Lead Civil AutoCAD Designer - Ardurra Group, Inc.

Ardurra is seeking a Lead Civil AutoCAD Designer to join our staff in Ocala, FL. This is a full-time position requiring in-depth working knowledge of current Autodesk products with at least 10 years of experience. 

Primary Function:

Must demonstrate a technical background with a broad base civil engineering experience. Experience should include the Design and CAD drafting of Civil Site plans, Utility pipelines, water and wastewater systems, grading plans, cross sections, general mapping, drainage plans, plan and profiles and street improvement plans.

Primary Duties

• Primary Duty to Provide CAD design and production drafting to support for civil engineering projects utilizing software to create 2D and 3D designs for complex custom projects.
• Incorporating mapping and field data into drawings for use in design.
• Revise and update drawing set for as-builts
• Manage a quality control process to ensure work is consistently adhering to the established standards and procedures.
• Plotting and checking drawings.
• Dependable, responsible, reliable, punctual, and trustworthy.

Secondary Duties

• Direct the redevelopment of CAD standards and procedures for the Civil Engineering Discipline and the implementation of these standards across the office.
• Create a single comprehensive electronic library of Civil Engineering CAD details and notes project folder.
• Serve as a technical resource to staff for Civil and Survey Specific CAD Questions and related hardware issues including trouble shooting individual CAD related problems.
• Provide ongoing training to current staff on CAD related items as needed.

Education and Experience

• Associates degree preferred but not required, High School Diploma or Equivalent. 
• 10-15 years of AutoCAD experience in civil engineering. Experience should include the drafting of grading plans, cross sections, mapping, utility plans, plan and profiles and street improvement plans.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D required.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and the motivation to follow instructions completely and accurately.
• Superior organizational aptitude, ability to take initiative, meet deadlines and work in a highly collaborative, team environment.
• Possess a valid Florida Driver’s License.

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.
Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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