Senior Designer - Water/Wastewater

Overview:

This position is responsible for providing design support to engineers for Water/Wastewater pipeline and facility projects.

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• With occasional assistance from project engineers and managers, produce drawings, layouts, sketches, maps, and graphic representations of engineering designs using computer-aided drafting software
• Conduct field investigations as needed
• Prepare material quantity take-off and estimates using computer-generated quantity take-off estimates, including 3-dimensional quantities like excavation and grading.
• Develop construction documents showing topographical contours, elevations, profiles, and cross-sections as well as develop draft design engineering drawings
• Develop construction documents showing mechanical plan and cross-sectional views, inside-the-fence piping, process units, in-plant hydraulic profiles and P&IDs
• Understand and use established company standards for drafting including layer names, line and character styles, drawings, and file names for sheet layout
• Handle AutoCAD transfers
• Analyze sketches, notes, and other input material to determine and plan the best approach to develop and complete drawings with minimal supervision
• Inform Project Manager(s) of progress on assigned projects and request work when needed
• Maintain an organized work area to allow access to project information by other team members
• Flexible in work assignments and team assignments

• Associates Degree in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design from an accredited institution of higher education
• 6 years' experience in civil design
• Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD-Civil 3D
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Effective interpersonal skills for interaction with colleagues, clients, and public agency officials
• Self-starter
• Ability to work interdependently within a team environment
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, and track and prioritize workload
• Must be flexible to changes in work assignments on short notice and/or daily as changes occur in project needs
• Must be able to work 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, with occasional overtime

• Experience with water/wastewater inside-the-fence facilities for municipal clients
• Experience in water/wastewater underground utilities (outside-the-fence)
• Proficiency in MicroStation and OpenRoads

All qualified applicants for Pape-Dawson Engineers will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.