Intermediate Municipal Engineering CAD Technologist

Tetra Tech’s Infrastructure Division is seeking a municipal engineering CAD drafter to join our Winnipeg Water group. This group undertakes a wide range of projects including the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure in urban, rural, and remote communities. Their work includes essential systems such as drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater treatment and conveyance as well as site grading, flood protection, drainage solutions and subdivision design.

The successful candidate would be joining an exciting and fast‑paced environment with excellent learning and growth potential.

You will play a key technical role in producing high‑quality CAD drawings and supporting engineering and municipal infrastructure projects. Working under the guidance of designers and engineers, you’ll take ownership of drafting tasks, contribute to design development, and help maintain project documentation and standards. You’ll also collaborate closely with colleagues and provide support to junior staff through shared problem‑solving and day‑to‑day mentorship.

Successful candidates bring strong technical drafting skills, relevant industry experience, attention to detail, and clear, professional communication. They are motivated to learn, grow, and contribute to a collaborative project environment.

Why Tetra Tech
At Tetra Tech, we are Leading with Science™ to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our industry‑leading experts in engineering and consulting are committed to driving positive change in communities around the world. For over 50 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. Today we stand as a market leader, offering cutting‑edge solutions in water, environment, energy, and international development.

Our work has improved more than 500 million lives around the world.

Your Impact
Join Tetra Tech to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting‑edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world‑class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential – join us to advance your career while leaving a lasting legacy.

Your Role
Duties include, but are not limited to:

Complete various civil and municipal design and drafting assignments related to earthworks movement, piping, and drainage, including site layouts, general arrangement drawings, plan/profiles, sections and details.

Produce drawings from rough sketches and instructions, maps, charts, diagrams in accordance with established practices and techniques.

Produce layouts for sites, buildings, piping, utilities, etc.; complete dimensional calculations.

Capable of making routine decisions within established procedures and well‑defined standard practices.

Apply industry standard drafting standards and best practices to achieve the required degree of accuracy in details such as density, width and uniformity of lines, placement of lines, letters and symbols.

Expected to work in both 2D (AutoCAD) and 3D (AutoCAD Civil 3D) environments proficiently.

Collaborate with process and civil engineers in developing complete documentation packages and design sets for water/wastewater piped systems, pump stations, lagoons, and other municipal infrastructure.

Perform occasional field inspection, condition assessment, and construction observation.

Check and verify design drawings and shop drawings to conform to specifications and design data.

Work under close supervision with reviews done regularly for technical accuracy and completeness.

Demonstrate initiative in carrying out periodic tasks independently and judgment in determining the methods to apply to assigned tasks, resolving problems, obtaining and analyzing data, and in determining the intent of a specification or instruction.

Qualifications

Technical college graduate in engineering technology or computer‑aided design (CAD).

Candidates must have prior experience in the consulting or construction sectors, with demonstrated proficiency in drafting in both 2D and 3D CAD. Experience applying these skills on real projects is essential for success in this intermediate position.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Word…