Roadway CAD Technician
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, 75215, USA
Listed on 2026-07-04
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Engineering
CAD/ AutoCAD/ Mechanical Design, Engineering Design & Technologists
What Your Day Will Look Like:
As a Roadway CAD Technician, you will play a key role in bringing infrastructure projects to life by providing high-quality technical drafting support across a diverse portfolio of municipal and transportation initiatives. Working closely with project managers, engineers, and design teams, you will help review and refine engineering drawing packages to ensure accuracy, compliance, and constructability.
In this role, you’ll contribute throughout the full project lifecycle, from early planning and conceptual layouts to preliminary and detailed design, as well as permitting documentation. You’ll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects that shape communities, applying your technical expertise to develop precise drawings, support design coordination, and streamline project delivery.
This position is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, collaborative, and eager to grow their skills while contributing to meaningful infrastructure improvements.
What You’ll Do:- Review roadway, drainage, traffic control, and utility construction plans, specifications, and engineering calculations to develop accurate design drawings and contract documents.
- Prepare and revise detailed roadway design plans, profiles, cross-sections, and corridor models using CAD software, converting engineering concepts, sketches, and redline markups into completed design deliverables.
- Produce preliminary, intermediate, and final roadway plan sets in coordination with engineers, project managers, and multidisciplinary design teams to ensure compliance with client standards, DOT requirements, and project objectives.
- Develop and maintain engineering documentation, including quantity calculations, plan sheets, exhibits, and technical reports, supporting project design, permitting, and construction activities.
- Create and modify alignments, surfaces, corridors, and grading models utilizing Autodesk Civil 3D to support roadway design and construction plan development.
- Perform quality control reviews of plan sets to ensure drafting accuracy, design consistency, and compliance with applicable roadway design standards and specifications.
- Coordinate with survey, drainage, utility, and transportation engineering teams to integrate design elements and resolve conflicts throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support project delivery by preparing construction plans, erosion control plans, signing and pavement marking layouts, and associated engineering exhibits for public and private transportation projects.
- Relevant training in CAD, drafting, or design technology, including technical coursework, certifications, or equivalent real-world experience
- Experience with transportation engineering, preferably TxDOT.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D (or similar design platforms such as Micro Station or Open Roads), with experience in plan production, drafting standards, and collaboration tools used in municipal or transportation projects
Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package! Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full‑time work status; part‑time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact
- Career Growth & Development – Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on‑demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.
- Work‑Life Alignment – Industry‑competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.
- Wellness – Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.
- Life – Employer‑paid STD and LTD, employer‑paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.
- Community – Quarterly social events, paid group volunteering events, and employee networks and…
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