Civil 3D Designer ​/ Technician

About The Opportunity

PRI is seeking a strong Civil 3D Designer / Technician in Surrey, BC to support our Civil practice and related infrastructure work. This is a hands-on modelling and drafting role for an experienced technician who can take a project from survey and geotechnical data through a complete 3D civil model and issued drawing set, with the depth to handle the complex, surface-heavy, structure-integrated work that dam and water-resources design demands.

This role is central to delivering that work well. You will build and manage the 3D civil models and terrain surfaces behind these projects, produce the drawing sets that get them permitted and built, and be the drafting backbone the hydrotechnical engineers rely on. You will also support the firm’s transportation and infrastructure work, applying your Civil 3D skills to roads, linear works, and site development as project demands shift.

This is a technical-production role reporting to the Civil Practice Lead. You will work closely with hydrotechnical, geotechnical, and structural engineers, and with survey staff, translating design intent and markups into accurate, standards-compliant models and drawings. It is a role for someone who takes real pride in the quality and precision of their drafting.

• Build and manage complex 3D surfaces and terrain models - embankments, spillways, channels, reservoir grading, and existing-conditions surfaces from survey and LiDAR data.
• Model grading and earthworks for dams and water-resources structures, and produce cut/fill and earthwork volume calculations.
• Produce detailing for hydraulic and concrete structures - spillways, outlet works, intakes, and control structures - coordinating with structural drafting where the work overlaps.
• Integrate geotechnical and survey data into models and drawings, working from subsurface information and field data.
• Develop cross-sections, profiles, and details for embankments, channels, and water-resources works.

• Apply Civil 3D to transportation and linear-infrastructure work as project demands require - alignments, profiles, corridors, and grading for roads, access works, and site development.
• Produce plan-and-profile sheets, grading plans, and cross-sections for infrastructure projects.
• Support land-development and municipal civil work across the firm where drafting capacity is needed.

• Produce complete, issue-ready construction drawing sets - plans, profiles, sections, details, and general arrangement sheets.
• Set up sheets, layouts, viewports, annotation, and plan production from the model.
• Work to and help maintain the firm’s CAD and Civil 3D standards - templates, layers, styles, and title blocks.
• Manage the Civil 3D project structure and data shortcuts so multiple team members can work on a project cleanly.
• Quality-check drawings for consistency, completeness, and accuracy before issue, and manage revisions, issue records, and version control.
• Generate quantities and material takeoffs from the model.

• Work directly with hydrotechnical, geotechnical, and structural engineers and project managers to interpret markups and design intent.
• Coordinate shared base data and reference files across disciplines, including survey and geotechnical inputs.
• Incorporate redlines and revisions accurately through the design cycle.
• Support drawing submission to meet client, municipal, and regulatory standards.

We are looking for a strong, experienced Civil 3D technician who is genuinely fluent in complex surface and grading modelling, not just plan production, and who takes pride in producing clean, accurate, standards-compliant drawings with minimal supervision. Experience with dams, water resources, or heavy-civil earthworks is what sets the ideal candidate apart.

• Diploma or certificate in Civil Engineering Technology, CAD/Drafting Technology, or a related field - or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of Civil 3D drafting and modelling experience in a civil engineering consulting or heavy-civil environment.
• Deep,…