AECOM’s Water Business Line is seeking a creative and highly motivated Senior Designer specializing in grading and earthwork design for immediate employment. This is a technical role working with engineers and project managers on a variety of projects within the Dams, Mining and Water Resources markets.  Candidates can expect a diverse set of project challenges focused on heavy civil grading for large mines, dams, access roads and stormwater management.The ideal candidate will have a passion for interdisciplinary collaboration in leading civil design, producing custom solutions, mentoring mid-level and junior staff, and developing calculations, drawings, reports, and specifications for the civil design work on exciting and complex projects.Job DescriptionThe responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:<ul><li>Extensive experience with Autodesk Civil 3D through release 2025, with an emphasis on complex and advanced surface modeling capabilities.</li><li>Ability to take general direction and simple sketches from engineers to then develop design criteria and progress through all stages of design.</li><li>Dams – Grading design and surface modeling for earth-fill, rockfill, conventional concrete and RCC embankments, quarries, spillways, outlet works, foundations and drains. </li><li>Mining- Grading design, surface modeling and site development for tailing storage facilities, embankments, seepage ponds, utility corridors, waste rock piles, buttresses, ring dikes, underdrains, closure plans, and instrumentation and monitoring.</li><li>Civil/Site- Site development, access roads, drainage channels, jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional dams, slope stabilization, retaining walls, detention ponds, land development, surface drainage, and stream restoration.</li><li>Prepare detailed calculation packages for earthwork quantities, reservoir storage capacity, and tailing storage.</li><li>Ability to process a variety of data sources to build existing base surfaces from LiDAR, survey points, break lines, DEMs, and contours.</li><li>Detailed understanding of coordinate systems and the ability to transform data from one system to another.</li><li>Data management of survey and client data through the project life cycle.</li><li>Works under limited supervision.</li><li>Performs both routine and non-routine, complex design assignments that require judgment in resolving issues or making recommendations.</li><li>Field and survey experience a plus.</li><li>Responsible for providing leadership and direction of specific CAD technologies assigned to the project team.</li><li>Leads the performance of investigations, studies, and the development of designs for a variety of large and complex infrastructure projects with a focus on Dams.</li><li>Prepare and effectively present technical and comprehensive reports verbally and in writing.<ul></ul></li></ul>

AECOM is the world&rsquo;s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle &ndash; from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

CAD Specialist

AECOM’s Water Business Line is seeking a creative and highly motivated Senior Designer specializing in grading and earthwork design for immediate employment. This is a technical role working with engineers and project managers on a variety of projects within the Dams, Mining and Water Resources markets.&nbsp; Candidates can expect a diverse set of project challenges focused on heavy civil grading for large mines, dams, access roads and stormwater management.The ideal candidate will have a passion for interdisciplinary collaboration in leading civil design, producing custom solutions, mentoring mid-level and junior staff, and developing calculations, drawings, reports, and specifications for the civil design work on exciting and complex projects.Job DescriptionThe responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:<ul><li>Extensive experience with Autodesk Civil 3D through release 2025, with an emphasis on complex and advanced surface modeling capabilities.</li><li>Ability to take general direction and simple sketches from engineers to then develop design criteria and progress through all stages of design.</li><li>Dams – Grading design and surface modeling for earth-fill, rockfill, conventional concrete and RCC embankments, quarries, spillways, outlet works, foundations and drains.&nbsp;</li><li>Mining- Grading design, surface modeling and site development for tailing storage facilities, embankments, seepage ponds, utility corridors, waste rock piles, buttresses, ring dikes, underdrains, closure plans, and instrumentation and monitoring.</li><li>Civil/Site- Site development, access roads, drainage channels, jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional dams, slope stabilization, retaining walls, detention ponds, land development, surface drainage, and stream restoration.</li><li>Prepare detailed calculation packages for earthwork quantities, reservoir storage capacity, and tailing storage.</li><li>Ability to process a variety of data sources to build existing base surfaces from LiDAR, survey points, break lines, DEMs, and contours.</li><li>Detailed understanding of coordinate systems and the ability to transform data from one system to another.</li><li>Data management of survey and client data through the project life cycle.</li><li>Works under limited supervision.</li><li>Performs both routine and non-routine, complex design assignments that require judgment in resolving issues or making recommendations.</li><li>Field and survey experience a plus.</li><li>Responsible for providing leadership and direction of specific CAD technologies assigned to the project team.</li><li>Leads the performance of investigations, studies, and the development of designs for a variety of large and complex infrastructure projects with a focus on Dams.</li><li>Prepare and effectively present technical and comprehensive reports verbally and in writing.<ul></ul></li></ul>

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