Civil Design/Drafting Technician

Wauford, an Ardurra Company is growing and looking for a Civil Design/Drafting Technician for our Nashville, TN office.

Responsibilities include all facets of plans preparation and assistance with project management for water and wastewater projects.

Previous AutoCAD experience is required.

Wauford offers a comprehensive benefits package and competitive 52-week per year compensation.

Wauford is an environmental engineering firm with a primary focus on preliminary planning, design and construction management services for water and wastewater projects.

Providing consulting services since 1956, our firm has the experience to complete a range of projects from challenging water and wastewater treatment plant designs to preliminary studies for water and sewer line extensions.

We have two offices which serve all of Tennessee and Kentucky.

We currently serve over 40 municipal clients located in Kentucky and Tennessee, some of which we have served continuously for over 65 years.

This position will be expected to plan, design, and possibly manage multidiscipline projects consisting of water/wastewater treatment and collection/distribution systems for our clients.

The individual should be capable of performing the technical design and/or hydraulic modeling requirements on water/wastewater projects and additional consideration will be given to those that have experience managing a team of engineers, EIT’s, CADD technicians, and sub consultants, to successfully execute these types of projects.

 

Primary Duties


* Develop detailed designs, plans, specifications, reports and cost estimates for treatment plants, pipelines, pump stations, tanks and other water/wastewater storage and conveyance systems.

More specific responsibilities include performing or managing engineering/process design, hydraulics, pumping systems, and treatment process projects


* Ability to guide, direct, and coordinate with the multiple departments and sub-consultants required for multi-discipline projects


* Ability to create, calibrate, modify and perform hydraulic modeling for water and wastewater systems, and interpret and communicate the results to others


* Assisting other Project Managers in the daily and weekly allocation of junior engineering and production staff on active projects, managing individual workloads based on project deliverables and priorities


* Preparing and/or reviewing technical engineering specifications and cost estimates


* Meet directly with Clients and perform business development duties with potential clients

 

Education and Experience Requirements


* Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an accredited university or college


* 5 years of related experience in the water/wastewater design, permitting and construction


* Requires 2-4 years of experience with municipal water and sewer design


* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interface with clients, contract...