Senior Civil Drafter - Waste & Resource Recovery

About the role

Join SMEC's high‑performing Waste and Resource Recovery team in Newcastle, delivering construction‑ready civil documentation for national infrastructure projects. This senior drafting position focuses on precision modelling and detailed drawing production for complex environmental facilities.

Key responsibilities

• Produce complete civil drawing packages – site plans, long sections, cross‑sections, and detailed design drawings for landfill cells and capping systems.
• Draft and detail stormwater management, drainage networks, leachate collection systems, and heavy‑duty access roads.
• Maintain strict adherence to company and project CAD standards, ensuring high‑level presentation and technical clarity.
• Manage and synchronise design data across Autodesk Vault and ACC (BIM 360) to provide a single source of truth for the national team.
• Support two Senior Designers by delivering accurate, consistent documentation and modelling.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of dedicated civil drafting experience, preferably within a consultancy environment.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high‑quality construction documentation for environmental infrastructure.
• Strong attention to detail and pride in the craft of civil drafting.
• Experience supporting senior designers on large‑scale, multi‑project pipelines.

Required skills

• AutoCAD – expert‑level 2D/3D drafting, sheet set management and Xref coordination.
• Autodesk Vault & ACC (BIM 360) – proven document control and cloud‑based collaboration.
• Synergy – project task and time‑tracking management.
• 12D Model – advanced civil modelling, tin generation and drainage strings.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on high‑impact, national waste and resource recovery projects.
• Tier‑1 consulting environment with sophisticated digital delivery workflows.
• Specialised, high‑performing team that values technical drafting excellence.