CAD Technology Director - Transportation

Title: CAD Technology Director

Division: Transportation

LJA recognizes that our success depends on the quality of the people we hire. We are currently seeking highly talented individuals that take pride in their work, function exceptionally well in team environments, and contribute to the overall success of the company. As a 100% employee-owned company, we promote an entrepreneurial spirit that helps drive the bottom line and the long-term professional and financial success of our employees. With more than 50 office locations, LJA is growing and ready for talented people to help us build our future.

This person oversees all of LJA’s Transportation Sector’s technology applications including Bentley products (Microstation, ProjectWise, etc.) and other platforms to ensure consistency nationwide and manages a group of employees to maintain production efficiencies but also look forward to new technologies.

General Responsibilities:

• Organizes and manages all Cad/Technology services within this growing sector such as ProjectWise administration, troubleshooting, documentation, etc.
• Delegates assignments to group of employees
• Communicates with sector leaders on issues, developments and training
• Ensures consistency and efficiencies across a wide variety of offices and skill levels
• Organizes and provides training to employees of various levels of experience
• Works closely with IT to ensure company hardware and software are updated to allow proper CAD operation
• Works closely with different offices, nationwide, to ensure client’s requirements are being met
• Stay up to date with latest Bentley products and various client’s CAD requirements
• Periodic travel required

Required Education/Licenses:

• Minimum of high school or technical school training with courses in computer-aided drafting or equivalent experience

Required Experience:

• 12+ years of experience as a Cad Manager, ProjectWise Administrator or equivalent
• Developing or overseeing training programs
• Making decisions that impact multiple people
• Effective communication skills both oral and written but upward and downwards in the organization
• Effective interpersonal skills with coworkers
• Ability to build strong relationships
• Competent in MicroStation ORD
• Competent in setting up and hosting ProjectWise
• Technical knowledge of CAD operations and engineering specialty discipline
• A resource person with knowledge of advanced applications of system hardware and software