Civil Technician Job Description
Civil technician
provides CAD drafting and municipal infrastructure design assistance for a wide variety of projects, from report stage through design and construction administration.
Civil Technician Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective civil technician job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included civil technician job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Conduct underground infrastructure designs in accordance with the quality objectives and the regulations, laws and standards
Develop infrastructure designs in accordance with the quality objectives and the regulations, laws and standards
Create drawings with minimal supervision
Develop technical drawings from sketches (determining appropriate scales, arrangement and specific details of the drawings) from the concepts required by the engineering team
Make if required field audits of existing facilities
Respect and enforce policies and procedures in the preparation of drawings
Realize the different stages of the project in the timeframes and budgets
Perform other related duties that may contribute to the projects
Have three (3) to five (5) years of experience in civil engineering
Have good communication skills (oral and written) in English and French is an asset
Civil Technician Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Civil Technician
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: OSHA, CPR, II, PS, CCIL/CSA, DOT, PM, QAC, CAD, ODOT
Education for Civil Technician
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the civil technician job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Collage Degree in Education, Engineering, Construction, Industrial Technology, Graduate, Surveying, Drafting, Physics, Mathematics, Physical Science
Skills for Civil Technician
Desired skills for civil technician include:
Regulations
Relevant legislation
Codes of practice
Guidelines
Civil design/cad drafting standards
GIS an asset
National Capital region and local industry
BIM
FAA design criteria and airport construction safety procedures/requirements
Projectwise and Geopak
Desired experience for civil technician includes:
Good working knowledge of GEOPAK, Inroads, Revit and Civil 3D preferred
Knowledge of and ability to read construction documents
Work may also entail field investigations and inspections
Previous experience design drafting for water and wastewater conveyance pipelines is required
3-10 years of experience in the engineering design field within the civil/airport/municipal sector
Work assignments often require working in a secured work environment (airside at airports) and may require safety and security clearances
Civil Technician Examples
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Civil Technician Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a civil technician. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for civil technician
- Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations in health and safety related to design
- Excellent knowledge of AutoCAD software
- Excellent knowledge of Civil 3D software and other AutoCAD and/or Microstation
- Time management skills and adaptation to change
- Make, if necessary, field audits of existing facilities
- Contribute to the different stages of the project and in the time frames and budgets
- Revit drawing and detailing
- Ensuring drawings meet client and company standards
- May produce 2D drawings associated with layout engineering (general layout drawing division into fire safety zones)
- Perform routine, scheduled, unscheduled, and corrective maintenance within the assigned region
Qualifications for civil technician
- Hold a DEP in automated drawing or civil engineering technology or in a related field
- Experience working in construction, an asset
- Have between five (5) to ten (10) years of experience in civil engineering
- Railway engineering experience, an asset
- Have good communication skills (oral and written) in English and French
- Excellent knowledge of Civil 3D software and other software for Autocad suite
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Our growing company is hiring for a civil technician. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for civil technician
- Support in the budgeting process the Health Status Analysis of each plant in the assigned region
- Perform project planning by writing work scopes, getting quotes, and scheduling work
- Conceptual, preliminary and detailed design with oil and gas pipelines
- Provides day-to-day client interface, conducting site visits for technical assessment or problem-solving
- Supervises/mentors more junior engineers & CAD technicians
- Paints , epoxy
- Assist/Perform soil, concrete and aggregate testing
- Assist/Conduct density test
- Assist/Conduct slump testing
- Deliver and collect samples and reports to/from the respective entities
Qualifications for civil technician
- Navisworks experience preferred
- Flexible, motivated and enthusiastic
- Good working knowledge AutoCAD platform
- Relevant structural working experience, preferably within the nuclear or power sector
- Carrying out drafting & modelling
- Preparing & checking general arrangement drawings (likes Plan, Section, Elevation), Reinforcement Drawings, and Reinforcement Detailing
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Our growing company is hiring for a civil technician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for civil technician
- Perform construction management duties including review construction documents and submittals, perform and document daily inspections, and assisting with project punch lists
- Assist in collecting asbuilt drawings and watercards
- Designing capabilities within heavy rail is essential, additional experience with metro and/or light rail is also desirable
- Producing and checking a wide variety of track designs, grading models, DTM surface and applicable details
- Being able to work with LIDAR point clouds, manage, verify and control surveys and geographic data for design needs
- Data entry and participation in structural inspections
- Preparation of photographic documentation
- Complete Health and Safety training
- Work with engineers, technicians and project managers in the preparation of drawing packages, report figures, design concepts, sketches, and calculations
- Produce construction drawings for a variety of infrastructure projects
Qualifications for civil technician
- ITI or Diploma in Civil Engineering
- Relevant experience in software such as AutoCAD and REVIT
- A minimum of HNC in Civil Engineering or similar
- Provide general Autocad and Civil 3D and Microstation drafting for the preparation of preliminary and detailed design drawings including plans, profiles, typical cross-sections, geometrics and laning, drainage and utilities, spot elevations, signing and pavement markings, detours and construction staging
- Minimum 8 years experience working with Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil 3Dand Microstation with respect to Alignments, Profiles, DTMs, Pipe Networks, Sections, View Frames and Sheets
- Experience with highways, roads, drainage and utilities drafting using Civil 3D and Microstation
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of civil technician. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for civil technician
- Perform design changes and revisions to 2D and 3D drawings
- Analyze design issues and determine appropriate solutions
- Determine construction costs and material estimates
- Coordinate with team members and other disciplines
- Conduct Field data acquisition for Telecommunications group using field survey instruments
- Liaise with clients when required
- Perform survey calculations and report deficiencies found in the field
- Prepare survey sketches in accordance with industry and regulatory requirements
- Perform observations and inspections mainly related to Civil and Structural
- Provide technical subject matter expertise in an aspect of the LEED Gold Certification requirements and rating systems
Qualifications for civil technician
- Preference given to those with a college diploma
- Position requires understanding of civil and geotechnical engineering design and background in earthworks construction including the ability to read and understand technical civil design drawings and technical memos
- Travel, including travel for extended assignments is required (up to two momth rotation)
- Have proven experience of 3D modelling
- Experience in structural behaviours and specifications of the aforementioned materials
- Ability to work with field employees and vendors other disciplines
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Civil Technician Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of civil technician. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for civil technician
- Ensure Quality Records are accurately completed with QMP and ITP a focus on the required quality processes and the specification requirements for the related discipline activity
- Initiate non-conformance processes when materials, products, tools, equipment or work instructions do not meet the required specifications
- Review contract documents and participate in the development of the quality management plan and Inspection Test plan (ITP) and advises the Quality Manager of any necessary changes or revisions to the quality plan and ITP
- Study project specifications to determine appropriate construction methods and procedures
- Perform needed tests on site and in the laboratory (third party) to ensure conformity of material and works according to the contract specifications
- Ensure that contractors comply with works’ specifications and ensured that the company’s Quality System is applied and effective
- Measure and test materials, equipment, products and processes as delivered
- Promote quality achievement and performance throughout the project organization
- Setting quality compliance objectives and standards of service, and ensuring targets are achieved
- Develop and updates all inspection forms for civil/structural works
Qualifications for civil technician
- Lakehurst, NJ
- Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station to provide support to geographically separated units, or to attend advanced training classes/seminars
- Ensure compliance with corporate and project CAD Standards
- 8 to 12 years of experience in the field of CAD/drafting
- Relevant experience in software such as AutoCAD
- Demonstrated ability to use AutoCAD and/or Microstation to produce engineering drawings