Cad Technician (7613)

Overview:

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. The CAD Technician 2 position will provide quality drafting support for various engineering projects. This role involves creating high-quality technical drawings, thoroughly researching existing plans for accuracy against standards and surveys and revising and updating drawings as needed. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay range: $23.16 – $33.09

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions – employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks, Brio Health

Responsibilities:

• Use MicroStation CAD software and/or other software applications to prepare project designs, sketches, final/working drawings, and draft contract documents related to construction design packages.
• Perform sub-system user file management within CAD systems, such as plotting, printing, storage retrieving, and returning drawings from ProjectWise.
• Review rough/preliminary sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data received from engineers, to validate that they conform to design concepts.
• Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data.
• Provide quality design, layout, and production of engineering, electrical, electronic, and fiber optic drawings.
• Perform necessary research utilizing existing drawings including that of facility, standards, plan, profile, hardware, and survey drawings as needed to prepare accurate drawing packages and/or to answer related questions.
• Assist in pre-engineering calculations and research to control product reliability and accuracy for engineering, technical, and commercial applications.
• Perform duties essential to the preparation of engineering design drawings for Substation Design and fiber Optic Design, including details, assemblies, installations, and minor layouts.
• Organize and analyze drawings before setup and discuss project complexity and time estimates with technical and managerial personnel.
• Perform assignments requiring expertise in computer-aided drafting using MicroStation CAD Software, including 3D.
• Assist with special projects such as various installation diagrams, structure modifications, design drawings, standard hardware details, and others as required.
• Assist in the documentation of Substation projects by assembling bills of material, drawing lists, and other design documents from the design standards.
• Travel to field sites to obtain and verify site-specific project layout information to verify design data and record revision. This will not include escorting.
• Draft work that comes from Engineers in the group as well as field red lines; use advanced CAD skills that meet the company level required for CAD quality.
• Research and report on missing information from data sheets and record/update as appropriate.
• Develop / draft equipment rack layouts with minimal input from engineers.
• Check all CAD and manually drafted drawings and other documents for drafting accuracy, completeness, and conformity to company standards and applicable regulations, making necessary corrections before review by engineers.
• Provide Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) for Substation Redlined drawings.
• Provide technical assistance to new and/or less experienced team members regarding established organizational procedures and guidelines, industry, and/or company standards, advanced techniques, etc., as requested.
• Maintain a thorough familiarity with industry, organization, and standards as needed.
• Assist with various administrative duties, such as engineering record maintenance which includes keeping switching files updated, obtaining new drawing numbers, inputting drawing information into the organization’s CAD database at the various stages of the CAD process, and completing necessary forms to submit final drawings to central records.
• Perform basic filing and document management functions.
• Create and maintain files and filing system(s) by compliance requirements.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records by compliance requirements.
• Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel.
• Mark and maintain all official records by the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
• Maintain CAD templates, including the template database and the associated SharePoint site.

Requirements:

• A high school diploma or GED is required.
• An associate or higher college degree in a technical CAD training program is preferred.
• 4 years of CAD drafting experience is required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite software including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience with MicroStation CAD software.
• Experience with ProjectWise.
• The ability to analyze and effectively document large volumes of technical data is essential.
• Proven ability to effectively manage multiple work assignments and changing priorities.
• Skill in oral and written communication to effectively fulfill client/customer/team requirements.
• Experience participating in and performing effectively in a project team environment.
• Previous experience working in the utility industry.
• Proficiency with MS SharePoint to aid in updating the group site with additional links to share data.
• A valid U.S. Driver’s License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

If you have any questions about the job posting, please contact recruiting@acsprostaffing.com

If you have any questions about our Reasonable Accommodation Policy, please feel free to email hr@acsprostaffing.com