Obaid Afshan is a senior CAD manager and technician based in Raleigh, NC seeking a new opportunity. He has 15 years of experience in roles such as CAD manager, CAD technician, and draftsman. He is proficient in AutoCAD and has extensive experience producing architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering drawings for projects in residential construction, infrastructure development, and facilities management. He also has experience training other CAD users, developing CAD standards, and managing CAD departments.

1. OBAID AFSHAN
Raleigh, NC • obaidafshan@gmail.com • 919-780-2632
SENIOR CAD MANAGER /CAD TECH
Professional and focused Autocad Drafter with an efficient approach to client service.
Adept at adjusting work pace to meet evolving client needs and changing deadlines.
Detail-oriented whether working independently or as part of a team.
Superior knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and structural design techniques. Outstanding
proficiency with AutoCAD and Autodesk Mechanical. High familiarity with all types of residential
construction. Strong skills in mathematics, building materials, and engineering practices. Exceptional
understanding of scaling, dimensioning, and wood framing techniques. Thorough knowledge of welded
steel fabrication practices.
Excellent ability to envision and develop building blueprints.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AMEC Environment & Infrastructure (formerly MACTEC Engineering & Consulting)
January 2011 – April 2016
CAD Manager, CAD Tech II - Kabul, Afghanistan
 Quality Control Review of CAD drawings
 Making standard layers, text styles, dimension styles, layouts titleblocks, CTB and STB
 Training all engineer in CADD standard and drafting
 Provide production CAD support
 Develop, implement and enforce CAD Standards
 Organize the CAD environment
 Provide support for plotting and electronic file submissions
 Provide training and supervision for all in‐house CAD users
 Maintain CAD document archive and retrieval for projects
 Maintain proper referencing and smaller drawing sizes
 Provide leadership and vision to the firm in the area of CAD drawings
 Perform on time CAD support to the planners, designers and engineers
 Archive completed projects
 Clean up CAD files for project closeout
 Providing VLISP for other users
 Controlling attribute system and database
 Drafting site plans, building (architecture, structure, Electrical)
 Creating all symbols (civil, architectural, structural, water supply, electrical and road)
 Creating bobbles (civil, architectural, structural, water supply, electrical and road)
 Any other task assigned by the supervisor
International Relief & Development, Strategic Provincial Road-Southern and Eastern Afghanistan
(IRD SPR-SEA) • July 2008 – Dec 2011
CAD Engineer - Kabul, Afghanistan
 Preparing of drawings for stone masonry normal slab culverts, RCC normal pipe culverts, stone
masonry normal slab brides, RCC skew pipe culverts, stone masonry skew slab culverts, stone
masonry skew slab bridges, stone masonry normal causeways, stone masonry skew causeways
and drafting of plan and profile, Right of way, Road cross sections, Line side drains and other
drawings
 Preparing/Editing of designed data converted from MX- Road to Auto CAD And fixing those in
AutoCAD layouts

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 Checking/revising of designed drawings from subcontractors for submittals
 Cooperating/assisting other CAD engineers in preparing of AutoCAD drawings
 Preparation of BoQs
 Training university interns in AutoCAD and Drafting
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) • April 2005 – July 2008
Draftsman - Kabul, Afghanistan
 Making standard layers, text styles, dimension styles, layouts titleblocks, CTB and STB
 Provide production CAD support
 Develop, implement and enforce CAD Standards
 Organize the CAD environment
 Provide support for plotting and electronic file submissions
 Provide training and supervision for all in‐house CAD users
 Maintain CAD document archive and retrieval for projects
 Maintain proper referencing and smaller drawing sizes
 Provide leadership and vision to the firm in the area of CAD drawings
 Archive completed projects
 Clean up CAD files for project closeout
 Providing VLISP for other users
 Controlling attribute system and database
 Drafting site plans, building (architecture, structure, Electrical)
 Creating all symbols (civil, architectural, structural, water supply, electrical and road)
 Creating bobbles (civil, architectural, structural, water supply, electrical and road)
 Provide support for plotting and electronic file submissions
 Interact on project standards coordination with clients
 Maintain CAD document archive and retrieval for projects
 Maintain proper referencing and smaller drawing sizes
 Perform on time CAD support to the planners, designers and engineers
Excellent Planning and Construction Company (EPCC) • Jan 2008 – Dec 2008
Draftsman - Kabul, Afghanistan
 Extracting the IBC codes and applying them to the architectural designs
 Drafting site plans, building (architecture)
 Creating all symbols (civil, architectural, structural, water supply, electrical and road)
 Creating bobbles (civil, architectural, structural, water supply, electrical and road)
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Graduated from CAD Drafting and Management Institute 2005
Graduated from Said Jamaluldin High School 2002
COMPUTER SKILLS
AutoCAD, MS-Office Package, Hardware
MS-Access Database Management, Adobe Photo Shop, MS-Visio, Business Communications for
Construction Professionals, Advance Microsoft Office Key Tools
LANGUAGES
Although my first language is Pashto, I am quite proficient with English.
I also know Dari, Arabic, and Urdu

3. OBAID AFSHAN
Raleigh, NC • obaidafshan@gmail.com • 919-780-2632
RÉSUMÉ ADDENDUM - REFERENCES
Thomas Lodge, AIA, NCARB
Architect
O: 843.722.0119
M: 843.323.7611
ROBSON FORENSIC, Inc.
215 East Bay Street, Suite 400
Charleston, South Carolina 29401
tlodge@robsonforensic.com
Nicole Redford
UNCRI Job Developer
5 W. Hargett St. Suite 202 Raleigh NC 27601
919-334-0077 Ext. 4006
nredford@uscrinc.org