Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Capabilities
Civil and Structural
Office Setup
Hybrid
Job ID
#42015
Industry
Cities & Places
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
Your impact
We are currently looking for Senior CAD Technician – Streets & Active Travel Schemes to join our Dublin office in Jacobs who wants to bring technical excellence, creativity, and quality to the delivery of urban roads, streets, and active travel projects. From walking and cycling schemes to bus priority corridors and public‑realm improvements—your work will have a direct and visible impact on communities.
What You’ll Be Doing — and Why It Matters
In this role, you’ll be the technical backbone supporting multidisciplinary design teams. Your drawings will guide real construction, shape safety, and influence how people navigate their daily journeys.
You’ll produce and coordinate high‑quality CAD outputs across the full project lifecycle, including:
General arrangements, alignments, cross sections & detailed design drawings
Junction layouts, traffic management plans, signing & lining
2D and 3D CAD deliverables across feasibility, design and construction stages
You’ll be the person our engineers trust for consistency and quality.
Using standards such as: DMURS / TII Publications / NTA Active Travel Design Guidance / Local authority specifications, you’ll ensure every drawing is coordinated, compliant, and ready for issue.
You’ll manage mapping, surveys, and background information—keeping everything organised and aligned.
You’ll also lead on self‑checks, peer reviews, and delivering CAD that’s right first time.
As part of your role, you’ll coordinate CAD information across multiple streams of work including Drainage Lighting, Landscaping, Traffic signals and structure.
Your work will help us avoid clashes, smooth out inconsistencies, and keep the whole project moving in the same direction.
Alongside your technical delivery, you'll also support Design Managers and Engineers to bring concepts to life.
Assist with drawing registers, submissions, and revision management
Help respond to audits and technical reviews
Offer informal mentorship and guidance to junior CAD technicians
You’ll be a role model for CAD best practice, helping the team deliver smarter and more efficiently.
Here's what you'll need
Strong experience as a CAD Technician on roads, streets, or urban infrastructure schemes.
High proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D (essential).
Background in active travel, public realm, or urban street design projects.
Solid understanding of road layouts, junction geometry, levels, cross sections, and construction detailing.
Ability to work accurately at pace and manage multiple drawing packages simultaneously.
With great benefits, career development options and exacting projects this is a great time and opportunity to join Jacobs growing Transport and Planning team in Ireland!
If you love seeing great ideas become real, buildable design and get energy from creating streets and public spaces that genuinely improve how people move, feel, and experience their city this role could be for you ! Apply now!
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Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs .
We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here .
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