Description
Create accurate 2D/3D drawings, models, and construction documents using CAD/BIM software for architectural, civil, and related projects. Apply knowledge of materials, drafting standards, engineering practices, and mathematics to translate sketches and specifications into coordinated plans and details. Maintain CAD standards, support interdisciplinary coordination, and prepare deliverables for review, permitting, and construction.
- • Produce 2D/3D drawings and models using CAD/BIM software (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D, MicroStation).
- • Draft plans, sections, elevations, and details for buildings, sites, utilities, and structures from sketches and markups.
- • Coordinate architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical drawings to ensure consistency and clash avoidance.
- • Review codes, standards, and project requirements to inform drawing content and notes.
- • Create site plans, profiles, cross-sections, and topographic exhibits from survey data.
- • Lay out interior spaces and room arrangements per program and code guidance.
- • Mentor junior drafters and support CAD training and best practices.
- • Determine drawing organization, views, and presentation methods (orthographic, isometric, axonometric).
- • Publish, plot, and package drawing sets per company and client standards.
- • Develop plans and details from preliminary concepts, calculations, and specifications.
- • Interpret and update drawings using survey files, point clouds, and GIS datasets.
- • Verify dimensions, tolerances, and quantities and maintain annotated material takeoff lists.
- • Follow and refine CAD standards, layers, templates, naming, and file management procedures.
- • Perform field measurements, site walks, and as-built verifications to support revisions.
- • Present and explain drawings to project teams and incorporate review comments.
- • Gather and organize design data, product cut sheets, and manufacturer details for use in drawings.
- • Prepare quantity takeoffs and basic material lists to support estimating.
- • Read and interpret survey symbols and legends and apply correct drafting conventions.
- • Create redlines, markups, and quick hand sketches to communicate design intent.
- • Review sketches, RFIs, submittals, and specifications to ensure document accuracy and compliance.
- • Compute basic earthwork quantities and produce grading and haul diagrams when required.
- • Produce presentation graphics, colored plans, and simple renderings for client reviews.
- • Perform basic calculations for areas, volumes, slopes, and loads to support drafting tasks.
- • Manage external references, blocks, families, and drawing reuse libraries.
- • Generate PDFs, DWFs, and export models for review, coordination, and permitting submittals.
- • Incorporate energy/HVAC equipment data and loads provided by engineers into plans and schedules.
- • Assist with cost estimate sheets, bid plan sets, and technical drawing notes under supervision.
- • Support site observation by updating as-built drawings and documenting field changes.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
