Senior AutoCAD Draughtsman - CAD Technician CDM Smith Employee Review

5.0
Jan 14, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have more than 15-years’ experience as AutoCAD Draughtsman (drawing, detailing & estimating) in various infrastructure projects such as Surface Water Drainage, Foul Sewer, TSE, roads, other utilities and the same work related to buildings and industrial plants. I have equal exposure to drawings pertaining to process, civil, plumbing, mechanical, piping and electrical works. I have worked or have been working on many projects in Qatar. I have been using various drawing tools like AutoCAD, Arc GIS And Revit have preliminary level knowledge about BIM (Building Information Modelling). & Extracting Data or Quantity from Drawings.

Cons

Preparation of Surface Water Layout Drawings / Longitudinal Section Drawings / Standard Details Drawings / Concept Design Drawings & Proposal Drawings / Creation of Blocks, Layers & Attributes as per PWA Standards / Preparation & Extracting Quantity from CAD Drawings / Drafting of underground Utilities such as Micro Tunneling, Surface Water, Foul sewer, TSE, Streetlights, UGN, Irrigation etc.

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CDM Smith Response
2y
It's great to have you as part of the CDM Smith team! And a wonderful 5-star review, thanks so much!

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Flexible hybrid schedule is very nice and starting salary is high for early career engineers.

Cons

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