Sr CAD Tech
American Water

St. Louis, Missouri
$30.00 per hour

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Requisition ID: 106908

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People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.

We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.

About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water's 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company's national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.

American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron's 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.

For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Primary Role

Responsible for supporting all Engineering production needs including, but not limited to: multiple State and District distribution mapping updates, Engineering drafting support, mapping and project plotting and printing, and CAD Software/hardware evaluation and purchases.

Key Accountabilities

  • Coordinates mapping additions, updates and corrections with district personnel to ensure distribution maps are kept current. Assembles and distributes maps to districts on an annual basis to ensure they are supplied with the most up-to-date information. (30%)
  • Drafts projects from design instructions, rough notes, and sketches using CAD. Assists engineers with drafting and revising district projects to meet permitting and installation requirements. Assembles and distributes project drawing packages to district, state and developers as needed. Creates special exhibit drawings and maps for managers and department heads illustrating water business related information (30%)
  • Demonstrates and instructs new hires with regard to job duties. Examines new hire work products to ensure conformance to company policies and guidelines. (10%)
  • Attends meetings with other Sr CAD Techs, Sr Drafters and departments for determining and implementing Standards and best practices for CAD drafting, drawing and documentation filing. (10%)
  • Assists in evaluating and recommending the purchase of large engineering plotting and copier needs and the purchase of all supplies and maintenance agreements required to support them. (10%)

Knowledge/Skills

  • Knowledge of Drafting, detailed design and AutoCAD, Microstation or other CAD techniques and general engineering concepts and terminology.
  • Knowledge of Company Policies and Procedures.
  • Elementary knowledge of engineering concepts related to water treatment, pumping, storage, distribution and transmission facilities.
  • Basic knowledge of OSHA and other safety standards.
  • Ability to perform tasks and provide support to all departments and districts with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to balance workload.
  • Good AutoCAD skills.

Experience/Education

  • Minimum of 7 years drafting experience.
  • High School Degree and Technical Drafting and AutoCAD training required.
  • Associate's Degree highly preferred, but not required with sufficient design or construction experience to substitute for a college degree.

Work Environment

  • 95% Office

Travel Requirements

  • 5%

Competencies

Champions safety

Customer obsessed

Cultivates innovation

Nimble learning

Drives Results

Collaborates

Join American Water...We Keep Life Flowing

American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because they are an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.

Nearest Major Market: St Louis


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