The CAD Designer – Construction Staging supports transportation infrastructure delivery in Hamilton, ON, Canada, contributing to the Hamilton LRT corridor project within a hybrid work model. This role focuses on the production and coordination of staging and traffic management drawings aligned with engineering design intent.
The position operates within a multidisciplinary environment, translating design markups into detailed plan sets that support phased construction, traffic operations, and temporary works. Responsibilities span drawing production, revision management, document control, and coordination across roadway, transit, and utility disciplines. Work contributes to design development and implementation phases within a large-scale urban corridor.
The ideal candidate brings 3–7+ years of CAD drafting experience in transportation or civil infrastructure projects, with strong expertise in staging drawings, plan production standards, and multidisciplinary coordination.
- Produce detailed staging and traffic management drawing packages for the Hamilton LRT project, converting design markups into clear, accurate, and coordinated plan sheets.
- Prepare staging plans that illustrate lane configurations, traffic detours, staging limits, work zones, pedestrian routing, cyclist accommodations, and temporary traffic control measures.
- Support staging designers, traffic engineers, and project teams by implementing revisions and maintaining up-to-date drawing packages throughout project development.
- Manage drawing updates, revisions, and document control activities to ensure consistency across all corridor segments.
- Coordinate staging drawings with roadway, transit, utility, and other multidisciplinary design teams to identify and resolve conflicts.
- Develop and maintain CAD files, external references, base mapping, alignments, linework, annotation, and sheet layouts in accordance with project standards.
- Ensure all drawings comply with established CAD standards, drafting procedures, project specifications, and quality requirements.
- Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews to verify drawing accuracy, completeness, readability, and consistency.
- Maintain organized drawing files and support efficient delivery of large, corridor-wide staging packages.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of CAD workflows, standards, and production processes.