AutoCAD Technician in Clydach

Address: Swansea, Wales, GB, sa6 5bq

Work Type: Permanent

Job Function: Engineer

Salary Range: £34,566.00 - £38,000.00 per annum + annual salary uplift + annual cost of living increase + annual variable pay reward

Base: Clydach (Swansea) Hybrid Office 3 Days / Week

Closing Date: 23:59 on 29/11/2026

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Ready to turn engineering designs into detailed drawings that help shape essential water infrastructure across Wales?
• Create high-quality, detailed technical drawings and plans based on designs supplied by engineers, and make modifications to existing drawings.
• Liaise with engineers to understand design requirements and construction techniques.
• Manage your workload and meet deadlines within a busy and dynamic team environment.
• Produce accurate, detailed, scale drawings.
• Ensure drawings comply with industry, health and safety, and technical standards and protocols.
• Conduct site visits and surveys when required.
• Prepare working drawings for use throughout all stages of design, detailed design, construction and as-built documentation.
• Maintain accurate records.

About you:

Qualifications:

• ONC/HNC in Civil Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent relevant qualifications and experience.
• City & Guilds Level 2 Award in Computer Aided Design (CAD).

Experience:

• Ideally three years+ practical experience using AutoCAD in a professional environment, with the ability to demonstrate your experience through previous roles or projects.
• Experience of working to regulatory, operational or project deadlines.
• Be proficient in the use of AutoCAD (essential).
• Autodesk Civil 3D as an advantage only (desirable).

Knowledge & Skills:

• A genuine commitment to delivering excellent outcomes for customers, with the ability to take ownership and accountability for your work.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills, with the ability to interpret information, manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure to meet regulatory and project deadlines.
• Understanding of Health and Safety requirements and safe working practices.

Good to know:

• Hybrid working: Approximately three days per week in the office - Clydach (Swansea).
• Flexible working: We want to attract the best talent, so we’re happy to have open conversations about flexible working and what could work for you and the role.
• The role is based in South Wales; however, we welcome applications from candidates across Wales and may consider an alternative base location for the right candidate.
• Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.
• Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business.
• For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject to all checks being satisfied.

You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions - Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found on our website!

Who we are:

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas. To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.

The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives. We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve. In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT.