Electrical CADD Designer

Your Impact:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

At Jacobs, we’re not just building structures, we’re powering them, too.   We’re transforming intangible ideas into innovative solutions designing the future – today.  Our flexible work schedules offer you the opportunity to work part both remotely and in a Jacobs office.

 As an Electrical CADD/BIM Designer on our design team in Columbus, OH, you’ll play an active role in defining solutions for projects in the areas of Water Treatment, Conveyance, Wastewater Treatment and various municipal facilities. You’ll have the opportunity to create documents to build electrical systems for lighting and power applications across the globe.  The combination of your technical skills, attention to detail, and the guidance of an experienced engineering team, will lead you to develop sketches, drawings, and construction documents to support our dynamic projects.

At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

Be a part of this vibrant, dynamic team that delivers world class design for well-known clients in Ohio and around the world.   

Qualifications – External

• An Associate’s degree from an accredited technical institution or college in drafting or design 
• Eexperience with electrical CAD design on municipal projects including water or wastewater projects
• Experience with Revit and AutoCAD. Experience with MicroStation and/or AGi 32 preferred 

At Jacobs, we don’t settle – always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference.    
  
Working as an Electrical CAD/Design Technician in Columbus, we will help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future – big and small, global and local.   
 
Your role will be working with our team of CAD Technicians, Designers, Engineers and Architects drafting drawings for various facility design projects applying diversified knowledge of Revit and AutoCAD software and practices to prepare construction drawings for Electrical and Telecommunication systems for our local clients.  This position is for a CAD Technician with the potential to expand into design.  

Here’s what you’ll need:

• At least 2 years of experience using Revit and AutoCAD for buildings-related designs 
• Associates Degree reduces this requirement by 1-2 years 
• Familiar with working with central files and local files 
• Be able to graphically translate verbal and visual instructions into technical drawings
• Be able to manage work-sets, control visibility, and be familiar in using various parameters in Revit families and schedules 
• Computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office applications
• Good written and verbal skills 
• Team player and enthusiasm
• US Citizenship

   
Ideally You’ll Also Have:   

• Strong skills with Revit 2018 & 2022, BIM360, Autodesk, BIM 360 GLUE and Navisworks 
• Proficient in creating and updating templates and project set-up in Revit
• Electrical or Telecommunications technical experience   

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $15 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.