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Highway & transport Design Technician

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We are seeking a CAD Technician to support our Building Design and Sports & Major Events (SME) teams, delivering high-quality drawings across the full project lifecycle. The role will involve producing technical CAD outputs to support highways design, car park and servicing layouts, and pedestrian routing for major developments and events, across RIBA Stages 1–7.

Our Design team work together to help clients deliver some of the highest profile transport and development projects in the UK and overseas. This includes supporting clients to deliver multi-modal highway schemes in relation to projects as diverse as Liveable Neighbourhoods, Wembley Stadium and other stadia, Stanstead Airport, Canary Wharf development and active travel and bus corridors across London and Manchester.

Key Responsibilities

  • Produce accurate and well-coordinated CAD drawings to support building design, highways, and major events projects.
  • Prepare drawings across RIBA Stages 1–7, from feasibility through to construction and operational layouts.
  • Develop Chapter 8 Temporary Traffic Management drawings in accordance with relevant standards.
  • Undertake vehicle tracking to inform access, servicing, and highway design.
  • Prepare layouts including:

- Internal service yards

- Car parks and access arrangements

- Waste storage and collection areas

- Cycle parking facilities

  • Produce Section 278 highway feasibility and optioneering drawings.
  • Support pedestrian routing, queue design, and crowd-flow layouts for major events and complex sites.
  • Work collaboratively with engineers, planners, and event specialists to ensure coordinated and buildable designs.

Requirements

You will work as part of a team providing CAD and design solutions to both private and public sector clients. This position requires an enthusiastic, hard-working person, who wants to be part of our growing, dynamic team and in this role, you will be required to:

  • Proficient in AutoCAD (essential).
  • Experience with vehicle tracking software (essential).
  • Working knowledge of the Traffic Signs Manual and TSRGD (essential).
  • Revit – some experience desirable.
  • KeySign – some experience desirable.
  • Previous experience in highways design.
  • Experience in car park and access design.
  • Exposure to logistics or servicing operations (desirable but not essential).

To be successful in the role, you will:

  • Be comfortable working under supervision to deliver defined CAD and design tasks to meet internal and external timescales
  • Demonstrate excellent CAD skills as well as good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Hold relevant academic qualifications or professional experience.

Benefits

Why join us

We believe in empowering our people and giving them the opportunities to shine. As an employee-owned company means that our team are dedicated and passionate about what they do, and that’s the reason why we are at the forefront of our industry.

Steer has 5 offices in the UK: London, Leeds, Hemel Hempstead, Manchester and Birmingham.

Steer is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation, now or throughout your employment, please let us know.

We offer a competitive benefits package including:

  • Private medical insurance and health screening
  • Life assurance and group income protection
  • Company pension scheme
  • EAP and mental health first aiders
  • 25 days annual leave and ability to buy and sell annual leave days,
  • Season Ticket Loan/ Cycle to Work,
  • Group Share Incentive Plan,
  • Up to 5 days for volunteering activities
  • Discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance).

Compensation

Steer is committed to ensuring that all its employees are compensated a fair, liveable wage. All initial compensation, regardless of location, may be subject to change as skills, abilities, internal equity and geographic location are taken into account.

In addition to base salary, all employees will be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus. Please review the benefits section for more information on total reward.

Steer reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional compensation.

Work Environment

All Steer employees seeking a full-time opportunity are encouraged to spend 60% of their time either in the office or on-site with clients. An employee’s typical work week consists of 37.5 hours (Hours, expectations, and exemption status will be adjusted for any applicant seeking a part-time opportunity.)

We understand that some may be dissuaded to apply based off their compatibility with the job description. That being said, we understand that not everyone is a perfect match on paper and encourage anyone to apply regardless of how much their work experience directly relates to the job description.

Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered.

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