
Lead Pipeline CAD - Mapping Designer
- New Orleans, LA
- $90,000-119,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Uses CADD and 3rd Party Extensions (Blue Sky Skyline and Plex Earth) with engineering input and standards to design pipelines and plan and profile drawings
- Communicate project specific pipeline design issues with engineering team
- Take direction from engineering team and project managers on required design changes
- Imports Survey data and surfaces to build design basefiles
- Tracks project design changes
- Performs complex CADD assignments and coordinates CADD drawing production in support of the manager.
- Decisions made with general understanding of procedures, company policies, and business practices to achieve general results and deadlines.
- Understands the implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions.
- Determines methods and procedures on new assignments.
- Leads less experienced drafters, showing them how to complete more complex tasks and showing them how the design changes impact individual drawings that need updating
- Assists in drawing production as needed to meet project deadlines.
- Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- Experience shall be in CADD Pipeline Design, mapping and plan & profile drawings and GIS map development.
- 5+ years of pipeline design (plan and profile design) in Civil3D
- 5+ years pipeline horizontal direction drill design
- 5+ years of IFB/IFC pipeline alignment sheet plan and profile drawing creation
- 5+ years of pipeline typical drawings and permit drawing creation
- 5+ years working with civil survey data for pipeline design
- Layer management and editing symbology
- Creating map templates and sheet frames
- Familiarity with data shortcuts
- Creating and editing surfaces and surface profiles
- Reading survey points and point groups
- Working with offset alignments
- Creating KMZs and exporting shape files
- Handling XREFs and large base files
- Previous experience utilizing Blue Sky Lightning Alignment Sheet Cutter Software.
- Knowledge of ArcMap GIS Mapping and Analysis Software.
- Previous experience leading and/or mentoring less experienced mappers.
- Relocation assistance is not available for this role
- Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
- Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $90,000.00 - $119,000.00.