Own how the drawings get made.
This is not a seat in a drafting pool. This is the person the work routes through. The person who sets the standard, trains others to meet it, and makes sure everything that leaves this office is something we are proud to put our name on.
About Guide Engineering
Guide Engineering Ltd. is a growing civil engineering consulting firm in Chilliwack, BC, specializing in municipal infrastructure, drainage design, site servicing, and land development. We work with municipalities, developers, and First Nations communities across the Fraser Valley and beyond.
We are a small team where every project matters and every person's contribution is visible. We invest deeply in our people and expect the same in return. If you want to build something that lasts - not just fill a seat - this is the role for you.
What you would own
CAD standards across the firm - templates, layer standards, sheet sets, annotation styles, and the Civil 3D toolkit we are building in-house. You write the rules and you enforce them.
Design production - municipal servicing drawings from concept to issued-for-construction, independently. Water, sanitary, storm, roads, grading.
Training and mentorship - you raise the floor on what our junior drafters and EITs can produce. You teach Civil 3D the right way, not the workaround way.
Drawing quality - every set that leaves this office goes through you. You are the last line of defence before it hits a client or a municipality.
Field support - occasional site visits and construction observation as projects require.
What you will have already done
Seven or more years in civil engineering drafting and design - in consulting, at a municipality, or both
Carried a servicing design from concept to IFC under review rather than instruction - we will ask you to walk us through one
Civil 3D every day, fluently - corridors, pipe networks, surfaces, profiles, sheet sets, data shortcuts. Not exposure to. Fluency.
Built or enforced CAD standards in a previous role - templates, layer conventions, plotting standards
Trained or mentored at least one junior drafter or designer - you know how to teach, not just do
Worked to BC municipal servicing standards and dealt with the reviewers who enforce them
AScT or CET registration with ASTTBC, eligibility for it, or an equivalent combination of credential and track record
Driver's licence
Nice to have - genuinely not required
Experience with drafting automation - Dynamo, AutoLISP, sheet set scripting, data links
Rural servicing or onsite sewerage work under the BC Sewerage System Regulation
Construction administration or field inspection experience
What we are not going to pretend
This is an in-office role in Chilliwack. Not hybrid. Review, mentoring, and collaboration happen in the same room.
A small firm has less bench than a large consultancy. Some weeks are busier than a big firm would allow.
If you want to specialize narrowly, this is the wrong job. You will touch everything.
We invest seriously in the people who join us. We need the same commitment in return.
What we offer
$60,000 - $100,000 based on experience
Health and dental after probation (50% employer contribution)
ASTTBC dues and PD allowance
In-office in Chilliwack - not hybrid
Apply: Send resume + 2-3 drawing sets you produced to Subject: Civil Engineering Technologist Application
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $60,000.00-$100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Casual dress
Company events
Dental care
Disability insurance
Employee stock purchase plan
Extended health care
Life insurance
Mileage reimbursement
On-site parking
Paid time off
Store discount
Tuition reimbursement
Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
Chilliwack, BC V2P 6Z6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
Please provide your CET License number:
Education:
AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (required)
Experience:
Civil 3D: 5 years (required)
Field Inspection (civil): 5 years (required)
Language:
English (required)
Licence/Certification:
Driving Licence (required)
Willingness to travel:
25% (required)
Work Location: In person
