What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAD MANAGER position at NewFields Mining Design & Technical Services, LLC?
Position Description:
About Us
NewFields invites you to join our team! NewFields MDTS is a cohesive team of civil and geotechnical engineers who work on exciting national and international mining projects. Design services range from general civil site development, embankment designs for freshwater and tailings impoundments, and containment pads utilized in mineral processing. We are committed to providing safe and ethical mining designs as they play a pivotal role in securing the critical minerals essential for a sustainable future. NewFields is a thriving employee-owned engineering firm that maintains an established profit-sharing program with our employees. We are seeking hardworking and ambitious individuals to join our rapidly growing team.
We pride ourselves on a strong team atmosphere and positive work culture, always striving to improve technical and interpersonal skills at every level. We are an employee first organization and focus on providing growth and development opportunities for all our employees. We work on a broad range of projects promoting internal mentorship from senior staff and collaborate with our internal and external industry experts.
Position Summary
NewFields is seeking a CAD Manager for our Englewood, Colorado office. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and updating company drawing standards, providing Civil 3D training and support to staff, assisting in the production of drawings and figures, and supporting the overall design process.
Responsibilities
- Strong Autodesk Civil3D skills, including but not limited to the creation of surfaces, alignments, profiles, corridors and assemblies, and grading objects and groups.
- Review and update Company CAD Standards and AutoDesk templates and blocks as needed.
- Coordinate with Information Technology to plan and execute Autodesk software updates and rollouts.
- Work with Design and Technical Leads to review and improve the QA/QC process and will maintain a technical Skills Matrix to identify user skills sets that can be used by Project Managers for project team planning purposes.
- Assist end-users with technical issues and provide troubleshooting support as required.
- Review and recommend third-party applications and solutions as needed.
- Periodic Travel to other NewFields offices as needed to providing on-boarding, training or technical assistance on an as-needed basis.
- Support onboarding activities for new hires
- The Autodesk CAD Manager will remain active in production of drawings and figures.
Qualifications:
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Knowledge, Skills, Ability:
- 5-15 years of industry-related or industry adjacent CAD design experience
- Extensive and thorough knowledge of engineering design in the heavy civil and mining industry, including AutoCAD Civil3D and GIS-based Software. Familiarity with land survey techniques and coordinate reference systems is highly desired.
Physical Demands: Office work may require sitting for extended periods of time.
Benefits:
NewFields believes that to attract and retain the best and brightest employees, we need to offer an outstanding benefits package. We provide paid vacation, sick and parental leave, along with paid holidays. We have a discretionary bonus program and pay salaried employees for billable hours worked over 40 hrs/week, based on profitability of the company. We support employee development including publications in technical journals, attendance at conferences and participation at other technical sessions. We have a long history of organizing employee functions such as holiday events and summer picnics.
- Medical and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution among the highest in industry
- Telemedicine
- 401k (Conventional and Roth) with an employer match up to 4%
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long Term Care
- Short Term Disability (STD) Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
- Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
- Supplemental Income Protection
- Supplemental Long-Term Care Insurance
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Health and Wellness Stipend
