Cad Technician in Winchester

We are looking for suitably qualified and experienced CAD Technician with excellent drafting skills and ideally with building services drafting experience, to generate drawings for our in‑house engineering and surveying teams. You will be responsible for the production of detailed drawings from technical information provided by the building services design engineers and surveyors. You will also be a confident communicator and able to work collaboratively with engineers and surveyors to ensure suitable design and detailing drawings are produced.

You will join our team of engineers and surveyors and work on a wide variety of construction projects in a collaborative and supportive environment. The role will give you the opportunity to develop your skills and progress your career. Hampshire County Council Property Services is the largest in‑house, public‑sector property practice on the South Coast of England with 400+ employees. The Council’s estate includes schools, libraries, museums, country parks, care homes, offices, activity centres, farms, and heritage assets, ranging from modern developments to listed buildings and scheduled ancient monuments. This role offers the opportunity to apply your professional skills in a way that makes a tangible difference to local communities across Hampshire and neighbouring authorities.

What you’ll do:

• You’ll play a key role in delivering projects across Hampshire County Council’s Corporate Estate, helping to transform and improve buildings through accurate, high‑quality technical drawings.
• Working closely with engineers, surveyors and external partners, you’ll turn survey and design information into detailed AutoCAD plans that support projects ranging from refurbishments and upgrades to major extensions.
• You’ll carry out building surveys when required, ensuring plans are accurate and up‑to‑date, while identifying and raising any survey discrepancies.
• You’ll also build strong relationships with project teams, consultants, clients and building users, collaborating to ensure designs are delivered efficiently and to the highest standards.
• Throughout your work, you’ll apply Property Services’ CAD standards, templates and protocols to produce professional, consistent and reliable drawing packages.

What we’re looking for:

Join our team and use your technical expertise to support engineers and surveyors in delivering high‑quality building services projects. You’ll bring strong CAD experience, a recognised qualification, excellent organisational skills, and confidence using Microsoft 365 and AI tools such as Copilot. This is an opportunity to work both independently and collaboratively within a supportive and professional environment.

Ready to Shape the Built Environment? Apply today and bring your expertise to a team where your technical skills, innovation and attention to detail will make a real difference.

Why join us?

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward‑looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.

You will also be provided with:

• Hybrid working: working from the Winchester office, satellite offices and home, to suit personal and operational requirements. Currently, most teams work in the Winchester office one day per week.
• Flexible and family‑friendly working patterns are available, such as part time, compressed hours, flexi leave, accrued extra working hours. (State your preferred working pattern(s) on your application).
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays and paid sick leave.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Opportunities to develop your skills and experience, informally or formally.
• Opportunities to make a difference and receive support through staff networks for parents, carers, and people with protected characteristics.
• The support of a wider team who will collaborate and value you and your achievements.

To find out more about what we can offer you, please see our extensive Benefits Package.

Additional Information:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.