CAD Engineer - South Central District

Position Overview

As a CAD Engineer, you will play a critical role in supporting survey operations and infrastructure development across key projects in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Working within ProjectWise, AutoCAD, and Trimble Business Center, you will perform essential calculations for survey requests and 3D machine control, ensuring precision and accuracy in field layouts. Your responsibilities include maintaining files for utility locations, potholes, and as-builts, and verifying designer CAD files against Plan PDFs to ensure alignment and quality.
Your work directly supports strategic infrastructure initiatives that enhance AI data center capacity, energy reliability, and community resilience. In Texas, construction is expanding data center capabilities to 1.2 gigawatts, while infrastructure upgrades bolster storm surge protection through floodwall and levee improvements. Louisiana is developing a major data center alongside a 1,500-megawatt natural gas facility on a 1,400-acre site, ensuring scalable energy delivery. In Mississippi, efforts focus on community development, including a new electric distribution center and the state’s first natural gas power station in five decades.
The South Central team is actively gathering infrastructure data to support the Power Group’s planning and execution, ensuring seamless alignment across energy, utility, and technology goals. Your contributions as a CAD Engineer are vital to delivering reliable, future-ready infrastructure across the region.

District Overview

Kiewit's South Central District is one of Kiewit's leading infrastructure districts specializing in heavy civil, transportation, and water resource markets. Projects you could be working on could include mass grading, drainage, paving, utility, and more.  Although most of our work is regionally based in the south-central region of the United States, we also pursue various projects stretching across the United States. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about infrastructure and committed to the construction industry as opposed to design.

Location

One of the many things that makes Kiewit’s culture unique is that we go where the work is, which exposes your career to abundant opportunities. We relocate our teams based on the work that is available, combined with the development plans, skill sets and career goals of each team member. This means your Kiewit adventure is custom-designed to meet our shared needs.  

Responsibilities

•    Previous land/construction survey or engineering experience a plus
•    Proficiency in CAD is required (at least one, all 3 is a plus)
     o    Trimble Business Center
     o    MicroStation
     o    AutoCAD Civil 3D
•    Ability to read and interpret construction plans to generate
     o    Field Layout (lines and points)
     o    Estimates (takeoff for all disciplines)
     o    3D models (surfaces, corridors, and structures)
•    Knowledge of field Survey procedures and equipment
     o    Assist in remote support of
              Data Collectors
              Machine Control
•    Able to train in person or remote in CAD and survey equipment (DCs/Machines)
     o    Survey crews
     o    Engineers
     o    Estimators
•    Must have solid written and verbal communication skills                
     o    Clear communication for remote support
     o    Interact daily with
              o  Estimators
              o   Project management
              o  Survey crews
              o  Operations crews

Qualifications

Qualifications
•    3 years' experience in Construction Survey, Dimensional Control, Industrial Measurement, or a related field is required
•    Must be able to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry to perform calculations (area, volume, circumference, proportion, percentage)
•    Dynamic thinker with the desire to lead, motivate and mentor teams
•    Self-starter with the ability to set standards of excellence in leadership, safety, quality and productivity
•    Proficient computer knowledge including Microsoft Suite
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•    Strong work ethic with the ability to work individually and as a team
•    Committed to working safe and getting the job done right the first time

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