Senior Civil CAD Designer

Job Description

Dewberry has a unique opportunity for a Senior Civil CAD Designer to join our Civil/Land Development Group in our Louisville, CO office by supporting the Civil CAD Design Manager and the Civil Design team by working with engineers, project managers, and other professionals. Through experienced leadership, the ideal candidate will take on many of the more complex tasks currently completed by the CAD Design Manager, to better enable their increased focus on training for a passionate and skilled group of young designers.

This position will require completing higher level tasks with an emphasis on design for residential, multi-family, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Work activities may include grading, pipe networks, alignments, profiles, sections, and redline drafting for conceptual, preliminary, and final design drawings.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you're an experienced professional or a new graduate, you'll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.

Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Dewberry offers a comprehensive and very competitive package of insurance programs to regular full-time employees and their eligible dependents the first of the month following their date of hire. The insurance package includes medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life. Additional insurances, at no cost to the employee: life (employee only), accidental death and dismemberment, business travel and accident, and short- and long-term disability are also provided.

Employees pay a share of Dewberry's premium expenses (on a pre-tax basis) for medical and dental insurance plans.

Dewberry offers a wide range of other employee benefits, including 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, 529 College Savings Plans, Travel Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts and Supplemental Life Insurance for employee, spouse, and children.

Positions within our officer program are also eligible for an annual bonus and stipend. Both vary based on level within the program and bonuses are dependent upon company performance.

In addition, a host of discounted purchase programs are available to all employees.

• Prepare base files, plan exhibits, construction documentation and detailed design drawings for an array of land development and civil engineering projects.
• Provide drafting and design services by preparing and maintaining AutoCAD 3D drawings that compile to create a set of construction drawings ready for agency approval.
• Coordinate with internal team members and applicable members of the greater Project Delivery Team (architects, landscape architects, traffic consultants, etc.) to deliver successful projects.
• Review engineering drawings and designs to ensure adherence to various municipalities specifications and standards.
• Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of CAD standards across the Civil/Land Development Group.
• Assist with the direct oversight, and staff management of junior designers by providing daily mentoring and quality reviews to ensure timely and accurate submittals.
• Delegating and scheduling less complex assignments with junior designers. The goal is to ensure that less complex design items are matched to the designer's skills, while more complex assignments remain with senior design staff.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

• Associate degree in drafting or engineering technology.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a CADD designer (AutoCAD Civil3D) with civil design, and specifically, land development experience.
• Strong working experience with current versions of AutoCAD and using the…