Description
Zutari is a multinational buildings infrastructure engineering and advisory firm with over 90 years of experience across Africa and the Middle East. We partner with clients across the full infrastructure lifecycle delivering digitally driven solutions that shape schools stadiums dams bridges and the systems that connect them.
We are enablers of progress transforming ambition into impact and infrastructure into opportunity. Every role in Zutari contributes to building sustainable futures that extend far beyond the projects themselves.
About the Role
Zutari is seeking a CAD/BIM Modeler: Roads & Highways to support the delivery of road highway and civil infrastructure projects in the UAE. The role will focus on the development coordination and production of high-quality 2D drawings and 3D CAD/BIM models for road corridors and associated civil infrastructure.
The successful candidate will work closely with engineers designers and multidisciplinary project teams to produce coordinated models and drawing packages across the project lifecycle from concept and preliminary design through to detailed design authority submissions tender and IFC documentation.
Responsibilities:
CAD and BIM Production
- Prepare and develop 2D drawings and 3D BIM/CAD models for roads highways and associated civil infrastructure projects.
- Produce general arrangement drawings horizontal and vertical alignments long sections cross-sections typical sections grading layouts junction layouts and detailed design drawings.
- Support the preparation of concept preliminary detailed design tender authority submission and IFC deliverables.
- Extract drawings schedules and model outputs from coordinated digital models in accordance with project requirements.
Roads and Highway Modelling
- Develop models and drawings for urban roads highways interchanges junction improvements service roads access roads and complete street corridors.
- Prepare road alignments profiles assemblies corridors surfaces and grading models using appropriate CAD/BIM tools.
- Support the modelling of pavement layers kerb lines road markings signage layouts verge elements and roadside features where required.
- Assist in the development of earthworks models cut-and-fill interfaces and surface coordination for road infrastructure.
- Produce design documentation related to carriageways roundabouts intersections slip roads median arrangements footpaths cycle tracks and at-grade infrastructure elements.
Civil 3D Corridor Modelling and Design Support
- Use AutoCAD and Civil 3D to develop road models integrated with corridor geometry grading surfaces and utility interfaces.
- Assist with corridor creation assembly application target mapping section generation and model-based drawing extraction.
- Produce and update cross-sections volume calculations levels and earthworks-related outputs.
- Support quantity-related outputs and material take-offs where required for road and civil works packages.
Multidisciplinary Coordination
- Coordinate with utilities drainage structures transport planning landscape and other disciplines to resolve interface issues and clashes.
- Participate in model reviews and clash detection using Navisworks and other coordination tools.
- Maintain model integrity drawing accuracy and compliance with project BIM execution plans and delivery standards.
- Incorporate design changes and mark-ups from engineers and project leaders in a timely and accurate manner.
Standards and Quality
- Apply project and company CAD/BIM standards naming conventions templates layering protocols and LOD requirements.
- Ensure deliverables are produced in line with client requirements UAE authority standards and project-specific drafting conventions.
- Support QA/QC reviews and implement review comments efficiently and accurately.
- Maintain consistency across drawing sets model files sheet outputs and revision control processes.
Project Delivery Support
- Work to agreed programmes design milestones and deliverables schedules.
- Collaborate effectively within a fast-paced engineering and digital delivery environment.
- Contribute to continuous improvement in digital delivery workflows modelling efficiency and coordination practices.
- Support teams during design development submission stages and final IFC production.
- Candidate Profile
- We are looking for an individual with strong practical experience in infrastructure CAD/BIM delivery particularly in roads and highways projects within the UAE or wider GCC.
Requirements:
- Proven experience in CAD/BIM modelling for roads highways and civil infrastructure projects.
- Strong experience in AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D.
- Experience developing road corridors alignments profiles cross-sections surfaces and grading models.
- Experience preparing design documentation across multiple project stages from concept through detailed design and IFC.
- Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary teams in a consultancy or contractor environment.
- Familiarity with UAE or GCC road design standards authority submission requirements and infrastructure delivery environments.
- Experience on projects in Dubai and/or Abu Dhabi.
- Experience supporting major roads highways interchanges junction upgrades and urban infrastructure corridors.
- Exposure to coordination with utilities drainage structures and traffic/transport disciplines.
- Experience using Navisworks Revit and/or InfraWorks.
- Experience working within Common Data Environments such as ACC/BIM 360 or ProjectWise.
- Experience supporting authority submissions and IFC-stage deliverables in the UAE.
Qualifications
- Minimum
- Diploma or certificate in Civil Engineering Drafting Engineering Technology or a related field.
- Preferred
- Additional BIM/CAD certification or Autodesk software training.
- Relevant technical diploma with a focus on roads highways or civil infrastructure drafting/modelling.
We believe that a diverse workforce is key to our business success. We seek the best people for our jobs based on their skills qualifications and experience. We embrace the principle of equal opportunity in employment and work towards eliminating all forms of unlawful discrimination in our employment practices.
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1