Computer Aided Design Engineer Designer Jobs in Ottawa, ON

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The CAD Designer – Construction Staging supports transportation infrastructure delivery in Hamilton, ON, Canada, contributing to the Hamilton LRT corridor project within a hybrid work model. This role focuses on the production and coordination of staging and traffic management drawings aligned with engineering design intent.

The position operates within a multidisciplinary environment, translating design markups into detailed plan sets that support phased construction, traffic operations, and temporary works. Responsibilities span drawing production, revision management, document control, and coordination across roadway, transit, and utility disciplines. Work contributes to design development and implementation phases within a large-scale urban corridor.

The ideal candidate brings 3–7+ years of CAD drafting experience in transportation or civil infrastructure projects, with strong expertise in staging drawings, plan production standards, and multidisciplinary coordination.

• Produce detailed staging and traffic management drawing packages for the Hamilton LRT project, converting design markups into clear, accurate, and coordinated plan sheets.
• Prepare staging plans that illustrate lane configurations, traffic detours, staging limits, work zones, pedestrian routing, cyclist accommodations, and temporary traffic control measures.
• Support staging designers, traffic engineers, and project teams by implementing revisions and maintaining up-to-date drawing packages throughout project development.
• Manage drawing updates, revisions, and document control activities to ensure consistency across all corridor segments.
• Coordinate staging drawings with roadway, transit, utility, and other multidisciplinary design teams to identify and resolve conflicts.
• Develop and maintain CAD files, external references, base mapping, alignments, linework, annotation, and sheet layouts in accordance with project standards.
• Ensure all drawings comply with established CAD standards, drafting procedures, project specifications, and quality requirements.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews to verify drawing accuracy, completeness, readability, and consistency.
• Maintain organized drawing files and support efficient delivery of large, corridor-wide staging packages.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of CAD workflows, standards, and production processes.

Required

• 3–7+ years of CAD drafting and design experience in transportation, traffic, roadway, or civil infrastructure projects.
• Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology, CAD/BIM certification, or equivalent technical training.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, or OpenRoads.
• Experience producing engineering plan sets, construction staging drawings, and technical design documentation.
• Strong knowledge of plan production workflows, including external references (Xrefs), base mapping, alignments, annotation, and sheet layouts.
• Experience incorporating design revisions and markups into multidisciplinary drawing packages.
• Ability to coordinate CAD drawings with multiple engineering disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver accurate, high-quality drawing packages.
• Effective organizational, time-management, and communication skills in a project delivery environment.

Assets

• Familiarity with temporary traffic control design, work zone layouts, detour plans, and construction phasing drawings.
• Experience working on large-scale transit or urban corridor infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of traffic staging standards and municipal transportation design guidelines.
• Exposure to BIM workflows or digital design coordination environments.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This role is eligible for a referral bonus in line with the Referral Program.  If you have been referred, please provide the name of the employee who has referred you at the time of your application.

At Egis, we embrace innovation to tackle challenges and utilize AI in our recruitment process under stringent ethics and compliance policies and in alignment with our values of being a Responsible Company, a People First Company and a Creative Company. Committed to diversity, growth and collaboration, we may leverage AI to support the recruitment process.

Egis Canada is an equal opportunities employer offering a competitive salary and benefits to those with the skills suited to the needs of our clients. The salary range advertised may exceed the range based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.