CAD Technician I

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Job Description

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AECOM  is seeking an entry level Cad Technician I for our Baton Rouge, LA office. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to work on Water projects that improve and enhance the local communities. Due to AECOM success in winning work, a career here will continually offer opportunities on a wide variety of projects.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Works under direct supervision performing moderately complex technical work utilizing instructions, drawings, sketches and results from computer systems and schematics. 
• May be involved in training and supervising technical personnel.
• May perform some data entry.
• Ability to identify a variety of map types.
• Understanding of workplace ethics
• Explain and demonstrate basic CADD techniques.
• Identify standard sheet sizes and scale formats.
• Understanding of file organization and management.
• Knowledge of U.S. National CAD standards for architecture, engineering, and construction
• Layer naming standards.
• Knowledge of drawing templates
• How to use symbols and symbols libraries.
• Knowledge file management.
• Define map scale for Civil and Structural drawing files.
• Draw plot plans from engineering sketches and given information.
• Use map symbols to draw a map from given information and create symbols when required.
• Identify different types of surveys and the maps created by them.
• Draw a traverse from given information.
• Draw contour maps (existing & proposed).
• Create horizontal alignment design with tangent curves using civil CADD software.
• Construct profile drawings using contour maps and surfaces.
• Construct cross-section drawings using cross section survey data.
• Generate civil/structural engineering and detail drawings from sketches.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred

Qualifications

• Technical or vocational degree or certificate for drafting or CAD
• Experience with CAD Civil 3D or other design software
• Familiarity with construction document management systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of Geographic, UTM & State Plane coordinate systems.
• Knowledge of CADD and GIS transfer file formats.
• How to use AutoCAD & MicroStation software's.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.