CAD Technician

About the role Utilities CAD Technician (PAS 128 / Asset Protection)

Lower Thames Crossing, Essex (RM16 5UZ
)

Join Balfour Beatty Power T&D and play a key role in one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects.

We are looking for a Utilities CAD Technician (PAS 128 / Asset Protection) to support the delivery of the Lower Thames Crossing project . This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly collaborative team, ensuring the production and coordination of high-quality BIM and CAD information that supports critical asset protection and utility management activities.

• Produce high accuracy 2D/3D utility plans, cross-sections, and detailed utilities PAS
  128 drawings from survey data and 3D models.
• Take full ownership of the Utilities Master Model (LTC), ensuring it remains the "single source of truth" for the project.
• Interpolate Trial holes, point-clouds, As-builts and GPR depth slices to accurately plot utility positions, depths, and confidence levels.
• Ensure precise overlay of utility data onto Topographical Surveys, maintaining strict horizontal/vertical tolerances across LTC grid and OS National Grid datums.
• Produce specialized 2D/3D drawings for Permits to Dig and GS6 (Overhead Powerline) permits.
• Support the Asset Protection team in planning methodologies, processes, and providing safe, workable utility works designs.
• Ensure all designs are coordinated with MEP and include all temporary arrangements and interfaces.
• Manage BIM/CAD data within Project Wise CONNECT Edition, ensuring strict adherence to CAD standards and quality control.
• Coordinate with delivery and design teams to identify and resolve clashes, providing workable solutions for site constraints.
• Report to the Survey Manager and provide administrative assistance to the Asset Protection Surveying team as required. Assist in training of new designers and/or trainees.
• Creation of site packages
• Creation of final record packages

• Proven experience as a CAD Technician within Utilities, Civil Engineering, or Surveying. (Experience in related disciplines will be considered).
• Demonstrable experience in 3D modeling and 2D drafting specifically for underground services
• Understanding of CAD Packages
• Advanced skills in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Micro Station, and Project Wise CONNECT. (Experience with AECOsim is a bonus).
• Experience working with, editing, and loading to databases is highly advantageous.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Awareness of applicable Highways Standards and the PAS 128:2022 specification.
• A strong work ethic with a proactive enthusiasm for learning, developing new workflows, and sharing technical knowledge with the wider team

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power…