CAD Technician

CAD Technican

Middlesbrough

We are Hiring! Do you know your reds from your greens? We are looking for an Electrical CAD Technician with experience in block cable diagrams, substation layouts and SLD's.

As a CAD Technician you will have an awareness of electrical network design and understanding of the technical drawings and document management control processes.

You will have shared responsibility for managing and updating project design drawings and ensuring your customer is delighted in everything we do. You will take ownership of and proactively seek support and resolution of any connectivity and layout design issues on Customer’s projects including optioneering, discussions with the design engineer and our supply chain.

Ultimately you will ensure all work is carried out to the highest quality and in accordance with health, safety and environment legislation, whilst always providing an excellent service to our customers.

What you will be doing

Customer

• Support opportunities for both increased customer satisfaction and commercial overall growth ensuring we build, maintain and sustain these effective relationships with customers.
• Act as an ambassador for the business and the customer when engaging with third party organisations, advocating the company Purpose and Principles.

Project Design

• Receive hand drawn and/or electronic sketch designs from engineers and convert into CAD format.
• Provide electronic and paper drawings for engineers to use and issue for Tender, Construction and As Laid purposes.
• Storage of drawings in appropriate filing structure.
• Highlight to Project Managers variations to the original design for commercial payment purposes.

Safety / Risk

• To support our safely culture, reporting on “safety observations”, any operational accident and/or including any “near-miss” and routinely carrying out site observations and attending safety briefings and site tool box talks as required.

Commercial

• Deliver on time, to budget, maximising profit wherever possible ensuring compliance with all commercial obligations.

Who we’re looking for

• Excellent CAD knowledge and experience specifically using AutoCAD software (essential).
• A good understanding of the electricity distribution network, substation switchgear, transformers, underground networks and metering room layouts (Essential) Primary & Transmission level Substation Layouts.
• An ONC in Electrical and Electronic Engineering as minimum qualification or equivalent
• Proven experience & working knowledge of the production to appropriate standards of Electrical Protection & Control (P&C) Diagrams (SLD’s, KLD’s & Block Cable Diagrams)
• Proven experience & working knowledge of Implementing and continuous improvement of document issue and control methodology
• Knowledge of Electricity Asset Data Records (GIS), and relevant Electricity Specifications
• Knowledge of electrical modelling software (i.e., ETAP, Digsilent)
• Proven ability to achieve deadlines to meet individual, team and business targets.
• Experience of working in a Customer Service environment.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK without sponsorship.