CAD Technician II - Water Main Replacement Design

Job Description

The CADD Technician II -Water Main Replacement Design is responsible for drafting construction drawings for the City of Chicago’s water distribution infrastructure. The CADD Technician coordinates with design engineers from the preliminary design to the final approved drawings for the Water Main Replacement CIP Program. During this process, the CADD department conducts quality control reviews, project coordination, and drawing standardization to ensure that each proposed design adheres to the DWM CADD Standards.  

General Duties:

• Create Construction Documents utilizing MicroStation software.
• Generate detailed utility basemaps and proposed design drawings using quality metrics established by DWM.  
• Work with design engineers to address issues during the development of proposed Water Main Replacement projects and Force Account task orders.
• Develop utility survey plans for the Water Main and Force Account team.
• Adhere to established DWM CADD standards. Suggest refinements and changes as necessary to meet the intent of the program.
• Standardize and update border and seed files.
•  Create and update IDOT Traffic Control details and Water Main Installation details.