HOWE Engineering Projects India Pvt. Ltd.

Job Specification “Draughtsman – Railway”

(Internal guidance document for sourcing, search, selection & recruitment - not to be circulated)
Date: 27/09/2022
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1 Position Draughtsman – 6 Grade Band  Executive – Officer
Railway (O1 Grade)
2 Reporting Manager HOD / Planning In- 7 Location  Ahmedabad
charge - Railway
Projects
3 Peer Positions   8 Age Band  27-35
4 Team (Positions) 9 Selection Decision  HOD Railway, HR
5 Function/Department Planning & 10 Any Other  
Engineering –
Railway Project

Purpose of Position
End to end responsible for –

1. Preparation of railway alignment plan and profile drawings for Railway projects
2. Preparation of Engineering Scale plan (ESP)
1 3. Preparation of Major and Minor Bridges and Structures General Arrangement &
1 Reinforcement detail drawings.
4. Preparation and regular up-dation of master plans for Railway infrastructure
5. Superimposition of drawings on various data sets such as Google Earth images, Topo
Sheets, Survey data, revenue maps, Utility maps etc. and Preparation of land plans and
assessment of various required details for planning of Railway projects
6. Organizing and Upkeeping of various revisions of drawings

Key Stakeholders
1. Planning and Engineering In-charges of various railway projects
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2. Master Planning team
2
3. Head projects
4. HOD Railway

Deliverables / Responsible for (results)

1. Preparation of railway alignment plan and profile drawings for Railway projects
2. Preparation of Engineering Scale plan (ESP), Bridge & Culvert Drawings, Reinforcement
detail drawings for Bridges and structures.
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3. Preparation and regular up-dation of master plans for Railway infrastructure
3
4. Superimposition of drawings on various data sets such as Google Earth images, Topo
Sheets, Survey data, revenue maps, Utility maps etc. and Preparation of land plans and
assessment of various required details for planning of Railway projects
5. Organizing and Upkeeping of various revisions of drawings

1 Essential
4 Desirable/Preferable
Total Years (Band)
1 Years (Relevant)
5 Seniority (desirable)
Types of
Qualifications
ITI Draughtsman / Diploma in Civil Engg.
Minimum 7 year relevant experience of preparation of Drawings of
Railway Projects using latest software CIVIL 3D, BRT etc.
Work Experience (Cumulative)
 7 - 10
 5 – 7
Minimum 7 year relevant experience of preparation of Drawings of
Railway Projects
Indian / Conglomerates / Entrepreneurial / Process driven / Renowned
 Organization Infrastructure companies & Consultancy firms
Types of Sector Railway /Ports / Infra / Project Planning & Engg. Consultancy
Variety of <Mention the ideal mix of experience that is being sought e.g. 6 years
experience Operations of Mfg, Port or Infra establishment of large or medium scale>
Qualitative aspects  Knowledge of co-ordinate system
 Knowledge of survey for railway projects
 Knowledge of softwares like Autocad, CIVIL 3D, BRT & GIS
 Knowledge of drawings approval process on Indian Railway

Competencies
Technical Domain Behavioural / Managerial / Leadership
 Process Orientation  Team orientation
16  Analytical Skills  Outcome orientation
 Subject Knowledge  Stakeholder Partnering
 Knowledge about latest software CIVIL 3D,  Time Management
BRT, GIS etc.

17 Culture Fit / Personality types / Special imperatives

  Collaboration  Competitiveness 
   Independence  Rational
   Flexibility  

1 Source Pool (Name / Type)

8 Infrastructure companies such as Tata projects, KEC, L&T,
Various Railway Project Consultant firms such as Aarvee associates, RCC Consultants, Systra,
SWECO, Assystems
PSU firms working in relative field such as RVNL, RITES, Indian Railway

(Hiring Manager) (Recruitment Manager)

Head – HR

Guidelines
1. To be prepared in beginning of recruitment.
2. Sign off from hiring manager is mandatory
3. Deviations / exception to original specs to be mentioned in NFA
4. Post facto preparation of JS is not required. Recruitment to commence after approval of JS
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