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Job Description

Job Description

Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices.

With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success.

Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and the chance to build a meaningful, long-term career!

Job Title - CAD Software Administrator, Civil 3D / BIM

Location - Austin, TX \u007C Baton Rouge, LA \u007C Chicago, IL \u007C Des Moines, IA \u007C Denver, CO (Centennial) \u007C Jackson, MI \u007C Minneapolis, MN \u007C Muscatine, IA \u007C Phoenix, AZ \u007C Salt Lake City, UT \u007C West Palm Beach, FL

Job Type – Hybrid

Requisition ID - 11122

Position Summary

Stanley Consultants is seeking a Civil 3D Software Administrator to lead standards development for civil utilities and site development projects across multiple markets. This role is pivotal in shaping the company’s corporate CAD / BIM standards, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across all offices and disciplines.

The ideal candidate is a Civil 3D expert with a passion for scalable design systems, cross-platform coordination, and excellence in digital delivery. You’ll play a key role in initial project setup, template creation, and platform configuration for high-impact programs in water, transportation, energy, and industrial sectors.

What You Will Be Doing :

• Lead the initial setup and configuration of large-scale civil projects using Autodesk Civil 3D, ensuring alignment with client and company standards.
• Develop and maintain corporate-wide Civil 3D standards, including :
• Drawing Settings :
• Units and Zone : Controls units (e.g., meters, feet) and coordinate system.
• Object Layers : Assigns default layers for Civil 3D objects.
• Scale Settings : Annotation, label, and plot scales.
• Styles :
• Point Styles : Control the display of survey or COGO points.
• Surface Styles : Define how surfaces (TIN, grid) are displayed (e.g., contours, triangles).
• Alignment Styles : Control the appearance of road or utility alignments.
• Profile Styles : Manage how vertical profiles are shown.
• Parcel Styles : Define lot boundaries and labels.
• Pipe and Structure Styles : Used in pipe networks for storm, sanitary, or water systems.
• Label Styles :
• Point Label Styles
• Alignment Label Styles
• Surface Label Styles
• Profile Label Styles
• Parcel Label Styles
• Pipe Network Label Styles
• Code Sets
• Description Keys
• Feature Lines and Grading Styles
• Templates (DWT files)
• Sheet Set Manager templates and title blocks
• Tool palettes, custom subassemblies, and parts catalogs
• Data shortcut workflows and folder structures
• Collaborate with BIM and CAD leadership to unify standards across Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks, and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC / BIM 360).
• Configure and manage ACC / BIM 360 environments for civil design teams :
• Project templates, permissions, file locking, version control
• Shared coordinates and multi-discipline model integration
• Support production teams across markets :
• Water resources : pump stations, treatment plants, conveyance systems
• Transportation : roadway corridors, grading, drainage
• Energy & industrial : site development, utilities, access roads
• Land development : parcel mapping, stormwater, grading
• Mentor junior designers and engineers in Civil 3D best practices and standards compliance.
• Implement QA / QC protocols for drawing health, coordinate systems, and object data integrity.
• Automate repetitive tasks using Dynamo, Python, or Civil 3D scripting where applicable.
• Contribute to the development of BIM Execution Plans (BEPs) and digital delivery strategies.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

(Hourly range for CO location)

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation. The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices. In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are disclosed for positions and locations where required.

Stanley’s Approach to Flexibility

While some members choose to work out of their local office on a full-time basis, we offer a hybrid schedule for eligible positions consisting of two days a week in the office, two days a week remotely, and Friday being a flexible day that can be worked either in the office or at home. Eligible roles can also offer a compressed workweek schedule. Members who participate will be assigned a 9 / 80 work schedule, meaning every other Friday off!

What we offer :

Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.

Work-Life Balance. We realize there’s more to life than just work.

Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.

Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.

Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.

Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.

Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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