TraineeCAD Technician

Company: TechniFire Solutions Limited
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Location: Gillingham
Job Description:

Trainee CAD Technician

Duties and Responsibilities

CAD Office (Training Provided)

  • Receiving information via email typically PDF, CAD and/or Jpeg file attachments, hard copies typically drawings from the various departments/disciplines, Engineer’s Marked Up drawings (EMUs) and miscellaneous sources including items external to the business.
  • Filing information logically and systematically enabling efficient retrieval of the information when as and when required.
  • Producing fire and security system drawings for all stages of the contract process including Preliminary, Design, Construction and As Installed.
  • Communicating with estimators, project managers, designers and engineers regarding specified tasks.
  • Reading and interpreting building construction drawings particularly where specific to fire and security.
  • Keeping accurate records of different versions/stages of your work for future reference where necessary.
  • CAD drawings:
    • Predominantly 2D scaled drawings where required.
    • To TFS CAD Office standards, clearly laid out and legible (training provided).
    • Predominantly using AutoCAD (Knowledge of REVIT advantageous).
    • To scale when scale is known or required.
  • Production of technical data and documentation including:
    • Cause and Effect Matrixes,
    • Operation and Maintenance Manuals,
    • Data Sheets,
    • Additional miscellaneous items such as Fire Risk Assessments etc.
  • Copying and duplicating utilising large format colour scanning of hard copy drawings, predominantly EMUs, Cause and Effect Matrixes and various documents as required by departments.
  • Presenting drawings and information in the required format whether Hard copy, CAD or PDF Files or other specified format.
  • Plotting/Printing/Folding drawings from A3 to A0 inclusive and larger sizes as required.

Plotter/Print Room

  • Maintaining a clean and tidy print room ensuring:
    • The large format plotters, scanner, photocopier and printers are maintained and in good working order.
    • Ensuring all materials and consumables are in stock.
    • Ensuring the shredder is emptied regularly.

Software Literacy

  • AutoCAD
  • REVIT (advantage)
  • Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically:
    • Acrobat
    • Photoshop (advantage)
    • Illustrator (advantage)
  • Microsoft Office, specifically:
    • Word
    • Excel
    • Outlook

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Posted: June 4th, 2026