Senior CAD Drafter I Energy

Lead the CAD and drafting design activities in this Senior CAD Drafter role in AECOMs Energy team.  You will be working as part of an established design team working across a broad range of energy project types delivering leading design drawings to the highest technical standards. 

Based ideally in AECOMs Brisbane or Sydney office this role provides the scope to work across a range and variety of energy projects across primary secondary transmission line civil structural and others.  You will also have scope to develop your leadership abilities across project delivery and people leadership while ensuring design standards and drawing deliverables are met.

How youll make a difference

• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure design excellence covering design models and drawings for substation layouts equipment and associated utilities set out drawings single line diagrams secondary schematics and others.
• Working co-operatively with team members whilst liaising with engineers and drafters (both locally throughout Australia and international design teams) supporting the integration of design inputs and highest standards of technical design across projects.
• Contribute to design documentation reviewing drawings and ensure outputs meet project specifications and quality standards.
• Support manage and coordinate the delivery of design milestones ensure deliverables meet scope verification standards timeframe and budget considerations.
• Provide technical guidance and support to design team members including mentoring and training on digital design tools and workflows across the wider Energy team.
• Apply your common data environment (such as with Bently ProjectWise or Autodesk Forma and others) and CAD abilities using AutoCAD and MicroStation.

Qualifications :

To be successful in this Senior role you will be an experienced CAD designer or CAD Team Leader known for your abilities to work collaboratively across engineering disciplines with varied design standards and working with others to ensure delivery.   You will enjoy a challenge be action focussed display the ability to balance competing design time commitments.

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired but if you dont tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply all applications will be considered.

• Proven experience delivering energy related CAD designs across either (or all) primary substation secondary protection or related projects.
• Experienced in developing concept designs to meet industry standards from scratch with minimum supervision ensuring innovation and safety is at the forefront of all early discussions.
• Demonstrated experience in design drafting for High Voltage projects ideally with 5 years experience working with Australian energy client (including Transgrid Ausgrid Powerlink and / or Energex) design standards is a significant advantage.
• Highly proficient with one or more core CAD packages (AutoCAD and MicroStation) with an understanding of common data environments (Transgrid ProjectWise EDMS Powerlink Autodesk Vault or Energex Autodesk Vault).
• Experience working collaboratively to build working relationships across multidisciplinary project teams and coordinating design inputs including with geographically and offshore based teams
• Strong understanding of design standards quality requirements and project delivery timeframes while maintaining verification quality standards and design excellence.
• Experience leading teams or team leadership skills for CAD teams is an advantage.
• A high-quality focus and an ability to instil a similar approach across teams.
• Excellent collaboration communication and time management skill set working across competing project timeframes.

Additional Information :

Why youll love working with us

• Flexible work arrangements available aligned with the market and client facing role requirements
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year         
• Volunteer and representation leave
• Flex public holidays swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds including those with disabilities additional health or mental health needs and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process please let us know.

Applications are reviewed as they come in and the role may close earlier than expected so if this opportunity sounds like you we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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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 youre 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. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll 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 persons potential and well help you reach yours.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract