About the Opportunity
Join OCU Design as a CAD Technician and play a key role in delivering major infrastructure and energy projects across the UK. Working alongside design engineers, surveyors, and project teams, you'll produce high-quality technical drawings that support the successful delivery of EHV cable systems, substations, and low-carbon energy projects. This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex and nationally significant infrastructure schemes while developing your technical expertise within a growing design function. You'll be involved throughout the design process, helping to transform survey data and engineering concepts into accurate, buildable solutions. If you enjoy working in a collaborative environment and take pride in producing high-quality technical drawings, we'd love to hear from you.
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Produce detailed Cable Systems Design drawings and associated documentation, including route layouts, trench sections, bonding diagrams, joint bays, and cable termination drawings.
- Support the preparation and issue of project and tender documentation.
- Assist Engineering Surveyors with the production of as-built and record drawings.
- Manage drawing revisions and maintain accurate drawing registers and document control processes.
- Upload, download, and manage project documentation within Common Data Environments (CDEs).
- Ensure all drawings comply with company, client, and industry CAD standards.
- Work closely with design, survey, and project teams to support the successful delivery of projects.
- Undertake occasional site visits to support design validation and data capture activities.
Essential
- Experience producing technical drawings using AutoCAD.
- Strong understanding of CAD standards, drawing control, and design processes.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce accurate technical documentation.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a collaborative team environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
Desirable
- Experience working within utilities, infrastructure, civil engineering, or related sectors.
- HNC, HND, Degree, or equivalent technical qualification.
- Experience using AutoCAD 3D, Civil 3D, or AutoCAD Map 3D.
- Familiarity with GIS platforms and spatial data.
- Awareness of BIM processes and Revit workflows.
- Experience using Common Data Environment (CDE) platforms such as SharePoint or Autodesk Construction Cloud.
- Background in land surveying, engineering surveying, or civil engineering.
- Understanding of survey data capture methods, including GNSS.
- Full UK driving licence.
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
