Assistant CAD Technician

Job Title: Assistant CAD Technician

Posting Start Date: 04/08/2025

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Salary: £36,900 - £40,850 per annum inclusive of all allowances
Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week
Basis: Permanent
Workplace category: Hybrid
Attachments: Job Information Pack

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About City Surveyor’s:

The City Surveyor’s Department is responsible for the management of the Corporation’s property investment portfolio, corporate real estate, property/construction projects and the operational management of both portfolios.

The role:

You will mainly be using AutoCAD to create floor plans and location plans for leases, highway disposals and airspace negotiations, and to calculate areas of encroachment/oversail of external development schemes on City assets.

You will also prepare AutoCAD drawings to support refurbishments and space planning layouts, assisting with small-scale measured surveys when required.

In addition, you will help to maintain, update, and report on the City’s property data, using the City’s Property Management System, MRI Horizon.

About you:

The successful candidate will have:

Level 3 qualification e.g. A-Levels, BTEC diploma, apprenticeship, or sufficient relevant work experience.
AutoCAD training certification, or demonstrable evidence of AutoCAD knowledge and technical drawing skills.
Experience in producing CAD drawings and working collaboratively as part of a CAD team within a professional discipline e.g. architecture, engineering, asset management, surveying.
Ability to use Ordnance Survey data and spatially position drawings.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Good organisational and time management skills to support team objectives and deadlines.
Experience using Property management software to maintain property records and report on lease and tenancy data would be advantageous, although training will be provided.
Knowledge of MRI Horizon, Adobe Acrobat and ArcMap would be beneficial.

Closing date: 12 Noon on 22nd August 2025

Interviews will be held week commencing 1st September 2025.

To apply online please click the Apply online button below.

Candidates should email examples of work they have produced using CAD, alongside their application. Please send to julie.brown@cityoflondon.gov.uk

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To apply online please click the Apply online button below.

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OSUR760 if you experience any difficulties. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.

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We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.