Intermediate CAD/Revit and Civil 3D Designer Posted : October 14, 2026 Full-Time We serve a diverse range of municipal, Indigenous, and private sector clients—and we’re looking for an Intermediate CAD / Revit and Civil 3D Designer to help us deliver exceptional infrastructure solutions. You’ll be a key technical contributor to our engineering design team, developing detailed drawings and design deliverables for land development, water/wastewater, and municipal infrastructure projects. You’ll work closely with engineers and project managers to interpret designs, coordinate technical information, and take ownership of assigned drawing packages from preliminary design through construction.

Independently develop detailed engineering drawings including plan/profile views, site plans, grading layouts, details, and sections. Produce water and wastewater infrastructure drawings, including watermains and sewers, pump stations, site layouts, process/mechanical layouts, equipment arrangements, and process and instrumentation diagrams. Interpret engineering designs and technical information and translate them into accurate, complete, and constructible drawing packages.

Apply applicable municipal, provincial, and industry standards and specifications. Coordinate drawing requirements with engineers, project managers, surveyors, contractors, and other disciplines. Review drawings for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with project requirements; identify potential design conflicts and constructability concerns.

Prepare quantity take-offs and support design calculations as required. Provide technical support during construction, including responding to contractor inquiries and preparing drawing revisions. Manage multiple projects and competing priorities while meeting established timelines and quality standards.

Provide technical guidance and knowledge-sharing to junior designers and technicians. Diploma in Civil/Environmental/Construction Management, Computer Drafting (AutoCAD/Civil 3D), or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience. Minimum 4 years of relevant engineering design and drafting experience, preferably with municipal infrastructure, land development, or water/wastewater projects.

Strong proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D with the ability to independently develop detailed engineering drawing packages.

Experience with Revit and/or other BIM platforms is an asset.





Experience producing water and wastewater infrastructure drawings. Strong understanding of engineering drawing standards, municipal infrastructure design principles, and applicable technical standards and specifications. Robust communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities. Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and PDF editing tools. CADD work samples may be requested for consideration of work quality.

Bonus

Skills (Assets) Experience with municipal infrastructure design, including horizontal and vertical infrastructure. Familiarity with BIM, MicroStation, OpenRoads, or other design and modelling platforms.

Experience with municipal design standards and specifications in Manitoba and/or Ontario. Exposure to project management and contract administration. You independently manage assigned drawing packages and deliver accurate, high-quality work on schedule.

You apply sound technical judgment and identify design, coordination, and constructability issues. You collaborate effectively with engineers, project managers, contractors, and other disciplines. You respond professionally to field inquiries and changing project requirements.

You contribute technical expertise and support the development of junior team members. You demonstrate initiative, accountability, and a commitment to quality project delivery. We know that our employees are our greatest asset, and thus we strive to provide a positive work/life balance.

Burnside has an over 50-year track record of building a great reputation both internally with their staff and externally with their clients, as an established leader in quality engineering, environmental, project management and consulting services. Becoming part of the Burnside team opens the door to a wide range of career development, advancement, mentorship and collaboration opportunities across our 12 office locations. As an agile firm willing to consider a multitude of opportunities as presented by our long-term client base, and in a number of emerging disciplines,



we are willing to work with you to set a meaningful career path for you.

Flexible working hours and office locations, including hybrid working opportunities Potential for performance-driven bonusing We are an equal opportunity employer committed to valuing diversity in the workplace and we welcome resumes from all qualified candidates. Burnside will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the entire recruitment, assessment, and selection process, as required. If you are a person with a disability and require an accommodation during these processes, please contact our Human Resources department.

Burnside & Associates Limited is a growing values-driven employee-owned multidiscipline Canadian engineering and environmental consulting firm with over 450 staff. Our consistent commitment to investing in technological advancements and training, in addition to encouraging and promoting professional development, has enabled our firm to meet our ongoing and stated goal of continual improvement. Founded in 1999, Neegan Burnside Ltd. is a majority-Indigenous owned firm committed to working with Indigenous (First Nation, Metis and Inuit) communities, agencies and industries to meet their infrastructure, development and economic goals while remaining sensitive to culture, values and beliefs.

We have completed over 1,500 projects for more than 300 Indigenous communities and agencies throughout North America, many of them repeat clients with whom we work to develop long term and meaningful relationships. We endeavor to provide opportunities with our organization for Indigenous staff, as well as for community members in the projects we deliver. As a result, we offer our clients expertise in many technical disciplines including but not limited to water and wastewater, transportation planning and design, land development, stormwater management, bridges and culverts, building engineering and sciences, municipal drainage, municipal advisory services, environmental planning and ecology, hydrogeology, air and noise, asset management, solid waste, landscape architecture and well drilling & diagnostics.

Together, we actively seek to develop relationships with a broad and diversified client base in the Public, Private and Indigenous sectors. We work on a variety of projects throughout Canada, with 11 office locations in Ontario and one in Manitoba.

📌 Intermediate CAD/Revit and Civil 3D Designer (Winnipeg)
🏢 R.J. Burnside u0026 Associates
📍 Winnipeg