CAD Manager

Kier Group plc; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation firm in the UK is seeking a CAD Manager to lead CAD standards and oversee workflows for highways design projects. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Civil Engineering and strong proficiency in AutoCAD or similar software. This full-time role offers a salary of £55,000 - £62,000 per year plus benefits and the opportunity for remote work with occasional office visits.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Flexible hours

Variety of tailored benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in highways design CAD management within consultancy or contractor environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee CAD resources and ensure alignment with industry standards.
• Manage CAD team, providing training and technical support.
• Coordinate with project managers to ensure CAD deliverables meet project requirements.
• Oversee production of 2D and 3D design drawings for highways projects.

Skills

Proficiency in CAD software (AutoCAD, Civil 3D)

Knowledge of highways design standards (DMRB, Manual for Streets)

Training and mentoring

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering, Design Technology, or related discipline

Job description

We're looking for a CAD Manager to join our Highways team based in Union Street, London. In this role you'll take the lead in driving CAD standards, optimising workflows, and ensuring high quality outputs across our Highways Design projects.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

Location: Union Street, London - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required

Hours: Permanent, Fulltime 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £55,000 - £62,000 per year + private healthcare + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a CAD Manager, you'll oversee CAD resources, ensure alignment with industry standards, and provide support to engineers and designers in delivering precise high quality drawings for highways and infrastructure projects.

Your day to day will include:

• Develop, implement, and maintain CAD standards, templates, and workflows across the highways design team
• Manage CAD team, providing training, mentoring, and technical support
• Coordinate with project managers and engineers to ensure CAD deliverables meet project requirements
• Oversee the production of 2D and 3D design drawings, models, and visualisations for highways projects, and review and approve CAD outputs before submission
• Support project coordination meetings and contribute to design reviews

What are we looking for?

This role of CAD Manager is great if you have:

• Degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Design Technology, or related discipline
• Proven experience in highways design CAD management within consultancy or contractor environments
• Strong proficiency in CAD software (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, or similar) and Knowledge of highways design standards (DMRB, Manual for Streets, TfL Streetscape)

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier