AutoCAD Drafter / Event CAD

Role overview

Duties and responsibilities

• Produce event layouts, exhibition floor plans, seating layouts, zoning plans, and operational overlays.
• Plan front-of-house and back-of-house areas, stages, temporary structures, hospitality, registration, accreditation, security, medical, event control, logistics, and welfare facilities.
• Coordinate technical and operational inputs from production, operations, HSE, security, logistics, accreditation, AV, lighting, rigging, MEP, and suppliers.
• Maintain drawing standards, registers, revisions, file naming, and controlled issue of approved drawings.
• Review venue, consultant, and supplier drawings; identify clashes, inconsistencies, missing dimensions, and coordination issues.
• Support site surveys and update base drawings, venue measurements, constraints, and as-built information.
• Prepare packages for client reviews, authority and venue submissions, supplier RFQs, technical evaluations, and operational briefings.
• Assess circulation, queueing, capacity, sightlines, loading, accessibility, and emergency access in layouts.
• Attend coordination meetings, update drawings, and communicate changes affecting scope, cost, programme, or approvals.
• Support event build-up and live-site teams with current drawings, setting-out information, and urgent revisions.
• Prepare final as-built drawings and archive project packages; follow document-control, quality, information-security, and HSE procedures.

Qualifications and experience

• At least 3 years of AutoCAD drafting experience; 3–5 years is sought, preferably in events, exhibitions, venue operations, architecture, fit-out, technical production, or temporary infrastructure.
• Diploma or bachelor's qualification in drafting, architecture, interior design, engineering, construction, event production, or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced AutoCAD 2D proficiency, including layers, blocks, xrefs, layouts, viewports, scales, dimensions, annotations, and plotting.
• Experience producing coordinated technical drawings, managing revisions, and maintaining accurate drawing documentation.
• Ability to interpret architectural, structural, MEP, AV, lighting, rigging, scenic, security, and logistics information.
• Understanding of event and venue layouts, capacity plans, access and egress, loading areas, and temporary structures.
• Experience reviewing drawings, identifying clashes, and coordinating corrections; able to manage drawing packages, revision registers, and as-built documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, organisation, communication, and problem-solving; able to manage multiple requests and tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and PDF markup tools.
• AutoCAD certification is preferred; knowledge of Revit, SketchUp, Vectorworks, or 3D CAD is advantageous.

Work arrangement

• The role is based in Abu Dhabi and requires on-site work during event build-up and breakdown, including evenings and weekends when required.