Sr Structural CAD Technician – Bridges & Transportation Structures

Apex Companies • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Apex Companies is seeking an experienced CAD designer/drafter specializing in structural engineering, including infrastructure and bridges, to serve as a CAD manager supporting the growth and delivery of its bridge and transportation structures practice across the Pacific Northwest. The role provides technical leadership, oversees CAD production across disciplines, and maintains consistent quality and design standards across projects.

Working closely with structural engineers and project managers, the technician owns structural drawing production from initial setup through final deliverables. This includes organizing and coordinating complete drawing sets, developing construction details, maintaining drawing consistency, resolving drafting and coordination issues, and ensuring deliverables are accurate, complete, and ready for engineering review. The position requires independence, sound technical judgment, and the ability to manage drawing production across multiple projects while meeting schedules and quality requirements.

Requirements

• Associate or bachelor's degree in CAD/Drafting, Engineering Technology, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of experience in civil or structural engineering drafting, with an emphasis on bridges and transportation structures.
• Experience leading or coordinating CAD production teams and managing drawing standards and quality-control processes.
• Strong leadership, communication, and team-coordination skills, including the ability to work across technical disciplines.
• Ability to independently develop, organize, coordinate, and complete structural construction drawing packages with limited supervision.
• Extensive knowledge of bridge and transportation structure drafting, detailing, and design documentation.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and ProjectWise.
• Proficiency with Bluebeam Revu, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF tools.
• Strong understanding of CAD standards, quality-control processes, and applicable design guidelines and codes.
• Ability to identify and resolve technical and production challenges and communicate effectively with project teams and clients.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, including coordinating multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Understanding of project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Ability to mentor and develop technical staff while supporting career growth and team performance.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate, consistent, high-quality deliverables.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of MicroStation.
• Familiarity with WSDOT and other Washington State local agencies’ guidelines and drafting practices.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary transportation infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Own structural drawing production for bridge and transportation structure projects, from initial setup through final delivery, coordinating sheets, details, references, revisions, and drawing-set completeness.
• Independently manage drawing production using engineering markups, design information, project standards, and engineering direction; identify missing information, inconsistencies, and coordination issues and follow through to resolution.
• Lead and coordinate CAD production for bridge and transportation structure projects, including resource planning and workload management across projects and pursuits.
• Develop, review, and maintain structural design drawings, construction plans, and CAD models using Civil 3D or MicroStation.
• Prepare accurate plans and details from sketches, markups, design notes, and engineer direction.
• Apply structural engineering and construction knowledge to bridge layouts, concrete reinforcement detailing, and structural steel detailing.
• Establish, maintain, and improve CAD standards, templates, drawing libraries, and production workflows in alignment with Apex and client requirements.
• Coordinate CAD production with engineers, project managers, other disciplines, and external consultants.
• Perform and coordinate quality reviews of CAD drawings and models to ensure compliance with project specifications, client standards, and applicable quality management procedures.
• Track and maintain quality-control documentation, design decisions, and project records throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead CAD staff meetings, technical workshops, and training sessions to promote collaboration, consistency, and technical development.
• Oversee CAD-related project documentation, file management, and final archiving of drawings, models, and other design deliverables.
• Maintain familiarity with applicable design standards, client requirements, industry practices, and emerging CAD technologies.
• Coordinate software training, updates, and technical support with IT and other internal resources.
• Support development of CAD standards and production procedures for new projects and pursuits.

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical and dental insurance.
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Tuition assistance.
• Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects.
• Performance-based bonuses or other incentives.
• Annual bonus opportunities for all Apex positions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree