CAD Technician II
Location: Orlando, FL
Schedule: Full-Time | Onsite
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Compensation: $31-$36 an hour
Please Note: No agency referrals, NO C2C or sponsorship at this
Position Overview
We are seeking a Civil CAD Technician to support a variety of infrastructure, utility, land development, and transportation-related projects. This role will work closely with engineers, designers, surveyors, and project managers to prepare and revise technical drawings, construction documents, utility layouts, grading plans, and permit-ready design packages.
The ideal candidate will have experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D and possess a strong understanding of civil engineering plan production, utility infrastructure, construction documentation, and survey-based drafting workflows.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and modify engineering drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D and related design software.
- Develop construction documents including site plans, utility layouts, profiles, grading plans, and detail sheets.
- Incorporate survey data, field updates, and as-built information into design deliverables.
- Assist with plan production for transportation, utility, municipal, commercial, and land development projects.
- Create and maintain alignments, profiles, surfaces, corridors, pipe networks, and associated Civil 3D elements.
- Perform drawing revisions based on engineer redlines, client comments, and jurisdictional review feedback.
- Coordinate with surveyors, engineers, and project teams to ensure plan accuracy and consistency.
- Support quality control reviews and verify compliance with company drafting standards.
- Assist in preparing permit submittals, quantity calculations, exhibits, and project documentation.
- Organize project files and maintain accurate design records throughout project lifecycles.
Qualifications
Required
- 3+ years of CAD drafting experience within civil engineering, land development, utilities, surveying, transportation, or infrastructure projects.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Experience creating plan and profile sheets, grading plans, utility layouts, and construction documents.
- Ability to interpret engineering sketches, survey data, and technical specifications.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Experience working in a collaborative engineering environment.
Preferred
- Experience with transportation, roadway, municipal, or utility infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with Bentley MicroStation or OpenRoads Designer.
- Experience working with survey data, topographic mapping, as-builts, and utility coordination.
- Bluebeam experience.
- GIS experience is a plus.
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Drafting, Engineering Technology, Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
Preferred Candidate Background
Candidates with experience in any combination of the following are highly desirable:
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Utility infrastructure design
- Water, sewer, stormwater, or drainage systems
- Transportation and roadway projects
- Land development
- Site development
- Survey drafting
- Construction staking and as-builts
- FDOT, DOT, municipal, or public works projects
- MicroStation/OpenRoads
- Civil engineering consulting environments
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Opportunity to support high-visibility infrastructure and development projects.
- Exposure to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Long-term career growth potential.
- Contract-to-hire path with strong potential for permanent placement.
- Stable project pipeline and collaborative team environment.
This version keeps all of the important technical requirements you've been screening for while removing any client-identifying language, company-specific terminology, project names, and organizational fingerprints. It reads like a generic civil/infrastructure CAD opportunity that could fit a consulting firm, utility engineering company, transportation group, or land development organization.