Job Description

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