AutoCAD Technician - Highways London, England
Job description
AutoCAD Technician - Transport and Highways
The Role
Come and join a great team with interesting and varied projects and a friendly and social culture!
This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy team of Transport Planners and Highway Engineers in Central London, with hybrid-working and flexible in-office time. The team work on a wide variety and scale of developments and local authority projects ranging from 5 dwellings to large new settlements and major film production studios as well as office/retail/leisure developments.
We’re looking for a technician with good technical skills, an interest in good design and keen to grow with the job, with training provided. The successful candidate will be well-organised, collaborative, proactive at managing their tasks and interested in expanding knowledge and skills.
Key responsibilities of the job:
- Helping develop AutoCAD designs for the transport elements of development and street design. This includes concept and feasibility highway design, walking and cycling improvements, car parks and servicing;
- Using swept-path analysis to help check and refine designs
- Learning and applying different highway and street design standards;
- Helping deliver the transport elements of planning applications from concept through to more detailed design - this will range from supporting masterplan designs through to details for a planning application
Experience and Skills required:
- We will consider applicants with limited experience to those with a much higher level of expertise, with package matching capability.
- Desirable 2+ years of experience using AutoCAD and other associated Autodesk design software (such as Auto Track) in a transport or civil engineering/highways background;
- Experience of preparing robust, visually engaging supporting material using AutoCAD (sketches, drawings);
- Some knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Manual for Streets, London Cycle Design Standards and other relevant guidelines is desirable, but training will be given.
- Interpersonal skills required to collaborate with the wider team;
- Accuracy and attention to detail with ability to work within the deadlines.
We offer:
- Holiday entitlement of 25days plus Bank Holidays;
- Discretionary performance related bonus (tax-free to a limit);
- Hybrid working – currently 2 days in the office;
- Private Medical Insurance;
- Company pension scheme (company matches contribution up to 6%);
- Social and Sports Club with regular outings/events;
- Continuing professional development and training;
- Study support;
- Season ticket loans/cycle scheme
About us:
We are an independent transport and Infrastructure planning consultancy, offering an exciting working environment and a collaborative culture. Our talented team of transport planners and engineers work with high profile clients on a wide range of projects across the UK and overseas in both the private and public sector. We believe that our success is wholly due to the effort of our team and for that reason we became an Employee-Owned Trust in 2020, meaning that the company is owned by the people who work here, represented by an elected board of trustees.
For a full description and further information on the role, please call Louis or Olga at Markides Associates on 0207 4422 225 or email [email protected] quoting “CAD0050”
Job Types: Full-time, Graduate
Salary: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Transport links
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Experience:
- Highway engineering using Autotrack: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Ability to Commute:
- London (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
Reference ID: CAD0050
Expected start date: 15/09/2023
