CAD Production & Design Leader

CAD Production & Design Leader

As a member of Garver's growing Harlingen Water Infrastructure Design Center, the CAD Production & Design Leader will be responsible for leading drafting and design for projects while mentoring designers and technicians. The leader will also oversee the production of 3D models and maintain Civil3D/BIM/Micro Station standards for the Water Infrastructure Design Center. They will collaborate with multiple teams of engineers, other production & design leaders, designers, and technicians to produce drawings on various Water Business Line projects.

This role is central to project delivery through our many offices and utilizes the latest design software/technologies, predominantly Revit, Civil3D, and Micro Station software. Typical projects include civil, process mechanical, structural, building mechanical, and architectural designs for water and wastewater facilities.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned projects
• Lead coordination between project team disciplines (civil, process, structural, mechanical, and electrical)
  • Drawing Sheet List (Excel and design software)
  • Production of compiled PDFs for project milestones from all disciplines
  • Design changes where necessary
  • Clash detection and resolution between disciplines
  • Exporting of design files
  • Civil site plan linking
  • Facilitate P&n with all process modeling
• Lead the development of 3D models/alignments
  • Organization of facilities in different models as the project requires
  • Coordination of models with sub‑consultants as needed
  • Maintaining the shared coordinate system
  • Owner of secured workset(s) for levels, grids, and scope boxes
  • Lead the organization of alignments, plans, sections, and details for construction documents
• Attend project meetings as required
• Scope & Fee Development
• Budget & Schedule Tracking
• Work closely with Design Phase Managers to maintain scope, budget, and schedule to execute projects
• Maintain strong communication with engineers and project managers to ensure timely delivery and avoid conflicts. Acknowledge and coordinate design issues with disciplines
• Arrange necessary resources for file sharing and communication across the company or with clients, sub‑consultants, and contractors
• Coordinate resources for assigned projects
  • Develop markups working with the engineers
  • Distribute and coordinate workload with fellow designers and technicians
  • Review work of designers and technicians and serve as their mentor
  • Provide thorough review of every plan sheet to ensure all projects adhere to company standards prior to engineers’ review
• Mentor, equip, train, develop, and engage junior team members to become effective design professionals and undertake increasingly complex assignments and responsibilities as they grow

Due to the collaborative nature of coordination for large infrastructure projects, candidates must seek out and resolve issues through close interaction with other project team members. They must also maintain a positive team attitude and interpersonal effectiveness to recruit, develop, and maintain an efficient and productive team.

The Water Infrastructure Design Center is a knowledge‑based hub that excels in highly technical, multi‑discipline water and wastewater designs for locations all across Garver's footprint. The WIDC was created to bring together every unique discipline necessary to design custom solutions for water and wastewater infrastructure facilities, including civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, controls, construction, applications, and operations. Having a focused team with in‑person collaboration using the latest 3D and 4D BIM/Civil3D/Micro Station software leads to more efficient delivery, shorter design schedules, and lower change‑order percentages.

• 10 or more years of computer‑aided drafting and design experience with an architectural and/or engineering design team
• Extensive experience in the use of Civil3D, Revit or Micro Station software
• Experience using MSOffice products, including Excel, Outlook, and Word
• General understanding of various building types
• Experience with architectural, industrial and…