Listed September 21 2025
CAD Operator – Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
Grade 4: £30,559 – £32,654
37 hours (Monday – Friday)
Permanent
Joint Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP
Join our dynamic team at Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service (NFRS) as a CAD Operator! This exciting role is at the forefront of creating and maintaining critical building and site plans. Your work will directly support operational fire crews, ensuring they have the vital information needed for safety and efficiency during incidents. If you have a passion for precision and a knack for technical drawing, this is the perfect opportunity to make an impact to your community. Does this sound like you? Apply below!
Key Responsibilities
Create CAD plans with necessary risk information and upload plans to ensure availability to operational crews.
Produce annotated CAD plans as part of legal documentation.
Maintain accurate filing systems and ensuring information security.
Provide technical guidance to support personnel on the use of CAD software.
Experience/Qualifications
Experience using AutoCAD
Ability to use Microsoft Office software.
Strong team working, communication and problem solving skills.
GSCE Grade 4 (or equivalent) in Mathematics.
Why NFRS?
Agile Working – NFRS has an Agile Working Policy which gives our employees the opportunity to mix office working with working from home to help provide you with more flexibility.
Flexibility – We are family friendly and are open to considering different working patterns which help you provide a better service to our community while supporting your home life. We also support part time working.
Annual Leave – 26 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day.
Pension – Access to a public service defined benefit pension scheme.
Health and Wellbeing – As a Service we provide a wide range of Health and Wellbeing support to all our employees which includes access to a Bupa cashback scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme and a dedicated Occupational Health team who are there to support you. Also, all employees receive free access to an on-site gym.
Blue Light Card – working for an emergency service you will have the ability to apply for a Blue Light Card which enables discounts on shopping and eating out.
Development – You will have access to both formal and informal professional development opportunities which will help you advance your career.
If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for and want to play an integral part in keeping Nottinghamshire communities safe, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Further Information
We are proud to be an equal opportunities’ and ‘Disability Confident’ employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce. NFRS operates a safer recruitment process.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Police Vetting check.
Salary: £30,559 - £32,654
Contract type: Full Time
Closing date: September 21 2025
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