Rail Civil Structural CAD Technician - x3 roles available
There is a requirement to provide 3 CAD Technicians to support the existing Network Rail team, Internal Design Team (IDT).
IDT are involved in the production of designs for a range of Civils renewals schemes across the Network Rail North, West and Central (NW&C) region. Designs will predominantly relate to structures Works.
Key Accountabilities/Deliverables:
Work with Civil Engineers to provide design solutions. This will principally involve:
•Create scheme drawings with minimal supervision.
•Ordering OS tiles from NR catalogue
•Attending site visits
•Using conventional measuring and surveying techniques to build up as-build/ existing condition drawings.
•Xref surveys undertaken by external bodies into drawings.
•Carry out LIDAR point cloud scans using in-house surveying equipment.
•Utilising detail exams to input defects onto existing condition drawings.
•Amend drawings based on engineers’ mark ups (both electronic and pen)
•Add H&S data onto drawings.
•Up-rev drawings based on comments received from inter-disciplinary checks.
This role will principally be a support role for the Design Engineer who takes the professional lead in the design process, however the team philosophy is to encourage all team members to use their initiative to solve problems which may involve unconventional ways of working.
•Support the construction design management (CDM) principal designer in all associated duties and carry out or monitor cross-discipline engineering checks of all relevant aspects of the proposal.
•Lead the engineering interfaces of allocated proposals with concurrent work in other disciplines, or within other programmes.
•Act as or liaise with the appropriate Contractors Responsible Engineer during GRIP stages 2-6 to so that method statements for site works and surveys are produced and approved to the required standards.
•Monitor, assess, evaluate and audit Consultants and Contractors during GRIP stages 2-6
CAD Technicians qualifications/experience to fulfil the role:
Essential
• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant AutoCAD experience
• Understanding of civil engineering and construction principles
• Good CAD skills and engineering knowledge.
• Good communication skills.
Desirable
• Understanding of the rail industry
• Experience working within a Network Rail team using NR systems such as geo-RINM
• MICE EngTech recognition
• PTS card
• Knowledge of OS Digital Mapping formats.
• Railway experience.
• Good desktop software skills.
Duration: 12+ months
Location: Hybrid: 2 days from home + 3 days in Heaton Mersey office
Status: Inside IR35
Rate: £Negotiable
