Senior CAD Designer - Land Development

Build your career with Pape-Dawson’s Orlando team, located in the lively Milk District near the heart of the city. Established through the acquisition of Poulos & Bennett, the office combines the energy and collaboration of a close-knit team with the capabilities and resources of a growing national firm. Our professionals work together across every stage of a project—from early planning and site selection through design, permitting, and turnover—while enjoying a walkable neighborhood filled with local restaurants, coffee shops, and entertainment.

The Orlando team delivers a diverse portfolio of projects throughout Central Florida, including master-planned and mixed-use communities, residential neighborhoods, retail and industrial developments, institutional facilities, and power-sector projects. With the region continuing to grow, team members have the opportunity to take on meaningful work, expand their technical and project-management experience, and contribute to developments that support the way Central Florida’s communities live, work, and grow.

The Senior CAD Designe r position is responsible for providing design support to engineers for land development projects based out of our Orlando, FL office or Jacksonville, FL office.

Responsibilities

• Work from detailed sketches or off red-lines to prepare plans, profiles, and detail drawings in AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Develop construction documents showing topographical contours, elevations, profiles and cross-sections as well as develop draft design engineering drawings
• 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 organized work area to allow access of project information by other team members
• Flexible in work assignments and team assignments

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design from an accredited institution of higher education
• 10+ years' experience in civil design - residential/commercial/site
• Extremely proficient in AutoCAD- Civil 3D
• Effective communications skills both oral and written skills
• Effective interpersonal skills for interaction with colleagues, clients and public agency officials
• Self-starter
• Ability to work interdependently within a team environment
• Must be flexible to changes in work assignments on short notice and/or on a daily basis as changes occur in project needs
• Must be able to work 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, with occasional overtime

EEO Statement

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.