Junior CAD Designer

Job Summary

A growing engineering services firm in Escondido, CA is seeking a Junior CAD Designer for a direct hire opportunity. This role is ideal for an early-career CAD professional who is ready to move beyond the classroom or an initial drafting position and gain hands-on experience with real engineering and construction projects.

The Junior CAD Designer will work closely with experienced engineers, designers, and project managers in a supportive team environment that values accuracy, collaboration, and professional development. This is a strong opportunity for someone with a solid AutoCAD foundation, strong attention to detail, and the motivation to build a long-term career in civil, structural, or engineering design.

This position offers exposure to technical drawing packages, project revisions, CAD standards, and quality-control procedures while providing a clear path to grow into higher-level CAD Designer, Engineering Designer, or Project Design responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

- Create and revise technical drawings, plans, layouts, and details using AutoCAD.
- Convert engineer sketches, redlines, and markups into accurate CAD drawings.
- Assist with engineering and construction drawing packages for active projects.
- Update drawings based on design changes, project revisions, and internal review comments.
- Review drawings for dimensions, formatting, accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
- Maintain organized drawing files, project documentation, and CAD standards.

Compensation and Benefits

- Direct hire opportunity.
- Salary range: $65,000 to $85,000 per year.
- Location: Escondido, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Prepare AutoCAD drawings, plans, layouts, and details for engineering projects.
- Support construction and engineering drawing packages from sketches, redlines, and markups.
- Coordinate drawing updates with engineers, designers, and project managers.
- Maintain accurate project files, CAD documentation, and drawing revisions.

- 1 to 3 years of CAD or drafting experience preferred, with early-career candidates encouraged to apply.
- Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD.
- Ability to read and understand drawings, plans, dimensions, redlines, and technical markups.
- CAD certificate, associate degree, or coursework in Drafting, Engineering Technology, Architecture, Construction Technology, or a related field is a plus.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and accuracy.
- Comfortable working in a deadline-driven engineering environment.
- Coachable, dependable, and eager to continue developing technical design skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with Revit, Civil 3D, Bluebeam, or similar design software.
- Exposure to civil, structural, architectural, construction, or engineering design projects.
- Familiarity with engineering drawing packages, CAD standards, and quality-control review processes.
- Interest in growing into a higher-level CAD Designer, Engineering Designer, or Project Design role.

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