Senior/Lead Civil Drafter

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:
Due to consistent growth in our team and a steadily improving pipeline of work in our core business of civil highways engineering, we are seeking expressions of interest for future opportunities with Arcadis for a Civil CAD Drafter with 5-12 years of experience to join our Perth-based team to work on road and highway projects. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise and design management skills to deliver high-quality engineering solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure designs, planning, and execution meet Main Roads WA standards and project objectives.

Role accountabilities:

• Detailed Design Drafting: Prepare high-quality civil engineering drawings for highways, interchanges, and roadworks using AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and other relevant software.
• MRWA Standards Compliance: Produce and review drawings to ensure alignment with Main Roads WA guidelines, specifications, and protocols.
• Documentation Preparation: Develop and manage detailed drawing sets, including plans, profiles, cross-sections, and detail sheets for tender, construction, and as-built purposes.
• Collaboration: Work closely with civil engineers, designers, and project managers to deliver coordinated drawing packages.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct self-checks and peer reviews, ensuring accuracy and completeness of deliverables in accordance with project and MRWA requirements.
• Mentoring: Provide technical support and guidance to less-experienced drafters within the team.
• BIM & Digital Engineering: Support the adoption of digital engineering workflows, including data management and model collaboration as required by MRWA and project stakeholders.

Qualification & Experience:
5–12 years' civil drafting experience, with a strong focus on major highway and road infrastructure projects preferably using Western Australia standards

• Advanced (or approaching advanced) skills in AutoCAD and Civil 3D and/or Microstation platforms.
• Proven experience delivering projects for, or in partnership with, Main Roads WA, including familiarity with their Engineering and Technical Services Panel operations is highly desirable.
• High level of accuracy in producing and checking drawings and models.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with BIM, 3D modelling, and digital delivery methodologies.
• Previous involvement in major infrastructure programs across WA.

Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skill-based approach, where you can hardness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.