CAD Specialist/Civil Designer
AECOM - Murray, Utah, United States,![AECOM](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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AECOM’s Water Business Line is seeking a creative and highly motivated CAD Specialist/Civil Designer III specializing in grading and earthwork design for immediate employment in Murray, UT.
This is a technical role working with engineers and project managers on a variety of projects within the Dams, Mining and Water Resources markets.
Candidates can expect a diverse set of project challenges focused on heavy civil grading for large mines and dams.
The ideal candidate will have a passion for leading complex interdisciplinary civil design projects, producing custom solutions, mentoring mid-level and junior staff, developing calculations, drawings, reports, and specifications.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
Extensive experience with Autodesk Civil 3D through release 2022, with an emphasis on complex and advanced surface modeling capabilities.
Ability to take general direction and simple sketches from engineers to then develop design criteria and progress through all stages of design.
Dams – Grading design and surface modeling for earth-fill, rockfill, conventional concrete and RCC embankments, quarries, spillways, outlet works, foundations and drains.
Mining- Grading design, surface modeling and site development for tailing storage facilities, embankments, seepage ponds, utility corridors, waste rock piles, buttresses, ring dikes, underdrains, closure plans, and instrumentation and monitoring.
Civil/Site- Site development, access roads, drainage channels, jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional dams, slope stabilization, retaining walls, detention ponds, land development, surface drainage, and stream restoration.
Prepare detailed calculation packages for earthwork quantities, reservoir storage capacity, and tailing storage.
Ability to process a variety of data sources to build existing base surfaces from LiDAR, survey points, breaklines, DEMs, and contours.
Detailed understanding of coordinate systems and the ability to transform data from one system to another.
Data management of survey and client data through the project life cycle.
Meeting with clients for project kickoff, ongoing design review, and project close out.
Works under limited supervision.
Performs both routine and non-routine, complex design assignments that require judgment in resolving issues or making recommendations.
Field and survey experience a plus.
Responsible for providing leadership and direction of specific CAD technologies assigned to the project team.
Leads the performance of investigations, studies, and the development of designs for a variety of large and complex infrastructure projects with a focus on Dams and Mining.
Prepare and effectively present technical and comprehensive reports verbally and in writing.