CADD Designer / Drafter

BKF is a multi-service infrastructure consulting firm providing civil engineering and surveying services across California, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. With offices throughout California and the Portland area, BKF has served transportation, water resources, land development, government, and federal clients for over 110 years.

At BKF, you’ll find a unique opportunity to grow your career with intention. Our culture values professional autonomy, innovation, and meaningful collaboration across offices. We are proud to be recognized with the Great Place to Work certification for the second year in a row.

BKF is seeking a Bridge & Structures CADD Designer / Drafter to develop clear, accurate construction plans for bridges and other transportation, water, and land development structures. Working with bridge engineers and other disciplines, you will turn design concepts, calculations, sketches, and review comments into coordinated plan sets and, where appropriate, 3D models. Projects may include vehicular and pedestrian bridges, retaining walls, foundations, culverts, and related structural elements for Caltrans and local agency clients.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and revise bridge and structural plans, elevations, sections, details, and schedules for preliminary design, PS&E, and construction support. Detail structural steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete, foundations, bearings, joints, barriers, and retaining structures under the direction of engineers.
• Develop sheet sets from roadway alignments, profiles, survey and utility base files, geotechnical information, engineer markups, and discipline models. Coordinate interfaces with roadway, drainage, utilities, traffic, geotechnical, and right of way teams.
• Apply client and agency CADD standards, including Caltrans standards when applicable, to file organization, references, levels/layers, annotation, sheet layout, naming, and deliverables.
• Check drawings for completeness, consistency, dimensions, references, and constructability; incorporate review comments and support quantity takeoffs and plan revisions.
• Create or contribute to 3D bridge and structural models when project delivery calls for them; help generate model based views, sections, quantities, and presentation graphics.
• Maintain organized project files and coordinate drawing production, milestones, and quality reviews with engineers and other CADD staff. Support less experienced drafters as appropriate.

Requirements

• Associate of Science degree or higher in drafting, CADD, civil engineering technology, or a closely related technical field.
• 5+ years of professional CADD experience, including substantial production of bridge or other transportation structural plans.