CADD Technician

Toole Design Group in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a talented full-time CADD Technician. Are you passionate about communicating design intent using CADD software? Are you proficient in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation? Are you a team player that will help expand our CADD department? Are you passionate about producing quality construction documents efficiently? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Minneapolis team.

This CADD Technician position earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, retirement, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm, specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a CADD Technician

You are supporting design document production for a wide range of projects from complex roadways and streetscapes in urban settings to signature trail projects in the natural environment. You will assist the firm's designers to apply industry best practices to produce a wide variety of CADD-based deliverables, from concept to detailed final design plans for construction. You will support our multi-disciplined team to prepare quality, graphically consistent, and technically accurate deliverables. Working with our CADD team, you will advance your skills and assist with training staff in the efficient use of CADD programs and tools, troubleshooting issues, and supporting technical staff. Toole Design currently operates multiple CADD and civil engineering design software platforms, including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer, and Bluebeam.

Qualifications of a CADD Technician:

• Associate degree or Certification in CADD Technology, Engineering Technology or comparable
• years of experience using CADD software for civil or roadway drafting
• Capable of efficiently producing high quality CADD drawings
• Knowledge in configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting MicroStation software
• Experience in drafting construction documents for transportation projects in MicroStation
• OpenRoads Designer experience a plus
• Experience working with workspaces in MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer a plus
• Experience working in a CADD consulting environment interacting with internal colleagues and external consultants a plus
• Experience drafting in AutoCAD/Civil 3D is a plus
• Experience with Bluebeam including troubleshooting, custom profiles, and tool chest development a plus
• Experience with corridor modeling using OpenRoads Designer and/or Civil 3D is a plus

You'll be great here if:

• You have excellent task and time management skills and are interested in improving efficiency
• You are interested in keeping up with new CADD technologies and trends
• You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
• You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphically
• You can bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills

Work Schedule for a CADD Technician

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week.

About our Minneapolis office:

Toole Design's Minneapolis office is conveniently located downtown at 212 3rd Avenue N, near to the Mississippi River and Cedar Lake bike trail systems and walking distance from Metro Blue, Green, Orange, and C line Stations. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Located in the North Loop neighborhood in the historic Colonial Warehouse building, the office is inside the former headquarters of the city's streetcar company. Our windows overlook the Cedar Lake Trail which most of our staff use to bike to work each day, sometimes with a canine in tow (our building is dog-friendly). You will also find Minneapolis staff conducting "walking meetings" to the nearby Mississippi River, taking transit nearly anywhere in the region, or hopping on bike share to attend meetings. Our Minneapolis team is known for its collaborative engineers, planners, landscape architects, and urban designers who are committed to a culture of innovation, excellence, and fun.

Ready to Join our Minneapolis Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this CADD Technician position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing [email protected].

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