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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented CAD Manager to join our team! The CAD Manager position requires the provision of expert CAD support within a multidisciplinary engineering and urban planning environment specifically in design and drafting support in preparing maps, miscellaneous plans, subdivision plans and other outputs for the Master Plan process.  Application of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and related programs in preparing materials used in studies, subdivision plans, and miscellaneous plans.

Organizational Relationship:

Reports to the SAPL Urban Planning Department Manager and Royal Commission Section Manager and supports the Senior and Principle level Urban Designer/Planners, Transportation Planner, and Survey Section. Also interfaces with other Urban Planning Department staff

What You'll Be Doing:

Plan, organize and manage CAD project’s activities and operations and provide direction and guidance to the CAD team to ensure operational and technical excellence

Develop, implement and enforce CAD standards, provide production and CAD technical support

Provide support for plotting and electronic file submissions and provide training as needed and supervision of in-house CAD users

Maintain written technology evaluations for future software adoption and Interact on project standards coordination with clients 

Design and prepare maps to display information furnished by urban planning staff

Integrate mapped information from different sources and understand software related to CAD such as database applications

Prepare design drawings for urban planning purposes including site plans, perspective drawings, cross-sections and subdivision layouts

Develop accurate subdivision plans from conceptual layouts prepared by Urban Planning Team

Compile information provided by urban planning staff into presentation drawings, including illustrative report graphics and large-scale plans

Organize and manage of plan project maps and plan files

Other duties as assigned to support the Planning Team and project and conduct project related model reviews

Maintain CAD document archive and retrieval for projects

Manage projects activities and operations and provide direction and guidance to the CAD team to ensure operational and technical excellence  

Support Management and all applicable teams to ensure the quality of what is being designed with the Masterplan

Perform QA/QC for compliance with the standards of the Master Plan

Manage the data coming in and out of Urban Planning such as Issue for Construction and As-built drawings so it aligns with the Masterplan drawings, i.e. Roads, Utilities, Corridors, Easements, Coordinates, etc.

Support Planning and Transportation teams with any incoming memos that pertain to any technical needs according to the Masterplan

Coordinate with survey team for survey sketches and GIS team for Premise Boundary Coordinate Diagrams (PBCD) and site plans

Coordinate with GIS section on a database level to ensure all data is up to date and correct

Manage the folder structure in Urban Planning to provide an organized source of information

Manage a database of information from Construction Department to update the Masterplan

Troubleshoot all discrepancies from other departments design packages to ensure a QA/QC is being met per the Masterplan document

Coordinate with other departments for any reviews of As-Built plans to ensure accurate updates to the MasterPlan

Attend meetings, workshops, etc with all other departments, including A&E’s, as needed to ensure the Masterplan criteria and standards are being followed

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

Bachelor Degree of Urban Planning, Engineering or other relative field with a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in providing computer-aided drafting support in the production of maps, plans, subdivision layouts, road layouts, and other graphic aids for Urban Design purposes.

A minimum of (5) years using AutoCAD and Civil 3D with a background knowledge of land planning, survey, GIS, and other related fields.

Direct experience in preparing maps, schematic drawings, preliminary plans, and subdivision layouts.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

Proficiency in delineating subdivision layouts based on conceptual plans prepared by Plan Team.

Basic mathematical and analytical skills and ability to organize and display data in presentation formats, including reduced-sized figures for reports and full-scale drawings for display.

Ability to successfully interact and communicate with professional designers, planners and civil engineers.

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