Senior CAD Drafter (Energy) - Melbourne

About the role

AECOM's Energy practice delivers advisory, consulting and engineering design services to power and renewable energy clients, and is looking for a Senior CAD Drafter in Melbourne. You will lead CAD and drafting design activities for work packages within an established design and drafting team, working across a broad range of energy project types such as primary, secondary, transmission line, civil, structural and roading projects.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver design models and drawings for substation layouts, equipment and utilities, set out drawings, single line diagrams and secondary schematics.
• Work with engineers and drafters locally, across Australia and internationally to integrate design inputs and maintain technical standards.
• Contribute to design documentation, review drawings and ensure outputs meet project specifications and quality standards.
• Support, manage and coordinate design milestones, keeping deliverables within scope, verification, standards, timeframe and budget.
• Provide technical guidance on digital design tools and workflows to design team members.
• Manage drawing deliverables while balancing competing client project deadlines.

Required profile

• Proven experience delivering energy-related CAD designs across primary, substation, secondary, protection or related projects.
• Experience developing concept and detailed designs from scratch with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated experience in design drafting for high voltage projects, ideally 7+ years, with knowledge of Australian energy client design standards.
• Collaborative experience building relationships across multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinating design inputs with teams in other offices.
• Strong understanding of design standards, quality requirements and project delivery timeframes.

Required skills

• Highly proficient with one or more core CAD packages, including AutoCAD and MicroStation.
• Understanding of common data environments such as Bently ProjectWise or Autodesk Forma.
• Understanding of General Arrangement (GA) requirements for energy projects.

The role offers hybrid work options, and applications are reviewed as they come in, so candidates are encouraged to apply early.