Bridge CAD Operator

About the job

Morrison Hershfield is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering and management firm located throughout the US and Canada. We are a dynamic, employee-owned, team-oriented firm with a diverse project list that ensures you will be working on exciting, high-profile and challenging projects. For more than 75 years, the people at Morrison Hershfield have been the leading force behind our continuous growth and the expansion of our services.

Here at Morrison Hershfield, we are committed to providing flexible work arrangements, to assist employees in fulfilling their multiple responsibilities at work, at home and in the community. Flexible work arrangements provide additional options for work schedules and locations. As we focus on project delivery, clients and staff, we have several working options available for working at Morrison Hershfield.

Morrison Hershfield is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering and management firm located throughout the US and Canada. We are a dynamic, employee-owned, team-oriented firm with a diverse project list that ensures you will be working on exciting, high-profile and challenging projects. For more than 75 years, the people at Morrison Hershfield have been the leading force behind our continuous growth and the expansion of our services.

New development and redevelopment should be creative, innovative, and environmentally compatible. Morrison Hershfield's goal is to ensure the development of safe, reliable and sustainable infrastructure to serve residential, commercial, industrial and institutional developments.

Responsibilities

• Perform assigned documentation tasks with computer aided design tools (AutoCAD and MicroStation) in accordance with project guidelines.
• Create engineering drawings, based on sketches and other information provided by others, for highway and city bridges, railway structures and structural culverts, working according to established practices, design codes and guidelines, with a high degree of technical accuracy.
• Ensure drawings are prepared based on specific project drafting standards.
• Ensure accuracy of scale and confirm the accuracy of geometric information presented on drawings.
• Perform quantity take-offs based on drawing information.
• May use innovative/creative methods to produce final product.
• Deliver complete and accurate project design assignments within schedule parameters.
• Obtain a general understanding of overall project goals, constraints and schedule requirements.
• Interact and communicate effectively and professionally with other team members.
• Coordinate with multiple project design disciplines for interference checking, quality control, etc.
  

Qualifications

• Technical College diploma or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience preparing detailed bridge and structural drawings in MicroStation and/or AutoCAD.
• Possess a strong working knowledge of advanced drafting practices and familiarity with CAD principles (i.e., text placement and editing, layering, x-references, annotation scales, e-transmit, precision input, etc).
• Experience working on preliminary bridge & structural designs including General Arrangement drawings, plan & profile drawings and municipal structures.
• Ability to visualize structures in 3 dimensions.
• Basic understanding of Autodesk Civil 3D for terrain modelling and roadway design is a bonus.
  

Job Type

Regular

Morrison Hershfield is committed to having an inclusive and diverse workforce, with recruitment free of discrimination, ensuring all candidates are given a fair opportunity for employment. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities.