CAD Design Technician

82685 - CAD Design Technician

This CAD Design Technician will report to the Design Lead and will work within the Capital Programme directorate based in our Bury St Edmunds office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £56,576.00 and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 09/08/2026

We also provide the following additional benefits

Job Purpose:

You will help produce civil, electrical and circuit drawings observing designs produced by Civil and Electrical Engineers. You will comply with the company standard code of practice and relevant European codes of practice.

These schemes would be for the Capital Programme Connections Portfolio, however interaction with APP and/or Diversions (non-contestable and contestable) works could be possible.

You will collaborate with the Circuit/OHL designer, Electrical designer, Civil designer and Principal Design Coordinator, ensuring compliance to design, CDM and relevant standards for both the regulated network solutions for all customers.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake civil sub-station drawings following the standards and company Code of Practice

• Undertake circuit/OHL drawings and diversion drawings in line with the standards and company Code of Practice

• Undertake electrical sub-station drawings following the standards and company Code of Practice

• Communicate with specific engineers regarding drawing requirements to ensure technical information supplied is correctly interpreted onto the drawings

• You will assist the Design Clerk with Document Control of drawings produced

• Support assurance and audit processes

• Comply with the requirements of the designer as determined by the CDM Regulations (as amended in 2015)

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Be familiar with and follow Quality Assurance procedures and company drawing standards

• Proficient in the use of the AutoDesk AutoCAD and knowledge of Bentley Microstation CAD package and AutoDesk Construction Cloud drawing/document management system (with at least 3 years experience). Specifically:

  • The ability to create, open, edit and close complex two-dimensional drawings using AutoDesk AutoCAD and Bentley MicroStation V8

  • To use many of the additional features of AutoCAD and MicroStation including cells, levels, locks, tags, snaps, models, sheets, patterns, dimensions, references, scanned images, level symbology, etc.

  • To understand and apply the drawing conventions appropriate to the type of drawing – i.e. electrical symbols

• A grounding in IT technology and Microsoft Office software

• The ability to find additional information from the internet or intranet

• A broad understanding of the principles of electrical and circuit detailing (SLD symbols, OS Mapping)

• Good safety culture and understanding of Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations and their application in this role

• Work unsupervised and comply with targets set for allocated tasks.

• Provide an excellent service to the customer

• Work as a Team Player in a dedicated team of Designers, Estimators and Planners

• Competent in written and oral communications

• A Levels, NVQ Level 3 or good GCSES are a must, as is a willingness to work towards further qualifications

Desirable:

• To use our drawing management system – AutoDesk Construction Cloud

• Previous working experience on electrical, cable and Overhead Line infrastructure would be beneficial

• Knowledge of the ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 procedures relevant to the teams' activities would be beneficial

• Input ideas and techniques, which feed into UK Power Networks Green Action Plan

Nature and Scope:

Largely desk based, the post also requires you to visit operational sites, construction sites, site meetings, manufactures meetings (at their premisses) and internal review meetings.

UK Power Networks is committed to a policy of equality in its employment practices and values a workforce that is representative of the customers we serve and the communities in which we work. We consider our people to be crucial to achieving success. We believe that it is important for our employees to strike a sensible balance between work and life outside work and will consider requests for working arrangements under the Work-Life Solutions process.

UK Power Networks is committed to securing the highest standards of health and safety at work and of care for the environment. Applicants will be expected to have an appropriate level of understanding of the arrangements for health, safety and the environment that apply to this business and are required for this vacancy.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Where applicable, this role is subject to safer recruitment processes and robust pre‑employment checks

If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.