD and Civil3D models and drawings for construction drawing packages based on various datasets and engineer input.
Completing engineer markups during the design process.
Preparing design concepts.
Completing as-built drawings and the creation or modification of details.
Performing in-field walk-downs of project sites, verifying existing conditions of sites and facilities prior to new design efforts, and compiling data.
Civil drafting / design support for new construction, renovation, and modification projects including development of civil construction drawing elements including but not limited to: Site plans – existing condition, demolition, and modification site plans showing scope of work in planimetric view.
Importing of survey drawings in applicable coordinate system.
Utility plan and profile drawings – alignment-based plan and profile drawings showing the primary utility and crossing / conflicting utilities and ground surface data in plan and profile view. Includes pressure and gravity systems for various liquid and gas systems.
Paving, grading, and drainage plans – site plans indicating extents and types of pavement, existing and modified topography and grading, and drainage plans indicating flow paths and drainage system elements (structures, ponds, culverts, etc.)
Geometry plans – site plans indicating measurement and survey point based geometric data connected to state plane coordinate systems.
Producing record drawing documentation based on contractor redlines, as-built survey conditions, and engineer input.
Civil drafting/design support for new construction, renovations and modification efforts.
Design of utility systems for minimum depth of cover, slopes, sizing, routing, spacing, and orientation.
Layout of site elements including pavements, space allocations for equipment / structures, parking areas, and similar.
Development of site grading.
Identification of applicable project elements including typical notes and details.
Incorporation / reference of coordinated design drawings from other elements including architectural, mechanical, and electrical site elements.
Provide constructive and efficient quality control reviews to ensure project design standards and client specific drafting standards are met.