Senior Specialist CAD Applications

About the Role: Senior Specialist CAD Applications

Robert Walters is seeking a Senior Specialist CAD Applications to join their team in Eastern, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves administering, configuring, customizing, and supporting AVEVA-based engineering design systems primarily used in shipbuilding and offshore projects. The position combines CAD system administration, automation development, integration with enterprise systems, and direct end-user support.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and customize AVEVA E3D, PDMS, Marine, and related CAD applications.
• Manage databases, users, teams, MDBs, access controls, catalogs, and specifications.
• Develop automation tools, macros, and customizations using PML, C#, VB, or C++.
• Support integration between CAD, ERP, and plant systems.
• Manage 3D modeling projects, including data exchange, reporting, MTOs, clash reports, and BOM generation.
• Provide user training, troubleshooting, and day-to-day application support.
• Optimize software licensing and system performance.
• Coordinate with engineering, production, IT, and other stakeholders to enhance design workflows.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in an engineering company as a system administrator or CADD Application specialist on Design & Engineering software.
• Strong hands-on experience with AVEVA E3D, PDMS, Marine, Hull Design, and related AVEVA solutions.
• Expertise in CAD system administration, configuration, catalogs, and specifications.
• PML I & II programming and customization experience.
• Knowledge of shipbuilding workflows, including hull, piping, structural, and equipment modeling.
• Experience with CAD-ERP integration and engineering data management.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, stakeholder management, and training skills.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hybrid professional who combines AVEVA administration and customization expertise with a solid understanding of shipbuilding engineering and production processes. This role is suited for an individual who is neither a pure CAD administrator nor a pure design engineer, but rather possesses a blend of both skill sets.