Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
As our CAD Technician you'll join our team supporting the Anglian Water contract from our brand-new Colchester office. Working within the Design Team, you'll produce accurate 2D drawings and 3D models that support civil, structural, and mechanical designs across a variety of water infrastructure projects, helping to deliver safe, compliant, and high-quality design solutions.
Using AutoCAD and related software, you'll create, amend, and maintain technical drawings and models, including pipework, duct routes, and civil layouts. You'll interpret engineering specifications, incorporate supplier and installation information, and ensure all outputs meet relevant standards, project timescales, budgets, and quality requirements.
Working closely with engineers and project teams, you'll support design reviews, maintain drawing registers and revision control processes, and contribute to health and safety documentation, including risk assessments. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment where you can play a key role in delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable water infrastructure projects.
What you’ll bring
- Proficiency in AutoCAD
- Experience producing engineering drawings for civil, mechanical, or water infrastructure projects
- Strong ability to interpret technical specifications and drawings
- Understanding of quality standards (e.g., ISO 9001)
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Experience in water sector projects
- Knowledge of CDM regulations and health & safety principles
- Experience in Navisworks, Revit or Plant3D
- Relevant diploma or qualification in Civil, Mechanical, or related discipline
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Private health care – single cover
- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Discretionary bonus scheme
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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