Draughtsman

SUMMARY:
The 3D Designer will work as an integral part of the design and engineering team to deliver layout d

POSITION INFO:

Job Advertisement: Draughtperson

Cape Town Office

Department: Water

Contract Type: Permanent Contract

The 3D Designer will work as an integral part of the design and engineering team to deliver layout drawings, 3D models, detailed schematics and other water and multi-disciplinary design deliverables.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.

The duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following tasks:

• Understand and prepare engineering design drawings, plans, profiles, sections, and details including initial model and sheet set up (modelling and design deliverables in Civil 3D as directed).
• Apply established engineering principles and standards in the design and preparation of drawings
• Prepare Revit and BIM models for plan production and coordination meetings
• Generate infrastructure layouts and general arrangement drawings in Civil 3D using 2D & 3D models
• Produce, long sections, typical sections, and details of infrastructure
• Ensure drawings and designs meets requirements and adhere to deadlines
• Issuing drawings for review, information, or construction
• Collaborate and Coordinate with other disciplines design-changes and model challenges utilizing Revit and other modelling programs
• Helping to technically deliver Revit projects in the role of CAD and BIM coordination
• Manipulate/translate various digital file formats to create useable CAD/Revit drawings
• Knowledge and understanding of engineering concepts and terminology
• Knowledge and understanding of standard drafting and engineering practices and methods
• Knowledge and understanding of CAD/BIM standards and software
• Demonstrated ability to work independently to organise and prioritise demands, handle multiple complex tasks and simultaneously, set and meet deadlines and follow-through within a fast-paced environment with multiple and competing demands

EDUCATION, LANGUAGE & QUALIFICATIONS

• National Senior Certificate (NSC) (Grade 12)
• Appropriate Autodesk certificates (i.e., Civil3D/AutoCAD/Revit)
• An N4/N5 Multi-Disciplinary Drawing Office Practice (MDDOP) National Certificate OR a Certificate of Competency from a Member College of The South African Institute of Draughting will be advantageous

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 3 - 5 years’ work experience
• Highly proficient with Civil 3D and Revit
• Civil 3D experience (compulsory)
• Revit experience and detailed understanding of its processing including setting up and maintaining jobs, files, families and work sets
• Experience in the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) software, and BIM360 (docs and design) will be beneficial
• Successful completion of projects using Revit as a delivery tool. The candidate may provide examples in their application
• Experience in the following software packages will be beneficial
• Navisworks
• Infraworks
• Plant 3D
• SolidWorks
• Experience in work shared models will be beneficial
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills (oral & written) including strong negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships with a variety of people at various levels both internally and externally.