CAD Design Engineer
Throughout 2025, OCU Group has been experiencing a sustained period of growth and expansion. Due to this and our continued work winning success, we currently have an opportunity for an experienced CAD Design Engineer to join our team based in the Levenshulme!
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the team with all aspects of works.
- Prepare bore profiles and as-built drawings.
- Prepare risk assessments and method statements.
- Undertake topographic surveys.
- Manage borehole operations of third parties.
- Prepare technical proposals.
- To carry out any projects or functions.
- You will be required to assist, as part of the team, in the site mobilisation set up and demobilisation by setting up/packing away supplies and equipment as directed by the site manager in a safe and efficient manner.
- All candidates will be expected to complete mandatory training in line with site regulations, if not already held.
Skills and Experience:
- Experience of working with AutoCAD.
- Full driving license (no more than 6 points)
- Must be willing to work alone or as a team.
- Must be computer literate.
- Must have good communication skills.
- At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role within the industry would be advantageous.
- Experience in using Surveying Equipment
Company Information:
OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
- Division
- OCU Trenchless
- Locations
- Levenshulme
- Employment Status
- PAYE &/or CIS

Levenshulme
Our People, our Culture, our Values
As a business, we pride ourselves on operating a ‘People First’ culture, striving to constantly deliver on our 5 core company values.
1. We Care about Safety - It is our goal for everyone working on our behalf to go home healthy and safe at the end of each and every day.
2. We lead with Integrity - Integrity is central to everything we do. Without it, we wouldn’t have the relationships with our clients, nor would we have built an enviable reputation within the industry.
3. We strive to be Better everyday - We take pride in everything we do. This involves a meticulous approach to our work, endeavouring to make each day better than the last.
4. We make a Positive Impact - We want to make the places we work in better; leaving a lasting infrastructure and social legacy. We believe in proactivity to maximise impact.
5. We Deliver to Grow - The successful delivery of frameworks and contracts feeds our ability to grow strategically and strengthen OCU to expand the business and capabilities even further.
About OCU
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.
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