Shannon & Wilson ยท 1 month ago
CAD Manager
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expShannon & Wilson is an employee-owned consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington, committed to technical excellence and high-quality service. They are seeking an experienced Computer Aided Design (CAD) Manager to lead their CAD team, ensuring quality control and supporting engineering teams across multiple projects.
Consulting
Responsibilities
Lead and manage the CAD design team, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and performance evaluations
Develop and maintain Shannon & Wilson CAD standards and templates that are consistent in appearance with figures developed by others in other programs, such as GIS figures
Manage incoming requests from and coordinate with engineers, scientists, project managers, and field staff to ensure accurate and timely delivery of drawings and design documents
Oversee the preparation of Shannon & Wilson report figures, including site plans, geologic profiles and cross sections, grading plans, and geotechnical instrumentation layouts
Prepare construction plan sheets in accordance with a variety of clients' CAD standards and formats, often for inclusion within a larger plan set organized by others
Produce drawings and figures using a variety of modeling data, mapping, GIS data, gINT and BoreDM exports, 3D parametric modeling and advanced processing for 3D surfaces (point clouds, reality meshes, digital terrain models and raster imagery)
Ensure quality control and consistency across all CAD deliverables
Manage project timelines and delegate drafting tasks based on workload and priorities
Collaborate with IT and software support to maintain and upgrade CAD software, file organization and storage, databases, and hardware as needed
Train staff in CAD best practices and new software tools
Follow Shannon & Wilson's Quality Assurance policy, and our Health and Safety and Loss Prevention procedures
Other duties as assigned by supervisor
Qualification
Required
Associate or Bachelor's degree in CAD/Drafting, Engineering Technology, or related field
Minimum 7 years of CAD design experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role
Proficiency in Autodesk AutoCAD (standard for Shannon & Wilson format figures) and Bentley MicroStation (sometimes required or provided by clients), as well as experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D dynamic design elements (i.e., surfaces, alignments, profiles, corridors, etc)
Familiarity with National and A/E/C CAD standards
Understanding of topographic survey data, lidar data and earthwork design principles
Excellent organizational, communication, and team leadership skills
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment
Proficient in file management software, ProjectWise Design Integration, Autodesk Construction Cloud
Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, required; MS Access, desirable)
Ability to learn other graphics programs, such as Photoshop
Company
Shannon & Wilson
Shannon & Wilson is an employee-owned internationally recognized consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
201-500 employees
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