Drafting Technician

2 days ago

Halifax, Canada AECOM Full time

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Job Description**:
AECOM's Transportation group is looking for a Drafting Technician with the experience and ability to do land surveying. Attached to the Moncton office of AECOM and reporting to the Manager, Railway Design and Construction, this position will be responsible for supporting the team on various railway projects by assuming the following responsibilities:

- Perform site visits, surveying, and technical analyses;
- Design civil infrastructure in railway rights-of-way;
- Design the geometries of railway tracks in plan and profile, taking into account the earthwork and the drainage required;
- Prepare digital terrain models;
- Calculate quantities;
- Prepare and check lists of points;
- Provide technical support to project managers;
- Support to the team for the preparation of offers of surveying services.

**Qualifications**:
**Qualifications required**:

- Diploma in civil engineering; Technical or Diploma in surveying
- 4 years of experience as a draftsman and/or surveyor;
- Experience acquired on projects;
- Experience with AutoCAD and Civil 3D.

**Desirable Qualifications**:

- 5-7 years of experience;
- Good knowledge of the required steps at different stages of projects
- Complementary experience gained on railway sites;
- Project management;
- Highly developed sense of organization and ability to work under pressure (able to handle several files simultaneously).
- Bilingual (French/English).
- Experience with Bentley Microstation, OpenRoads, InRoads and Revit;
- Demonstrates an interest in learning and perfecting their railway design skills on the Civil-3D platform

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID**: J10082799

**Business Line**: Transportation

**Business Group**: DCS

**Strategic Business Unit**: Canada

**Career Area**: Engineering

**Work Location Model**: Hybrid

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