What are the responsibilities and job description for the Civil CAD Technician position at Butler County?
Position Summary: Under the administrative supervision of the Public Works Engineer, the Engineering Civil 3D CAD Technician performs CAD drafting of all County Engineering projects, assists in surveying, and as an assistant to the Engineering staff.
Examples of Work (Essential Functions):
- Use AutoCAD (Civil 3D) proficiently in daily assignments.
- Coordinate with Project Managers, Engineers and Surveyors.
- Interact with Road and Bridge Personnel.
- Review all work for completeness and accuracy.
- Assist in field activities to gather project information.
- Perform CAD services in accordance with company standards.
- Utilize CAD to translate mark-ups into drawings, check and plot drawings, correctly label final working drawings, and update contract drawings and specifications.
- Provide CAD drafting and design support for Project Managers and Engineers during the planning, design and construction of land development and civil infrastructure projects.
- Perform basic mathematic calculations. (Example: pipe slopes, areas, volumes, etc.)
- Detailing and development of construction plans. Process raw information from Designer for project design.
- Read and follow CAD Standards and Operating Procedures, including standards, conventions, and guidelines, implementing them in daily assignments to maintain uniformity in work products.
- Review and check plans for accuracy.
- Process various engineering calculations using second party software with minimal supervision (example: creating existing and proposed surfaces, creating alignments and profiles).
- Produce site plan and utility layout with minimal supervision from Designer.
- Process existing and proposed profiles (example: grade, utilities).
- Plot legal descriptions for parcels, easements, and right of ways.
- Import survey data into Civil 3D
- Assist with boundary, topographical, ALTA, and As-built surveys
- Generate stake-out coordinates and plot information for field crew
- Assists with making engineering calculations and preparation of construction plans for road and bridge projects, landfill, facilities;
- Assists survey crew in verifying the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites;
- Calculates heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain;
- Prepares and maintains sketches, maps, reports, field notes to describe, work performed;
- Performs other duties as deemed necessary or as required.
- Survey processing; create CAD base files, surfaces, pipe networks, sheet production, etc.
Examples of Work (Marginal Functions): None
Certificate, License: Valid driver's license.
Required Education and/or Experience: Experience with design of civil/site and infrastructure projects. High level of accuracy/thoroughness, attention to detail and speed. Must have good communication skills and a commitment to meeting project deadlines and challenges while working in a team setting.
Preferred Education and/or Experience: Engineering and Surveying CAD experience is preferred.
Decision Making: The work is largely non-routine. It is mainly self-directed within the framework of agreed work plans and objectives and policy guidelines. Judgment is frequently exercised without the benefit of clear policy rulings or precedents. Creative thinking is often required to reach decisions. Only occasional reference to higher authority is required
Supervisory Responsibility: Involves leadership role such as directing of others to complete assignments; others may include employees working in shifts or crews, work-study students, temporary support, part time staff, or other individuals assigned in one’s area of responsibility.
Knowledge and Skills: Proficiency is required in a professional, administrative, technical or manual labor field involving the understanding and application of fairly advanced practices, procedures, concepts or principals. Four years related experience and/or a Bachelor’s degree from a college or university; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties;
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume;
- Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry;
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form;
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations;
- Ability to convey and receive detailed or important instructions and information to and from other workers;
- Knowledge of surveying, drafting, computer aided drafting design and construction methods and management;
- Skill in oral and written communication.
Budget Impact: Employee will have some involvement with the administrative responsibility for the budget development, monitoring and/or approval as well as managerial oversight of the budget function.
Ability to determine engineering estimates and budget.
Contacts: Sometimes on non-routine matters, involve both the exchange and interpretation of information with people at a number of levels inside and outside the organization. Failure to relate well to the contacts may have some detrimental effects on the position holder’s department, but not significant ones on the organization.
Physical Skills: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Lifting over 10 pounds does not generally occur.
Working Conditions: This position involves very little exposure to wet or humid conditions, work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particulars, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, work with explosives, risk of radiation, and vibration. Very little exposure to dangerous situations.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all essential functions, marginal functions, responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified in this position.
