CAD Designer – Civil & Desert Destinations- Freelance
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About the Role
Alsayegh Worldwide is seeking a freelance CAD Designer for a large-scale cultural festival and desert destination project. The role requires producing accurate CAD drawings for civil layouts, temporary structures, and outdoor spaces, with strong proficiency in AutoCAD and SketchUp.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare accurate CAD drawings for large scale desert destinations, festival sites, outdoor public spaces, temporary structures, civil layouts, access routes, parking areas, service zones, and back of house areas
- Translate design sketches, markups, SketchUp models, survey information, and consultant inputs into clean technical drawings
- Develop site plans, zoning layouts, circulation plans, road layouts, pedestrian routes, parking layouts, emergency access plans, setting out drawings, sections, elevations, and typical details
- Support design and technical teams in developing layouts for temporary structures, platforms, tents, cabins, kiosks, shaded structures, F&B units, market areas, camping zones, visitor facilities, and support areas
- Coordinate civil/site requirements including levels, grading awareness, drainage considerations, road widths, access points, turning areas, service corridors, utility routes, and site logistics
- Review layouts from a practical site perspective to ensure buildability, accessibility, safety, and suitability for desert conditions
- Use AutoCAD to create organized, scaled, layered, dimensioned, and coordinated drawing packages
- Use SketchUp to review, update, and coordinate simple 3D site models and temporary structure layouts
- Maintain drawing standards, title blocks, xrefs, blocks, file naming, revision control, and drawing registers
- Assist with area calculations, quantity take offs, spacing studies, capacity checks, and layout verification
- Coordinate with spatial designers, technical managers, civil consultants, production teams, suppliers, and contractors
- Revise drawings quickly based on design changes, consultant comments, and project requirements
Requirements
- Degree or diploma in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning, Drafting, or related technical field
- 5+ years of experience in CAD design, civil drafting, site planning, outdoor destination layouts, event infrastructure, festival sites, or temporary structures
- Strong proficiency in AutoCAD and SketchUp
- Experience in events, festivals, cultural destinations, desert destinations, outdoor activations, or temporary environments highly preferred
- Strong understanding of civil/site planning, access roads, pedestrian circulation, parking, service routes, emergency access, levels, grading principles, drainage awareness, utilities coordination, and setting out logic
- Good understanding of temporary and semi temporary structures
- Ability to read and coordinate architectural, civil, structural, landscape, and event production drawings
- UAE or GCC project experience preferred
Full Job Posting
Overview
- We are looking for a freelance CAD Designer – Civil & Desert Destinations to join immediately on a large scale cultural festival and desert destination project.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare accurate CAD drawings for large scale desert destinations, festival sites, outdoor public spaces, temporary structures, civil layouts, access routes, parking areas, service zones, and back of house areas.
- Translate design sketches, markups, SketchUp models, survey information, and consultant inputs into clean technical drawings.
- Develop site plans, zoning layouts, circulation plans, road layouts, pedestrian routes, parking layouts, emergency access plans, setting out drawings, sections, elevations, and typical details.
- Support the design and technical teams in developing layouts for temporary structures, platforms, tents, cabins, kiosks, shaded structures, F&B units, market areas, camping zones, visitor facilities, and support areas.
- Coordinate civil/site requirements, including levels, grading awareness, drainage considerations, road widths, access points, turning areas, service corridors, utility routes, and site logistics.
- Review layouts from a practical site perspective to help ensure they are buildable, accessible, safe, and suitable for desert conditions.
- Use AutoCAD to create organized, scaled, layered, dimensioned, and coordinated drawing packages.
- Use SketchUp to review, update, and coordinate simple 3D site models and temporary structure layouts.
- Maintain drawing standards, title blocks, xrefs, blocks, file naming, revision control, and drawing registers.
- Assist with area calculations, quantity take offs, spacing studies, capacity checks, and layout verification.
- Coordinate with spatial designers, technical managers, civil consultants, production teams, suppliers, and contractors.
- Revise drawings quickly based on design changes, consultant comments, and project requirements.
Required Skills & Experience
- Degree or diploma in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning, Drafting, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in CAD design, civil drafting, site planning, outdoor destination layouts, event infrastructure, festival sites, or temporary structures.
- Experience in events, festivals, cultural destinations, desert destinations, outdoor activations, or temporary environments is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of civil/site planning, access roads, pedestrian circulation, parking, service routes, emergency access, levels, grading principles, drainage awareness, utilities coordination, and setting out logic.
- Good understanding of temporary and semi temporary structures such as platforms, tents, cabins, kiosks, pavilions, shade structures, modular units, stages, and support facilities.
- Ability to read and coordinate architectural, civil, structural, landscape, and event production drawings.
- Strong technical drafting discipline with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and respond quickly to frequent design changes.
- Practical understanding of buildability, site logistics, safety, and operational requirements.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- UAE or GCC project experience is preferred.
- Experience in desert, remote, or large outdoor sites is a strong advantage.
Mandatory Software Skills
- AutoCAD
- SketchUp
Preferred Software Skills
- Civil 3D
- Revit
- Rhino
- Bluebeam
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Office
- Photoshop / Illustrator
Notes
- Please note that is a long term contract for 6 months and extendable
- Only those available to join immediately need apply.
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