CAD Designer (Water and Sewer infrastructure projects) - remote

Ardurra is now hiring a remote CAD Designer to join our team our California design team working on our water and sewer infrastructure projects.

• Prefer Designers local to California or open to relocating. Able to work remotely and/or out of any of our California Ardurra offices.
• Salary range: $80-100k (DOE)

Primary Function:

Oversees the implementation and completion of all phases of assigned projects, and independently performs the most difficult design assignments requiring the application of advanced design techniques in accordance with company and industry standards.

Primary Duties:

• Establishes design criteria for all phases of a project requiring the application of basic engineering principles, material properties, and a familiarity with construction, installation, and maintenance procedures.
• Takes the lead with multi-disciplinary projects to apply design criteria, establish project standards and requirements, and prepare deliverables.
• Also responsible for estimating project budgets, project schedules, and executing project to said budgets and schedules.
• Provides conceptual input to projects during the planning stages, proposal phases, and preliminary phases.
• Regularly assigns tasks to lower-level designers and engineers, provides technical guidance, and reviews completed assignments for accuracy and quality.
• Participates in performance reviews by conducting periodic coaching and progress review sessions with employees assigned to projects.
• Prepares detail and layout drawings and sketches of unusual, complex, or original designs requiring the application of theoretical and practical engineering knowledge.
• Assignments regularly include determining material needs and performing necessary calculations using accepted formulas and references.
• Supports field assignments and leads field investigations as required.
• Regularly interfaces with other departments, clients, vendors, and project engineers in order to support project production and to resolve conflicting priorities.
• Performs other related tasks in support of project engineer that are non-CAD related and complex in nature, such as preparing specifications, analyzing bids, compiling, computing, and analyzing various engineering design and/or test data, preparing engineering estimates, etc.
• Participates in the interviewing, selection, and training of new employees.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• 8 years of design experience utilizing Basic AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Pressure Pipe, Pipe Networks, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).
• Should have a background in transmission and distribution water and wastewater design.
• Water and wastewater plant design experience. (a plus / not required)

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.
Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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