CAD Technician
| Posting date: | 17 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 January 2026 |
| Location: | M50 3XP |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9254 |
Summary
We're looking for a CAD Technician to join our Design team based in Salford. Kier Design are a top-25 engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.
We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more
Location: Salford
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
What will you be responsible for?
As CAD Technician, you'll be working within the Mechanical Electrical and Technology team, producing accurate, high-quality 2D and 3D CAD drawings and models (using REVIT, Civils 3D and Navisworks) for MEICA elements of water and wastewater projects.
Your day to day will include:
-Interpreting instructions from Design Engineers and Engineering Technicians regarding technical production of drawings, preparing, modify and update MEICA layout drawings, GA's, schematics, cable routing, equipment arrangement, and installation details.
-Translating standard and proprietary manufacturer's equipment details into 3D models and produce working drawings, which will include P&I diagrams, pipework layouts, plant & equipment layout, cable routing, access ways etc.
-Produce civil interface drawings, including penetrations, bases, plinths, duct routes, chambers, access requirements, and spatial coordination.
-Liaise with Civil, Structural, Process, and Electrical Engineers to ensure all designs align and integrate correctly.
-Support the compilation of design deliverables such as P&IDs, instrument schedules, valve schedules and design packs.
-Ensure that drawings produced comply with the relevant quality and British standards.
-Ensure the dimensional accuracy and compliance with available drawings and specifications of information issued.
-Work with supply chain partners to incorporate vendor information into models and drawings.
What are we looking for?
This role of Major Projects Senior Mechanical Engineer is great for you if:
-ONC / HNC in a mechanical or process engineering.
-Working knowledge of Revit, Navisworks, ACC, or similar digital design tools
-Understanding of UK water company frameworks (e.g., AMP programmes) and standards WIMES
Rewards and benefitsWe're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier
#LI-MA1
We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more
Location: Salford
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
What will you be responsible for?
As CAD Technician, you'll be working within the Mechanical Electrical and Technology team, producing accurate, high-quality 2D and 3D CAD drawings and models (using REVIT, Civils 3D and Navisworks) for MEICA elements of water and wastewater projects.
Your day to day will include:
-Interpreting instructions from Design Engineers and Engineering Technicians regarding technical production of drawings, preparing, modify and update MEICA layout drawings, GA's, schematics, cable routing, equipment arrangement, and installation details.
-Translating standard and proprietary manufacturer's equipment details into 3D models and produce working drawings, which will include P&I diagrams, pipework layouts, plant & equipment layout, cable routing, access ways etc.
-Produce civil interface drawings, including penetrations, bases, plinths, duct routes, chambers, access requirements, and spatial coordination.
-Liaise with Civil, Structural, Process, and Electrical Engineers to ensure all designs align and integrate correctly.
-Support the compilation of design deliverables such as P&IDs, instrument schedules, valve schedules and design packs.
-Ensure that drawings produced comply with the relevant quality and British standards.
-Ensure the dimensional accuracy and compliance with available drawings and specifications of information issued.
-Work with supply chain partners to incorporate vendor information into models and drawings.
What are we looking for?
This role of Major Projects Senior Mechanical Engineer is great for you if:
-ONC / HNC in a mechanical or process engineering.
-Working knowledge of Revit, Navisworks, ACC, or similar digital design tools
-Understanding of UK water company frameworks (e.g., AMP programmes) and standards WIMES
Rewards and benefitsWe're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier
#LI-MA1
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.