Your role at GEI

We are seeking a motivated Civil Technician/Technologist to join our Owen Sound office, with a primary focus on AutoCAD Civil 3D drafting, land development design, water resources, and linear infrastructure municipal engineering. The successful candidate will play a key technical role supporting site development, municipal servicing, grading design, stormwater management, natural hazard assessment, and related office-based technical work.

Job Details

Duration: Full Time

Closing Date: September 04, 2026

Salary: $65,000–$80,000

Employer: GEI Consultants

Job ID: 8070

Location: Owen Sound, Ontario

Essential Responsibilities & Duties

- Prepare detailed Civil 3D drawings, including site plans, site grading plans, servicing plans, road alignments, profiles, and cross-sections for land development and linear infrastructure municipal and transportation engineering projects.
- Build and maintain surfaces, TIN models, corridors, pipe networks, and integrated base plans to support engineering design.
- Analyze and adapt surfaces, TIN models, corridors, pipe networks, and integrated base plans to support cut/fill analysis calculations and quantity take-offs.
- Process survey, LiDAR, and UAV datasets to generate accurate contours, surfaces, and base mapping suitable for design.
- Develop base plans from survey inputs, legal plans, GIS data, and other approved sources to support site and municipal design workflows.
- Assist with creating figures and supporting materials for stormwater management, water resources assessments, and environmental submissions.
- Support project documentation by preparing drawings, exhibits, and data packages for clients, agencies, and internal teams.
- Ensure all drawings, models, and project data are organized and comply with company standards and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, project managers,



and multidisciplinary staff to support design development and project delivery.
- Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

- Completion of a Civil Engineering Technology, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Geomatics, or related diploma or degree.
- Minimum 3-years post-graduate work experience in civil drafting, land development, water resources, municipal design, or mapping using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Strong proficiency with AutoCAD and Civil 3D, including surface modeling, grading, alignments, pipe networks, and base plan creation.
- Experience in processing survey data (GPS, total station, LiDAR, UAV) and integrating datasets into Civil 3D.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Working knowledge of GIS platforms (ArcGIS, QGIS) and spatial data integration.
- Solid organizational and data-management skills, with the ability to support multiple projects simultaneously.
- Valid Ontario Class G driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle.
- Interest in supporting multidisciplinary projects, including land development, municipal servicing, and environmental design. Physical and environmental requirements for this position are available upon request.

Preferred Qualifications

- Eligibility for or certification with OACETT (C.E.T., or C.Tech.) is considered an asset.
- Topographic field survey experience would be considered an asset, but is not mandatory.
- Familiarity with DWG, DAT, and survey data structures, including LiDAR workflows.
- We are seeking candidates who are located within a 45-minute commute of the Owen Sound office or who are open to relocating to Owen Sound or the surrounding area.
- This role requires working within an office setting, during regular business hours and being comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced office workplace. On occasion, overtime work or work outside of normal operating hours may be a requirement.

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