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CAD Technician

Posted 07 August 2025
Salary £30,000 - £35,000
LocationSunderland
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector Technical, Engineering
ReferenceJ139368
Job FunctionElectrical Design

Job description

​Rewards and Benefits on Offer;

  • Competitive salary

  • Generous annual leave allowance

  • Flexible working arrangements

  • Pension contribution scheme

  • Private healthcare scheme

  • Prestigious clients and varied projects

  • Joining a stable and growing organisation

MTrec’s New Opportunity;

MTrec’s prestigious engineering client is looking to recruit a new CAD Technician to join their growing organisation. The successful candidate should be experienced, self-motivated, and will be responsible for assisting the company’s clients with design services. The projects generally have one to two months design periods and are varied in nature, giving the appointed candidate an ever-changing and interesting range of design duties.

The Job You’ll Do;

  • Provide experience and assistance for the company’s design projects.

  • Establish working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, as well as the company’s clients.

  • Contribute to team meetings, the project team, contractors, and other stakeholders.

  • Undertake and deliver high quality models and drawings for building services and power distribution systems.

  • Produce high quality 2D drawings using CAD software and occasionally 3D models using Autodesk Revit.

  • Follows QMS processes relating to management of Revit outputs.

  • Produce innovative, high quality 2D drawings

  • Produce technical drawings for tender stage and construction.

  • Produce and revise layouts, design and working drawings.

  • Support teams in troubleshooting technical issues and resolve drawing clashes.

  • Able to demonstrate awareness and knowledge of CAD Designs and Regulations.

  • Able to work to tight timescales with no supervision.

  • Ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams.

  • Liaise with internal and external design team members and designers throughout the project workflow.

  • Provide in-house CAD training and guidance to engineering staff if required.

About You;

  • 3+ years’ experience in a similar role working within a relevant industry (construction, building services, civil engineering etc.)

  • Proficiency with AutoCAD, Microsoft Word and Excel.

  • Experience working with Autodesk Revit to produce design models (desirable, not essential)

  • Possess a strong work ethic and communication skills.

  • Confident communicator at all levels

  • Well organised and able to work independently