Description
Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a CAD Designer/Drafter to join our Public Infrastructure team in Las Vegas, Nevada. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. As a CAD Designer/Drafter you would be responsible for using standard drafting practices and procedures to perform various design and drafting tasks for civil engineering projects related to Transportation, Flood Control, and other Public Infrastructure. We are seeking a minimum of 4 years of related experience as a CAD Technician, Designer or equivalent position.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
- Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.
- Identify applicable codes, standards, or other design requirements.
- Utilize computer aided drafting, design software, and various other computer software packages to assist in the preparation of construction design plans of varying complexity, exhibits, and studies.
- Transfer information in numerical, written, sketched, or electronic format from engineering markups and computer files to construction drawings and other exhibits.
- Prepare grading design plans.
- Prepare plan and profiles for roadways, drainage infrastructure, and utilities.
- Review and understand jurisdictional code requirements and proper implementation.
- Perform quality assurance and quality control to ensure accuracy and thoroughness of work.
- Coordinate with team members, other disciplines, and support services.
- Coordinate and prioritize tasks to facilitate project schedule and quality standards.
- Work with a team in the preparation of cost estimates.
- Apply Westwood CAD standards, practices, and procedures.
Required Skills:
- Proficient in Autodesk Civil3D.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
- Basic mathematical skills and analytical abilities.
- Basic engineering knowledge and understanding of public infrastructure design elements.
- Basic understanding of local and agency standards and codes.
- Maintain organized CAD drawings and draft with precision.
- Strong sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet project deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Education and Experience:
- Associates degree or equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 4 years of industry specific public infrastructure design experience.
Skills Required
- Minimum of 4 years industry-specific public infrastructure design experience
- Associate degree or equivalent experience
- Proficient in Autodesk Civil3D
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products
- Ability to prepare grading plans, plan/profile for roadways, drainage, and utilities
- Basic engineering knowledge of public infrastructure design elements
- Basic understanding of local and agency standards and codes
- Maintain organized CAD drawings and draft with precision
- Perform quality assurance and quality control on deliverables
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively; strong initiative and sense of urgency
Westwood Professional Services Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Westwood Professional Services and has not been reviewed or approved by Westwood Professional Services.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match plus profit sharing is emphasized, with contributions into the plan noted when performance is strong. This structure is consistently highlighted as a meaningful part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options and an EAP form the core of a comprehensive package. The breadth of health offerings is presented as competitive for the industry.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, certification support, identity protection, pet insurance, and referral bonuses indicate breadth beyond core benefits. Additional perks like holiday cash and student-loan services reinforce lifestyle support.
Westwood Professional Services Insights
What We Do
Westwood is a leading multi-disciplined AEC industry professional services provider for national wind energy, solar energy, electric transmission, private development, and public infrastructure projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through a focus on its people, culture, and clients, Westwood has quickly expanded to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. Awards In 2021, Westwood placed #4 and #21 respectively on Zweig Group’s national Hot Firms’ and Best Firms to Work for Lists, and received two 2nd place awards for Zweig’s Marketing Excellence. Westwood also ranked consistently higher four years in a row on the Engineering News Record (ENR) list as a leading design firm in the country. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-winning projects nationwide. Multi-Disciplined Surveying & Engineering Services Westwood’s core services, surveying and engineering, are greatly enhanced by the in-house expertise of our planners, landscape architects, GIS experts, and environmental scientists. As a full-service firm, our clients are able to easily tap into the extra knowledge it sometimes takes to keep projects moving forward. Westwood’s multi-disciplinary services frequently provide all that is needed in one consultant. We offer several services including surveying, aerial mapping and LiDAR, civil engineering, PV engineering, water resources management, transportation engineering, construction management, land planning & design, landscape architecture, environmental permitting, GIS, cultural resource services, NPDES and SWPPP compliance. - See more at: https://westwoodps.com/about-us/our-company
